November 2022
Nine stripped of Walkley Award for Andrew Laming story
The Walkley Foundation has taken the unprecedented action of withdrawing an award given to two Nine journalists.
May 2022
The curse of the house economics committee
Of the five Liberal members it had when the election was called, all bar one were casualties.
April 2021
Future shock: a how-to guide for the new world disorder
A series of recently released books attempts to make sense of the extraordinary change and upheaval that have hit Australians over the past 18 months.
March 2021
Labor pledges tax breaks under revamped electric car policy
The ALP will again make electric vehicles a centrepiece of its re-election strategy by promising to cut import and other federal taxes to encourage uptake.
States close borders to Queensland
There was panic at airports as SA and WA shut their borders to Queensland while NSW warned against travel to the state. Follow the latest here.
There are short memories on both sides of politics
If Scott Morrison had a comfortable majority, Andrew Laming would be either on the crossbench or headed towards an early retirement, one suspects.
Clean up cultural muck with no double standards
The first political career has now been terminated amid the scandals swirling around the Morrison government. But the cultural clean-up must cover all sides.
Drug tests push for MPs as Laming calls time
The government has been further destabilised by calls from Liberal women to introduce mandatory alcohol and drug testing at Parliament.
PM has the numbers – of women
Scott Morrison is right when he says he has had more women in his cabinet than any other prime minister, but only if he is referring to previous ministerial line-ups.
Morrison government requires urgent political surgery
The Prime Minister is now facing the additional risks of leading a minority government to the next election. The alternative may be worse.
Laming to quit at the next election
Queensland Liberal backbencher Andrew Laming will quit Parliament at the next election, as two Liberal women called for him to go.
Social media corroding standards, says PM as he admonishes backbencher
Labor is demanding Scott Morrison sack MP Andrew Laming for harassing two female constituents, including on social media.