Maybe it was because he was in Tasmania and somewhat out of things. Or perhaps he was so intent on the political point he was able to make that he didn’t think the situation through. For whatever reason…
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Malcolm Turnbull has seized on the massive South Australian power failure to condemn Labor states for aggressive attitudes to renewables and call for a nationwide target.
Monday's government-Labor meeting over the proposed same-sex marriage plebiscite ended in a stalemate.
The government will impose an increase in the departure tax and claw back more superannuation from holiday makers departing Australia.
We have reached the point of absurdity. Neither the government nor Labor can or wants to compromise on the same-sex marriage plebiscite. Yet they continue the charade. Nothing was achieved by or at Monday’s…
Federal cabinet on Tuesday is due to consider a compromise on the backpacker tax, as the government moves to clear away the issue as soon as possible.
University of Canberra professorial fellow Michelle Grattan and senior lecturer in political science Michael de Percy discuss the week in politics.
Scott Morrison posted a this-was-mine claim on Facebook after Christian Porter promoted what was received as a fresh approach to welfare reform in his Tuesday speech.
Liberal Party director Tony Nutt has warned of potential dangers and difficulties in seeking to ban foreign political donations.
Education Minister Simon Birmingham has released figures to prepare the way for a major overhaul of federal funding for schools.
Malcolm Turnbull will tell the United Nations General Assembly climate change threatens ‘the future of generations around the globe’.
Malcolm Turnbull’s various New York comments about border control and refugee policies have been heavy on self-congratulation of Australia. The biggest missing element has been any announcement of a solution…
More than two-thirds of voters oppose the government’s decision to give public funding to the yes and no campaigns in a plebiscite on same-sex marriage, according to an Essential poll.
Bizarre as it might seem George Christensen, the rebel MP who threatened to cross the floor unless the government changed the superannuation package, is the Nationals’ chief whip. After the election Nationals…
There’s speculation the government might be willing to reach out to Labor to save its same-sex marriage plebiscite from being killed in the Senate. But no-one should be getting too excited. Malcolm Turnbull…
Bill Shorten has lost a very important member of his praetorian guard, in an exit from parliament that came as a complete surprise and was executed in the strangest manner. Stephen Conroy, Labor’s deputy…
At the UN next week Malcolm Turnbull will be among many leaders responding to the large movements of refugees and migrants across the world.
In a week marking the first anniversary of Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership, the government was able to show it could work with the new parliament.
Finally – though who knows for how long – we see signs of the Turnbull government pulling up its socks.
Pauline Hanson used her second maiden speech to parliament to hit out at Muslims, foreign ownership and immigration.
The issues of foreign donations and electronic voting will be examined by a wide-ranging parliamentary inquiry.
Bill Shorten has now signalled he will kill the same-sex marriage plebiscite, but he seems determined to make it a slow death. As Shorten departed on Wednesday for Canada and the United States, Labor sources…
Earlier this year, Australian writer Don Watson visited the United States, observing the race for the presidency.
The government’s proposed marriage plebiscite has been delivered a fresh blow with openly gay Liberal senator Dean Smith declaring he will not vote for it.
A government-Labor deal will see the passage of $6.3 billion in savings over the forward estimates in the Coalition’s omnibus bill.
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