The seat is on a 2.8% margin, after a large swing of more than 7% against the discredited Tudge in 2022
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Like the Liberals, the Greens have a base that is split between hardliners and moderates. At the radical end, their activists don’t want compromise on core issues; its mainstream voters want outcomes.
Kate Chaney & Michelle Grattan 16.02.2022
This week, Politics with Michelle Grattan features independent MP Kate Chaney. They discuss climate change, integrity, the economy, challenges of the job and more
As well as her interviews with politicians and experts, Politics with Michelle Grattan includes “Word from The Hill”, where she discusses the news with members of The Conversation’s politics team.
Now, as he grapples with the issue of the Voice, Dutton has to make a judgement about the symbolic significance of this latest test he faces.
The initiatives come amid a spate of publicity about the problems in Alice Springs and elsewhere in the Northern Territory
The Home Affairs and Immigration Ministers Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles have announced that people on TPV and SHEV Visas will be eligible to apply
Now Peter Dutton faces his own Aston test, which comes with risks and opportunities.
The unexpected contest will be a major test for opposition leader Peter Dutton, who is particularly unpopular in Victoria.
In this podcast, Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the RBA rate rise, Lidia Thorpe's defection to the crossbench and the ongoing Voice debate
In this podcast, Michelle talks with Malarndirri McCarthy, Labor Senator for the Northern Territory and Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians
The measures follow Albanese’s recent visit to Alice Springs
Her departure, while a blow for the Greens, is not all bad news for them
The government will introduce the legislation for the referendum, with the wording of the question, before the end of March. This will be followed by a parliamentary inquiry lasting at least six weeks.
Chalmers has bought himself a doozy of a conversation, with his essay advocating we embrace “values-based capitalism”
The committee includes four Indigenous members and two former ministers
In this podcast Chalmers also reveals he spoke with Paul Keating while writing of the essay, published in The Monthly.
The policy, called Revive and funded by $286 million over four years, establishes Creative Australia which will be the government’s principle arts investment and advisory body
Chalmers’ essay looks to the future after the uncertainties of three global crises - the GFC, the pandemic, and the energy and inflation shock
The challenges in Alice Springs shot to prominence just as the debate about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum is becoming more difficult for Albanese.
The four recipients “share a common bond – using their life experience as a power for good, helping others around them and making the world a better place
Albanese stressed the need for co-operation across levels of government and announced the federal and NT governments had appointed Dorrelle Anderson as Central Australian Regional controller
Former deputy NT chief minister Marion Scrygmour has laid blame on the NT government for not acting after the federal alcohol bans expired mid-last year.
Like Labor’s recent post-mortem, the Liberal analysis also points to the key importance of voters’ negative perceptions of Scott Morrison in his government’s election loss.
Albanese has always been a supporter but in government, Rudd was a highly divisive figure. His controlling leadership style, micromanagement and temper outbursts were publicly and harshly condemned by various colleagues.
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