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![]() Laura TingleFinancial Review |
Officials who didn’t want to hear bad news, and ministers who wanted to manage the news, are the heart of this story.
Politics will be haunted by the spectre of people making up their minds on a defining issue before a date is even set.
The coronavirus and its long-term effects continue to linger in Australia, under the radar of the public and officialdom alike.
This was the year when so many dire predictions came true. Events have transformed the discussion about what governments can afford to do, and about...
A relatively simple piece of legislation has turned into an unhappy episode because of the government’s proposed rules for controlling tomorrow’s...
Voters are so far positive about the Albanese government, even though its power bill relief and other policy initiatives tend to lack political...
The principled approach of Helen Haines, David Pocock and Bridget Archer, among others, helped mould the agenda during a busy legislative week.
It’s now even harder to fathom why Scott Morrison thought this was a good idea. But the tactical gift to Labor is clear enough.
Penny Wong and Anthony Albanese have quickly moved Australia from outlier to foreign policy activist.
The federal Labor government is not playing crash-through on its IR bill for lack of a good case, but because it thinks the low-paid can’t wait.
Misspeaking on power prices was only the start of the energy headaches for the federal treasurer this week.
The budget paints a grim picture of the economy in the 12 months ahead, with less certainty about job prospects, big increases in energy costs, and...
The Truss horror show happened because conservatives stick with ideas that are not working for voters, even when ideology says they should be.
Given the rate at which economic and budget problems are piling up, the big question is how the government steers a much broader debate about taxing...
A new book on the pandemic by one of Australia’s medical experts could provide insights into dealing with unpalatable political questions.
Quite a lot still has to be scrutinised in the proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission. There are questions too about how it will change the...
The Queen’s death has raised a whole range of complex issues behind that stability she represented to so many people. They are bubbling closer to...
Labor has inherited the likely choice of a submarine not yet designed – in an exercise supposedly about the urgency of our strategic situation.