Jim Chalmers on tax cuts, inequality, and the Queensland election
Michelle Grattan sits down to talk with Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
The Royal Commission into Aged Care put the secretary of the federal health department, Brendan Murphy, firmly in his place.
The Nationals are demanding major changes to the government’s controversial planned new regime of higher education fees, declaring they would disadvantage regional communities and students.
The federal government has clashed with the Royal Commission into Aged Care, strongly rejecting the claim that it had no specific COVID-19 plan.
An imminent report on Australian Special Forces’ behaviour in Afghanistan is expected to delivery damning findings.
Peter Rozen QC declared before the Royal Commission into Aged Care that Australia’s aged care sector was “underprepared” to deal with COVID-19.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells on aged care – what needs to be done differently
Michelle Grattan discussed aged-care reform, and the effect of the coronavirus on aged-care residents, with Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells
COVID-19 has now made us two Australias. There’s Victoria – most specifically Melbourne – and then there’s the rest of the country.
Scott Morrison will unveil on Thursday a cybersecurity package to give greater protection to Australian infrastructure.
A rumour that Victoria’s high profile chief health officer Brett Sutton was quitting caused a flurry in state government circles on Wednesday afternoon.
Scott Morrison says the COVID-19 crisis has created new opportunities for “like-minded economies” to work together.
The question of whether the public should know the details of victorian aged-care facilities with COVID-19 outbreaks was today raised before a senate committee
Non-essential retailers across Melbourne will be shut under Victoria’s unprecedented lockdown, while Scott Morrison announced a “pandemic disaster payment” worth $1,500 for Victorian workers.
Victoria has been declared a ‘state of disaster’.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon.
Scott Morrison says of the war against COVID-19: “On some days the virus wins. On other days we beat it.” This week, the virus was counting its victories most days.
Patricia Sparrow on the need for aged care reform
Michelle Grattan discusses aged care with ACSA CEO Patricia Sparrow.
The government will unveil 16 targets for Indigenous advancement, when Scott Morrison announces on Thursday a new national agreement on “Closing the Gap”.
The blowback from closing borders will be considerable the Queensland premier, but will be a lot less politically dangerous than if she were seen to fail to do everything possible to protect Queenslanders’ health.
The Royal Commission into Aged Care declared older people and their families were left “isolated and powerless”. COVID-19 has provided a tragic real-time vindication of the commission’s observation.
A look at the week in politics, focussing on what Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has described as “without doubt, the biggest shock this country has ever faced”.
If anyone had told the Coalition when it was elected in 2013 that it would be presiding over such a debt level, let alone arguing its virtues, they’d have been laughed out of court…
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has announced massive budget deficits of $85.8 billion for the just-finished 2019-2020 financial year and $184.5 billion projected for 2020-2021.
The reintroduction of restrictions in Victoria in response to its COVID second wave will reduce
National growth will have been reduced $3.3 billion will reduce
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