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Laura TingleFinancial Review |
This year, the polls, the economy and the budget have all got worse for the government, and it has run out of room to go to voters before the end of...
The decision to release the costing on December 13 feels like the Coalition is once again playing voters for mugs.
It is one thing to take issue with the federal government’s position on a resolution to the UN. It is another to argue it is the cause of rising...
There is growing disagreement over when unemployment is inflationary – and the RBA’s view helps explain why it is still so bearish on rate cuts.
A government that does not want to upset people is finding itself outgunned by a man with simple and angry messages.
Neither major party has managed immigration well. That has not stopped Peter Dutton from making an election issue out of it.
The Trump revolution wants to tear down government that fails to deliver, but resentment is no solution either.
Peter Dutton has accused the Albanese government of appeasement on the Middle East. But its positions reflect the same limitations felt in Washington.
The complexity of the housing challenge requires a level of cooperation between governments and politicians that feels a long way from the debate we...
This week’s agreement on aged care and the failure to agree on the RBA reprises arguments that took place decades ago.
Three institutions – the central bank, the security service, and the national census – all became political footballs this week.
Anthony Albanese’s Labor has been left as piggy-in-the-middle, trying to catch a ball being thrown by the opposition parties.
Hearings that were meant to drill into policy detail have become a scattergun questioning of officials used to settle scores, or make cheap political...
The opposition leader would be within his rights to ask for greater screening of refugees from a war zone. But that’s not what he is really saying.
American government agencies keep revealing information about AUKUS that our own government will not.
The government is at the mercy of the Reserve Bank. But the central bank is also subject to forces beyond its control.
The rise of hillbilly JD Vance and an Australian mega-union that is famous for all the wrong reasons have more in common than you might think.
The legislative gridlock, a tricky economy and a Trump crisis all make a case for going to voters sooner rather than later.
Labor now wears the ire of Muslim communities, while Peter Dutton has crafted his messaging to squeeze in everything from Fatima Payman to grocery...
It’s still not clear how Australia managed to get the Americans to drop the process of law on a man they wanted for espionage.
The headline numbers confirm Peter Dutton is setting the agenda, but to stay on top he will need to prove how his nuclear plan will ease the cost of...
The question is why the Coalition feels it can talk safely about doing less on climate change, two years after losing an election where perceived...
Slashing the capabilities of government departments means that in the real world, dodgy characters escape scrutiny and genuine needs go unanswered.
It’s delusional to think that we can find large new areas to spend money on without the overall cost of government going up. But whoever raises...
The irony is that Peter Dutton of all people should understand how complicated migration numbers really are.
A huge GST handout to WA and a report that gives a free pass to the state’s gas industry show how far parochial toadying in the west will go.
Maintaining the momentum of this week’s announcements after decades of neglect is the biggest issue facing the anti-violence movement.
The Coalition in particular has to ask tricky questions of when enough is enough on social media platforms.
It wasn’t just about one rape in Canberra. It is a pattern of male behaviour lamented by all politicians but which continues just the same.
Both major parties are wildly out of step with the views of people they must woo if they want to win the next federal election.
We have been too quick to make excuses for Israel, and too slow to push the first principle of adherence to the law.
The opposition wants to talk about everything except the hip-pocket pain that voters are most exercised about.
An economic problem, pressure on voters, and a government willing to step up. This is when change happens.
Voters were quicker to welcome a decision that benefited millions than journalists who were transfixed by a political horse race.
The Dunkley by-election will be fought and lost on kitchen table issues. But it is a distant conflict that is piling pressure on political parties and...
Forget the Christmas switch-off. Even if people have been watching or listening, it’s hard to believe they have heard much of the government’s...
As bracket creep starts to bite harder, the Albanese government might want to start rethinking where its tax cut focus should be.
“The world looked away during the World War, and Jews, 6 million of our people, were murdered in that looking away… It is incumbent upon...
The NDIS was overwhelmed by autism cases with nowhere else to go. Creating new services for them is one of the pointiest issues in the review.