It's been a cold climate for Canberra's bureaucrats in the Morrison years and public servants are starting to gossip about what an Albanese administration would mean for them, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Anthony Albanese would have a strong win if the latest poll were reproduced at the election, reports political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"It's a paradox. The Morrison government has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes but Labor has found itself having to embrace the budget’s central measures," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Having this budget register positively with voters is vitally important for Morrison, but there are problems cutting through, says political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
If money talks, the government has the megaphone out, says MICHELLE GRATTAN.
There's cheaper petrol and cash handouts in Scott Morrison government’s vote-buying Budget, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"With a cost of living package, cut in petrol excise and cash handouts, lower and middle income earners and pensioners are tipped to be main sweeteners," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN previewing today's federal Budget.
"Morrison got his way when the Liberal federal executive agreed to candidates for several key NSW seats being picked by a three-person committee rather than the rank and file having their say," writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"Morrison and Albanese are tramping around the country making promises, but for today let’s leave the leaders in their hi-vis uniforms." Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN examines what the political landscape might look like after May.
SA Labor’s win will be a psychological boost for the federal opposition, but it comes as Anthony Albanese continues to struggle with the Kimberley Kitching allegations, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The March 29 budget will contain “targeted and proportionate” help for families with cost of living pressures and move fiscal policy towards stabilising and reducing debt, says treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
The polls tell a positive story for opposition leader Anthony Albanese, but Labor knows there's plenty that could go wrong on his path to The Lodge, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
