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Anthony Albanese was not going there when asked about this. But be assured the pressures Donald Trump is unleashing will make the need to change...
The Coalition is relying on the disgruntlement of voters with the government over the cost of living, rather than actively producing serious policies...
The prime minister’s announcement about the Bruce Highway wasn’t so much pork barrelling as trying to demonstrate that the government was actually...
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...
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...
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...
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.