When you look at the $1.1bn flushed down the toilet on the East West Link cancellation, or the $3bn blowout on the Metro Tunnel, $600m to not host the Commonwealth Games could almost be seen as a bargain.
Daniel and Catherine Andrews are free to reject a top cop’s finding into their Blairgowrie car accident, but claiming it’s a conspiracy theory won’t wash with the public.
A key meeting in Moira Deeming’s defamation case against John Pesutto was played to the court and it was ugly listening that reflected badly on everyone present.
The Moira Deeming-John Pesutto defamation case is living up to its billing as a show for the ages and already there are political ramifications.
The first test of whether the ‘Teal-slide’ was a one-off or the start of a permanent break-up between rich voters and the Liberals will be in Melbourne on Saturday.
The Liberals’ preferences decision will have caused intense angst in the party and it raises the risk of a hung parliament.
Peter Dutton promising Australia nuclear power from scratch – from opposition – is brave stuff indeed.
No wonder Jim Chalmers is worried about the budget as NDIS spending explodes under Bill Shorten.
Those worried about ‘threats to our freedoms’ supposedly posed by anti-terror laws have been remarkably silent about the powers granted to a National Anti-Corruption Commission.
As Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard proved breaking an election promise can come at a heavy cost so junking the stage three tax cuts could come back to haunt him at the polls or in the party room, writes James Campbell.
The Premier’s comments on Andrew Thorburn’s faith, and the actions of the Essendon board, represent a sea change in our attitude to religion — and it’s dangerous.
The sanctimonious crossbench are once again showing that they have failed to understand the enormity of a federal anti corruption commission by trying to push through legislation by the end of the year, writes James Campbell.
You can see why Australian republicans are stirring – King Charles lacks the appeal his mother had. But the Crown will be safe here for now.
The Opposition may not be giving Anthony Albanese too many sleepless nights at the moment, but the rise of the Left within his own party looks set to cause headaches as they seek more radical change now Labor is in power, writes James Campbell.
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