There is clear evidence showing the Albanese government is in a worse position than it was almost three years ago – and that voters think the same about their lives and livelihoods. With only nine weeks to go before an election must be called, the PM’s future is at a tipping point.
Like his old hero, Paul Keating, Jim Chalmers hasn’t seen an economic lever he’s not prepared to pull.
Despite the public statement of intent from the ABC/The Monthly to publish the Pell material again, the Department of Social Services has decided no further action will be taken.
When ALP politicians tell you state by-election results don’t matter when it comes to federal elections, don’t believe them.
The ABC took several days to remove an online article about George Pell – written by Louise Milligan – even though the national broadcaster was told by the Albanese government that it may have committed a criminal act by publishing it.
Labor is in trouble in the Northern Territory and in danger of losing at least one seat – Darwin-based Solomon – at the election.
Labor started this week with its best performance in months, but the PM is still looking like a loser trying to look like a winner while his rival battles the opposite problem.
Anthony Albanese has left open the option of holding an inquiry into the security services’ decision not to tell him for 10 days about an explosives-laden caravan found in Sydney.
Anthony Albanese can still decide to call an inquiry – indeed some are expecting it – into why he was not told straight away by security agencies about the alleged Dural caravan plot.
Security agencies who kept Anthony Albanese in the dark until a major anti-Semitic terror bomb plot was made public could be subject to an inquiry probing if communication errors were made.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/dennis-shanahan