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Grattan on Friday: With the budget hitting the living so hard, pursuing the dead would be a step too far

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE government believes it has had a better week with its dog of a budget, but if so, it hasn’t been due to good performance. With key measures both […]

Palmer: No staff, no talks

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra CLIVE Palmer and his Palmer United Party are refusing to meet with ministers in a bid to pressure the government to give PUP extra staff to deal with legislation […]

Moore: Dear Katy, don’t do it!

An open letter to the ACT Chief Minister, the Treasurer and cabinet members

First sighting of Clive’s roller goes to Anna Johnston at the Press Club

Earlier today we asked readers to send us photos of Clive Palmer’s beautiful Rolls Royce as they encounter it around Canberra. Getting the ball rolling the National Press Club’s Anna Johnston (author of the shenANNAgans […]

Zed brings more trade training to Tuggeranong

Senator Seselja has stood in for Federal Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education Scott Ryan to open the new Tuggeranong Sustainable Living Trade Training Centre at Erindale College. “In the 2014 school year and […]

Budget axe falls on ACT Health

Chief Minister Gallagher has said the Commonwealth Budget contains huge cuts in funding to the ACT’s health system. “The Abbott Government has unilaterally walked away from key commitments contained in the current National Health Reform […]

Moore: One big, fat fib after fib, after fib

“We know that the welfare of the ACT is of no interest to the Abbott government. However, the impact of their broken promises will go much wider,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE

Abbott takes huge budget hit and Shorten surges as preferred PM in Nielsen poll

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra THE budget has driven the government’s vote down and pushed Bill Shorten decisively ahead of Tony Abbott as preferred prime minister, in two polls today. The Nielsen poll in […]

Labor aims to punch a multi-billion hole in Hockey’s budget

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra OPPOSITION leader Bill Shorten has pledged Labor will vote against budget cuts to university funding and student support, declaring that it “will not support a system of higher fees, […]

Moore: How the public service is a free kick

THERE has been no talk from the government around Budget time of ensuring the very wealthy and the very, very wealthy shoulder their share of the tax burden. Instead, all we hear is about cutting […]

Moore: Hockey takes a harsh stick to Canberra

“Hockey’s approach is a narrow, short-term view providing savings to the Commonwealth and greatly increasing the burden to the States and Territories,” says political columnist MICHAEL MOORE

Moore: And so the poor will pay

“How long before this Treasurer starts picking on people with disabilities and begins taking candy from babies?” asks MICHAEL MOORE

Grattan on Friday: Sinodinos is seriously bruised – and that’s before ICAC says anything

By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra REGARDLESS of what the Independent Commission against Corruption finally says about Arthur Sinodinos, his day of evidence has in itself raised fundamental questions about his suitability for the job […]

Michael Moore: Is ‘Me’ what we really want?

“The greatest consequence of ‘me politics’ is that the gap between the wealthiest and the poorest will widen even further”, says MICHAEL MOORE

Cartoon: Dose of Dorin

Cartoon: dose of dorin

Politics: Fighting for facts from the front line

“Just because someone wears a uniform does not mean they can dodge political bullets,” says MICHAEL MOORE

Voters leave a mark on the big boys

Results of the Federal election suggests looming problems for the major parties, writes MICHAEL MOORE

Professor sees the voters coming

AS we wait in the eerie post-election calm to see who has won the ACT’s second Senate position, one could be forgiven for being slightly overwhelmed by the whole process and wondering what exactly happened. […]