Campbell: Qantas upgrades latest mess for Albo-freebie government
That politicians get special treatment from airlines is not exactly a state secret. But it turns out that Anthony Albanese’s treatment from Qantas was very special indeed.
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Campbell: Albo proves he’s out of touch in own ‘Hawaii moment’
A prime minister splashing $4.3m on a beach house would be dumb politics at the best of times. Doing it in the midst of a cost of living crisis makes you wonder if he’s already checked out.
Campbell: Is Pesutto a Machiavel or a pants-sh*tter?
Was booting Moira Deeming from the Liberal Party something John Pesutto and his gang had always wanted? Or were they in a full-on meltdown because they were copping it on Twitter?
Campbell: Bad day for Pesutto in the witness box
Opposition Leader John Pesutto has spent his second day in the witness box and his latest bout with Sydney SC Sue Chrysanthou did not go well for him.
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The big problem with a ScoMo endorsement
Seemingly all it takes for elite opinion in this country to run away from an idea is for Scott Morrison to come out in favour of it.
Could ‘ruthless’ Richard Marles be our next PM?
More “ambitious and ruthless” than Bill Shorten, Anthony Albanese’s debonair deputy is said to have his eyes on the PM prize and could be Labor’s best contender.
More childcare operators ignoring staff ratio rules
There has been a staggering surge in childcare operators given permission to ignore child-to-staff ratios that are designed to protect children in their care.
No-cuts budget left Labor in the lurch
For years the ALP’s budget-in-reply speech has contained a laundry list of perfidious Liberal cuts, but Budget 2021 put paid to that, writes James Campbell.
Federal election could be on the cards in 2021
Based on some of the federal budget goodies announced so far, it is difficult not to suspect a federal election might be in the cards this year, James Campbell writes.
We’re in a 2018 time warp on climate change
If you found out in 2018 that the prime minister wanted net zero carbon emissions by 2050, you would assume we had a Labor government, writes James Campbell.
Devil in the details in ScoMo’s faith
It’s clear Christianity isn’t just something Scott Morrison practises on Sundays. So how does his faith interact with his politics?
New submarines saga highlights big job facing Dutton
It is hard to think of a more thankless task in the federal government than being Minster for Defence, and the saga of Australia’s new submarines shows why.
Border reality starting to sink in
This was the week the penny dropped that life as we knew it before the arrival of coronavirus is not coming back, writes James Campbell. POLL
ScoMo needs to do more than not be Bill Shorten
Scott Morrison possesses political gifts and judgment not seen since John Howard was dismissed in 2007 — but where is the PM’s agenda, asks James Campbell.
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