Labor is committed to generous spending on areas such as disability. As it should be. But it needs to make sure dollars aren’t squandered in these money guzzlers, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The review says that policy failures (for example on quarantine) and politics led to too many lockdowns and border closures, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
One in three women has experienced physical violence since age 15; the figure for sexual violence is one in five. A woman is killed by a current or former intimate partner every ten days, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Shaping up as an outspoken protagonist in the current “gas wars”, Industry Minister Ed Husic this week launched a barrage of criticism at the producers, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Chalmers told his news conference: “We are very concerned about what’s happening with power prices”. It was due to a combination of international factors, extreme weather and policy delay, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Anthony Albanese on Sunday insisted the government’s intention to deliver the Stage 3 tax cuts has not changed, while he reinforced the expectation of deep spending cuts in this month’s budget to attack “waste”.
Despite saying the public are up for “ a conversation” on how to pay for big spending programs, Chalmers is not so much having a “conversation” about tax cuts, as engaging in contradictory Delphic messaging, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Liberal conservatives are divided between traditionalists and those on the hard right, the latter wanting the party to turn its back on centrist policies and candidates, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In a landmark step federal, state and territory governments have essentially moved to treating covid like the flu and similar illnesses, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The National Anti-Corruption Commission looks set for an easy birth thanks to an accord between Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The proposed National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) would have a broad scope but only hold public hearings “in exceptional circumstances and where it is in the public interest to do so”, reports MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Crossbenchers have issued a list of demands on the anti-corruption commission and say they “won’t be rushed” to a vote, ahead of the much-anticipated legislation being introduced into parliament this week, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
