April 2024
A governor-general from the Chairman’s Lounge
The PM is truer than he knows when he says Sam Mostyn represents modern Australia. It’s a nation of talkers, not doers.
August 2023
So much Labor hope is riding on an empty vessel
Labor’s leaders have put staying in government first. But it’s a bit pointless when they cannot even persuade their own supporters why they are taking the positions they are.
February 2023
Why banning ‘super for housing’ might be politically unsustainable
Raging inflation and normalising interest rates may now test household tolerance for a compulsory system that forces households to pay fees and margins on both sides of their balance sheet.
October 2022
Why Chalmers will look to his Queensland roots as budget looms
It’s not just spending plans and spending cuts that will determine the new Treasurer’s budget. Labor’s own federal fiscal history will play an influential role.
March 2022
As election nears, rising prices hit political nerve
Already in a political rut, Scott Morrison has to navigate challenges around the increasing cost of living to win the federal poll.
July 2021
Snapping back to 2019 ‘not good enough’: Albanese
Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese will draw parallels between pandemic recovery and post-war reconstruction in a speech to the National Press Club on Friday.
August 2020
A hard history lesson in real time
As Australia marks the anniversary of the Allies' victory in the Pacific War, Canberra is grappling with another great power shift in the region.
April 2020
Rebuilding post-virus Australia is not a cue for socialism
Labor must not overreach itself with a great shift to the left. But we can still build a much better nation than the one we have now.
February 2020
Learn the right lessons from Holden's exit
Subsidised manufacturing jobs offer false security rather than serious prosperity.