Morrison gong drags our Covid shame back into spotlight
Why would talented workers and global businesses invest in Australia given the chance they’ll be locked down for hundreds of days when the next virus emerges?
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Albanese yet to secure meeting with Trump amid AUKUS review
The Prime Minister is facing calls to immediately lock in a discussion with the US President at next week’s G7, as the US reviews the security pact.
Ley to do one thing Dutton wouldn’t
Sussan Ley is set to make her first major address as opposition leader in a move she’s hoping will set her apart from her predecessor Peter Dutton.
Honouring diverse achievements
Each recipient of a King’s Birthday honour has a story to tell.
Scomo tops list for ‘highest honour’
Australia’s 30th Prime Minister has been given the top honour in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours.
No regrets for Morrison over Covid pandemic era decisions
Scott Morrison has called out blanket vaccine mandates and school closures during the pandemic and backed measures that ensured the economy ‘rocketed out the other side of Covid’.
Morrison says Labor’s weaponisation of Higgins a ‘new low mark’
Scott Morrison reflects on Labor’s weaponisation of events during his tenure as PM, including natural disasters, Covid and sexual assault allegations made by Brittany Higgins, after being awarded a King’s Birthday honours gong.
‘Space’: Grim warning on modern warfare
A former prime minister is urging Australia to look to space, warning the country’s foes are developing hi-tech weapons for the “fighting domain”.
AUKUS in space: Morrison proposes ‘Pillar 3’ for pact
Scott Morrison has proposed expanding the AUKUS security partnership through a ‘Pillar 3’ initiative that he says will enhance deterrence and make Australia a more valuable ally.
Dutton’s woeful social media election campaign exposed
Did the Liberal Party think hiring the same digital agency that helped propel Scott Morrison to his ‘miracle’ election win would work similar magic?
Morrison, Dutton ‘deliberately ignored advice to back voice’
A longtime Coalition pollster has backed Noel Pearson’s claim that Scott Morrison and then Peter Dutton disregarded data showing the Indigenous voice was good politics for the Liberals.
Revealed: Labor’s consultants bill equivalent to Morrison’s spending
Anthony Albanese spends as much as Scott Morrison on the services of KPMG, PwC, EY and Deloitte, according to new analysis. Meanwhile, little known Nous is stirring up the incumbents carving out a steady pot of fee-rich work.
Labor targets Chinese voters with ‘Morrison memo’
Chinese-language signs tie Peter Dutton and the Liberal candidate for Tangney to Scott Morrison, who had a fractious relationship with China and parts of the Chinese community.
Dutton looks for a Morrison-like election miracle
Dubbed the biggest annual gathering of Good Friday worshippers in Australia, Peter Dutton sat with an unpopular former PM who nonetheless knows what it takes to deliver an election ‘miracle’.
PM unveils $1000 ‘instant tax deduction’, shares awkward moment with Plibersek
Announced during the Labor campaign launch speech, Anthony Albanese says the measure will make it harder to miss out on claiming deductions, after he and the Environment Minister shared an unfortunate greeting.
I don’t need Scott Morrison to take on Trump: Dutton
Anthony Albanese has denied tying Peter Dutton to US President Donald Trump as Labor tries to get an exemption from the White House tariffs.
Lib’s fuel excise cut falls into shallow ‘me too’ strategy
Tweedledum’s $14 a week or Tweedledee’s $10 a week. Take your pick. But we deserve better than this.
Dutton’s energy policy is hostage to climate deniers
After three years it’s clear the same people who stopped climate action in Australia for a decade are still calling the shots in the Coalition partyroom.
We mustn’t sweep our ‘authoritarian’ Covid response under the mat
Why did Scott Morrison abandon, without explanation or justification, our national pandemic plan?
Nation needs new markets to beat destructive tariffs
As the Prime Minister says, the US President’s moves are ‘not those of a friend’. The possibility of further tariffs suggests the 2005 Australia-US free trade agreement is no longer worth the paper it was printed on.
‘Honour Closing the Gap promises’
Co-author Pat Turner said all governments must begin to do what they told Scott Morrison they would do in 2020 when they agreed to be part of the rewritten Closing the Gap agreement.
The election game changer politicians didn’t predict
In every election, there is always a surprising lightning rod issue. This year it will be taxation – both the increasingly broken system itself and the ALP’s signature policy on taxing unrealised gains.
PM’s pledge to make parliament great again has come up short
Anthony Albanese has delivered less legislation, presided over fewer parliamentary sitting days and slashed opposition questions.
Former PM’s unseen photos found in op shop
The unassuming photo album documented one politician’s trip to Europe in the 1990s, with handwritten captions revealing intimate details.
‘Stupid’: Howard lashes Bowen over nuclear as PM heckled on wind farms
Former prime minister John Howard has branded the Albanese government “stupid” for turning its back on nuclear energy, as he campaigns for the Liberal Party in the seat of Paterson in NSW.
It’s time Dutton sings for his supper on economy
While Peter Dutton has showed leadership on the voice and nuclear power, he and Angus Taylor – at least so far – are offering no more than a return to Scott Morrison’s brand of soft-left, big-government liberalism.
Life out of politics for coal-fired-up former PM Scott Morrison is all sunshine now and his plans for 18 rooftop solar panels on his soon-to-be home suggest he’s seen the light.
WHO failed on pandemic, as new CIA finding shows
Without US funding, health body can reflect on its shortcomings.
Ousted Liberal’s vow to unseat Bowen
Best known as the ex-Liberal who attempted to sue former prime minister Scott Morrison, Matt Camenzuli will now attempt to unseat Chris Bowen.
Rudd holidays in Queensland before Trump inauguration
While Scott Morrison spent NYE at Mar-a-Lago, Australia’s ambassador to the US has been taking videos and pictures of lorikeets, cats and himself watching the cricket back in Australia.
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