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Misjudgment or fear? PM on Bondi royal commission

Misjudgment or fear? PM on Bondi royal commission
yesterday 20

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: Has Albanese misjudged the public mood or is he fearful of a royal commission?

View from The Hill: Has Albanese misjudged the public mood or is he fearful of a royal commission?

The calls for a federal royal commission in the wake of Bondi are now reaching a roar.

monday 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese government announces gas reservation plan to address supply and price

Albanese government announces gas reservation plan to address supply and price

Under the scheme, exporters will have to reserve between 15% and 25% of gas production for the local market.

monday 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese forced into policy catch-up after Bondi horror

Albanese forced into policy catch-up after Bondi horror
monday 30

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Australia’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be reviewed post Bondi

Australia’s law enforcement and intelligence agencies to be reviewed post Bondi

in the Albanese government’s latest responsle to the Bondi tragedy Ausrtralian law enforcement and intelligence agencies are to be reviewed.

21.12.2025 9

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Grattan: PM forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity

While it is wrong to seek to blame Albanese personally for what happened at Bondi, he is culpable for failing to more adequately respond to the...

20.12.2025 10

InDaily

Michelle Grattan

Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme

Albanese announces national gun buyback scheme

Governments across Australia continue to respond to the Bondi terror attack.

19.12.2025 8

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

A nation in mourning and a prime minister on the back foot as grief turns to anger

A nation in mourning and a prime minister on the back foot as grief turns to anger
19.12.2025 10

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

A nation in mourning and a prime minister on the back foot as grief turns to anger

A nation in mourning and a prime minister on the back foot as grief turns to anger
19.12.2025 9

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity

Grattan on Friday: Anthony Albanese is forced into policy catch up after Bondi atrocity

In an extraordinary personal censure, Australia’s Jewish community effectively denied Anthony Albanese the role of being the nation’s chief public...

18.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese announces new crackdown on hate, in sweeping initiatives to combat antisemitism

Albanese announces new crackdown on hate, in sweeping initiatives to combat antisemitism

Increased penalties for hate speech promoting violence and making hate an aggravating factor in sentencing are among a raft of new laws following the...

18.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese not invited to rabbi’s funeral, as Frydenberg calls for ban on ‘hate preachers’

Albanese not invited to rabbi’s funeral, as Frydenberg calls for ban on ‘hate preachers’

The response to the massacre has become deeply partisan, with Frydenberg calling on Albanese to accept ‘personal responsibility’ for the deaths.

17.12.2025 20

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the Bondi terror attack and the mid-year budget update

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Jim Chalmers on the Bondi terror attack and the mid-year budget update

The treasurer says the government needs to do more on several fronts: from fighting antisemitism after Sunday’s deadly attack, to cracking down on...

17.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year

Mid-year budget update will project deficit of nearly $37 billion for current financial year

Wednesday’s budget update will project a better budget deficit then what was predicted.

16.12.2025 2

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: regardless of whether massacre was preventable, Albanese has been found wanting in meeting antisemitism crisis

View from The Hill: regardless of whether massacre was preventable, Albanese has been found wanting in meeting antisemitism crisis

For all the government’s rhetoric on antisemitism, something has often seemed missing. It has appeared behind where it needed to be.

15.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

National cabinet agrees to sweeping overhaul of Australia’s gun laws in response to Bondi massacre

National cabinet agrees to sweeping overhaul of Australia’s gun laws in response to Bondi massacre

Caps on how many firearms someone can own and only granting licences to Australian citizens are among the slated new laws.

15.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Attorney-General Rowland to repay some travel money; cost of government’s battery subsidy scheme explodes

Attorney-General Rowland to repay some travel money; cost of government’s battery subsidy scheme explodes

As the expenses affairs continues to roll through the Albanese government with Attorney-General Michelle Rowland needing to repay some of the money...

14.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Real judgment of social media ban is years away

Real judgment of social media ban is years away
13.12.2025 10

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Tighter travel rules may be on the way, after Albanese seeks advice from watchdog

Tighter travel rules may be on the way, after Albanese seeks advice from watchdog

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appears to be starting to move towards some tightening of parliamentarians’ travel entitlements. After more than a...

12.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese's social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success

Albanese's social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success
12.12.2025 7

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

Albanese's social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success

12.12.2025 10

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success

Grattan on Friday: Albanese’s social media ban is bold reform, but it will take years to judge its real success

In a week when teenagers started trying to flout new online bans, politicians proved it’s not just the kids who are good at finding ways to get...

11.12.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Number of Indigenous deaths in custody at record high

Number of Indigenous deaths in custody at record high

A new report shows 33 of the 113 deaths in custody in 2024–25 were Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people. It’s the highest number in 40 years.

10.12.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Anika Wells refers herself to independent watchdog over expenses affair

Anika Wells refers herself to independent watchdog over expenses affair

The embattled communications minister’s $95,000 flights to New York, among other travel perks and expenses, will be investigated.

09.12.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sarah Hanson-Young on the social media ban as a risky ‘fake silver bullet’

The Greens’ senator says she’s worried kids will end up ‘in other online spaces that are even darker and more dangerous’ – and Australia...

08.12.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon

View from The Hill: in awkward timing, government ends energy rebate as it defends Wells’ spendathon

Wells is the latest in a long line of politicians to find themselves falling foul not of the official entitlement rules, but the crucial pub test.

08.12.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation to run as NSW Senate candidate in 2028

Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation to run as NSW Senate candidate in 2028

As widely expected, the former Nationals leader has joined a surging One Nation.

08.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Australians see AI as leading threat to people and businesses: survey

Australians see AI as leading threat to people and businesses: survey

A new survey has shown that Australians see AI as a leading threat.

07.12.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Can Libs take on IR laws without courting disaster?

Can Libs take on IR laws without courting disaster?
06.12.2025 10

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Could the Libs make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?

Industrial relations should be core business for the Coalition. But did we hear of it at the last election? Michelle Grattan explains why IR is...

06.12.2025 8

InDaily

Michelle Grattan

The high-risk policy trap that could make or break the opposition

The high-risk policy trap that could make or break the opposition
05.12.2025 10

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

The high-risk policy trap that could make or break the opposition

05.12.2025 10

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: Could the Liberals make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?

Grattan on Friday: Could the Liberals make a fight of industrial relations without courting disaster?

It’s near-universally agreed that opposition policy development under Peter Dutton was too thin and too late. Are Liberals now being rushed...

04.12.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese's wedding guestlist a mudmap to his inner power sanctum

Albanese's wedding guestlist a mudmap to his inner power sanctum
03.12.2025 10

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Tim Ayres on the AI rollout’s looming ‘bumps and glitches’

The industry minister denied Australia’s adopting a ‘light-touch’ approach on AI – and says he’s working to make sure data centres are...

03.12.2025 8

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese government shies away from tougher recommendations from ‘jobs for mates’ inquiry

An independent inquiry has strongly condemned the politicisation of appointments to government boards despite the government rejecting much of the...

02.12.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Albanese's wedding guestlist a mudmap to his inner power sanctum

01.12.2025 9

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Marles confirms Australia is monitoring Chinese ships, announces defence delivery shakeup

The ships are currently in the Philippine Sea and it’s too early to tell where they might be headed.

01.12.2025 2

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: Albanese’s wedding guestlist a mudmap to his inner power sanctum

The prime minister’s quiet wedding gave an insight into who is in his inner circle.

01.12.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Labor victory, Coalition woes to end political year

29.11.2025 8

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: Two women intent on vindication ensure Higgins affair haunts Labor

The ongoing litigation resulting from one fateful night at Parliament House has inconvenient truths for all involved – including members of the...

28.11.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Murray said 'let's dance'. And the Libs tripped up big time

28.11.2025 9

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan

Murray said 'let's dance'. And the Libs tripped up big time

28.11.2025 8

Canberra Times

Michelle Grattan

Grattan on Friday: when the music stopped, Greens had out-stepped flat-footed Liberals on environment deal

The government finally got through its environmental laws, doing the deal with the Greens, leaving the Liberals hung out to dry.

27.11.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Sussan Ley on Barnaby’s defection and how the environment law deal ‘fell apart’

Ley says the Opposition was negotiating on the environment laws with the government into early Thursday – just before Labor announced a deal with...

27.11.2025 4

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals, as he eyes One Nation Senate seat

The sandwich-press steak dinner may yet work a charm, but the MP has quit the Nationals while not yet saying where he’s headed next.

27.11.2025 10

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: it’s been a carefully orchestrated political courtship, but the marriage could be rocky

As married couples know, no union is always smooth sailing, but the probable Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson partnership may be testier than most.

25.11.2025 3

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

View from The Hill: Niki Savva outlines Andrew Hastie’s ambition ‘to restore the Menzian big tent’

Those around Sussan Ley seem confident her fragile leadership would survive into next year. But some in the party look to Andrew Hastie as the parties...

24.11.2025 7

The Conversation

Michelle Grattan

Combatting neo-Nazis a ‘wicked' issue for govts

22.11.2025 60

The New Daily

Michelle Grattan

Combatting the neo-Nazis is a 'wicked problem' for governments

21.11.2025 9

The Examiner

Michelle Grattan