Scott Morrison will releases the government’s 2020 Defence Strategic Update on Wednesday. The government’s updated defence funding will see investment in capability grow to $270 billion over the next decade.
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Anthony Albanese has promised a Labor government would reverse the Coalition’s $83.7 million cut to ABC funding.
Victoria will enter local lockdown for a month, with 36 suburbs in ten Melbourne postcode areas being affected.
$1.35 billion of defence spending will be repurposed to meet the increasing threat of cyber attacks on Australia.
It has been another huge week in news, with coronavirus spikes in Melbourne, an investigation into former High Court judge Dyson Heydon, and a Labor plan for an energy policy framework.
Excess buying of toilet paper has become a leading indicator of public alarm about COVID-19. This week in Victoria, people were heading for the shelves again…
The Battle for Eden-Monaro
Michelle Grattan talks with the primary Eden-Monaro by-election candidates – Labor's Kristy McBain and Liberal Fiona Kotvojs
The Morrison government has announced a $250 million program for the entertainment, arts and screen sectors.
A recent poll from the Lowy Institute shows
“unprecedented shifts” in Australian public opinion
Anthony Albanese has proposed negotiations for a bipartisan agreement on an energy policy framework to create greater certainty for investment.
A focus group conducted by the University of Canberra has the byelection in the marginal NSW seat of Eden-Monaro shaping up to be ‘very close’
An investigation commissioned by the High Court has found former judge Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six young female associates who worked for him when he was on the court.
The government’s higher education changes appear driven by three factors.
Michelle Grattan talks politics with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher
The federal government will provide an extra 39,000 university places by 2023 in a package that will restructure the amounts students have to pay for courses.
The Victoria branch-stacking scandal couldn’t have hit at a worse time for Anthony Albanese - the middle of the byelection in Eden-Monaro, a marginal Labor seat which he desperately needs to hold.
Clive Hamilton and Richard McGregor on Australia-China relations
Michelle Grattan speaks with Richard McGregor and Clive Hamilton about Australia-China relations.
In a Tuesday night speech titled “Australia and the world in the time of COVID-19”, Marise Payne has called for reform of multilateral institutions, including the World Health Organisation.
The ALP national executive has deployed sweeping intervention in the wake of the ‘branch stacking’ scandal.
Trust, democracy and COVID-19: A British perspective
In this Democracy 2025 podcast, Mark Evans and Michelle Grattan explore differences in the management, experience and impact of the COVID-19 crisis between Australia and the UK.
Scott Morrison, known for his pragmatism, is forging the institutions around him to meet this style.
Scott Morrison will announce $1.5 billion for small infrastructure projects.
This week marked the fiftieth anniversary of the senate vote to set up a system of committees to scrutinise government. In a time where question time is frequently farcical, such a system is essential.
Michelle Grattan talks with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher about the week in politics.
The Black Lives Matter protests last weekend marked a new stage in the unpredictable journey coronavirus has taken us on.
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