PM sets Christmas deadline to reopen
Scott Morrison sets Christmas as the new deadline for states to remove border closures as he pushes for a national definition of a COVID-19 hotspot.
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Labor bounce no more than mirage
The government’s brief Newspoll dip is easily corrected by a PM who knows how to fight his way out of political difficulties.
PM must stay strong on borders
The states can not hold Scott Morrison hostage on border closures but the Prime Minister has a difficult road ahead
By voter acclaim, ‘a visionary, decisive’ PM
Scott Morrison is now regarded by voters as the most decisive and visionary leader in a decade with his handling of the pandemic.
PM’s rating dips as voters back premiers’ rights
Scott Morrison’s support has fallen for the first time since the height of the pandemic as voters endorse premiers on borders.
Morrison vexed by states in a crisis loop
Premiers hold the economy back while people look to Scott Morrison to fix it. This is the PM’s paradox.
Duchessing of premiers is over
The PM’s move to use rarely used external affairs powers brings the states and territories, councils and unis to heel on China.
‘Make no mistake … this is unusual’
Not since Robert Menzies and Harold Holt have a Liberal leader and deputy gotten along so well. What’s Scott Morrison and Josh Frydenberg’s secret?
Palaszczuk antics straight from Sir Joh’s playbook
There should be no place for some of the contemptible rhetoric coming from the premier as she defends border closure overkill.
Recovery key for increase in super
Scott Morrison says he is ‘carefully considering’ whether to scrap or delay next year’s planned increase in the super guarantee.
Diplomacy with China remains vital over wine and other exports
The last thing we want to do is increase tensions with a pugilistic response
Where does the buck stop with the PM?
It’s a weakness in Scott Morrison’s character that taking responsibility is something he finds hard to do – especially when it comes to aged care.
95 per cent need to get Covid vaccine: PM
He would like a 95 per cent take-up, but amid promising news about a vaccine being closer, the PM won’t mandate people taking it.
Family’s plea to PM is seated in history
The grandchildren of Aboriginal rights icon Vincent Lingiari are fighting to preserve the parliamentary seat bearing his name.
PM pushes premiers to fix border blocks
Scott Morrison to ask premiers to urgently resolve border restrictions as two-year-old Mabel Dyer waits for exemption to receive medical care.
Nation forged in the fire of war
Out of a population of seven million people, one million Australians put on our uniform and made the silent promise to give their lives for their country if need be.
The stare down the PM refuses to cop
It’s an escalating conflict with only one outcome. Scott Morrison won’t tolerate Daniel Andrews’s attempts to shift blame for COVID-19 crisis.
PM’s plea to Trump over Diggers’ killer
Scott Morrison appealed directly to Donald Trump for his support in keeping the murderer of three Australian soldiers behind bars.
PM weathers storm as virus wreaks havoc
Popular support for Scott Morrison has hardened amid Victoria’s COVID-19 crisis despite the major parties losing ground.
Morrison charting right course in crisis
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s belief that in the midst of a crisis the best politics is no politics has served him well.
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