It’s hard to pinpoint when disappointment at Penny Wong’s attitude to the Jewish state turned into the belief she is its implacable enemy, but a tipping point could be her overreaction to Zomi Frankcom’s killing.
Sam Groth may have wanted to blow John Pesutto’s leadership up by resigning from the frontbench on Friday, but nothing is going to happen next week.
Some Liberals swear blind John Pesutto has lost the numbers in the partyroom, while others say it all depends on who’s challenging him. The only thing everyone can agree on right now is the party is a giant mess.
There’s one reason there won’t be a move on John Pesutto, despite a claim from one of his colleagues that “the majority of the party think he’s a f***wit”.
The Covid inquiry makes it clear why it was always going to be problematic appointing Daniel Andrews to chair a charity devoted to the mental health of young people.
According to the long-awaited Covid inquiry, Melburnians should be patting themselves on the back for leading the way globally for their “population-level, non-pharmaceutical interventions” during the pandemic.
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.
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.
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?
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.
If you thought Labor election losses in 2016 and 2019 would give Anthony Albanese pause from going after negative gearning think again — there are plenty in his government who view the issue as a vote winner.
Day seven of Moira Deeming versus John Pesuttosaw the highly anticipated stoush between renowned Sydney legal bruiser Sue Chrysanthou and the Victorian Opposition Leader.
It’s a bit hard to tell how this defamation case is going for John Pesutto, legally speaking. But politically, it’s a rolled gold disaster, thanks to the conga line of Liberal MPs queuing up to give evidence against him.
It’s all well and good for the veterans of the Hawke-Keating era to complain that the current Labor government is “mired in mediocrity”, but time and again we’ve shown that’s what the Australian public wants.
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