With the Coalition having limited scope to make big promises, and the opposition determined to confine itself to a fairly narrow agenda, the federal election seems likely to be centrally about the exit from covid, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week more or less trashed Australia’s top advisory body on immunisation, in remarks that were at best ill-judged and at worst alarming, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Being confined during this winter parliamentary recess is an interference to the Prime Minister's campaigning, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The supply of Pfizer had been brought forward, with 4.5 million doses expected to be available in August instead of September, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
There’s deep irritation about the shambles flowing from recent AstraZeneca remarks. Meanwhile nearly half the country has been in lockdown, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
National cabinet makes jabs compulsory for aged care workers and AstraZeneca available for all who want it, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
NSW is on a knife edge – the coming days will show whether this will be a nasty but brief pause on activity, like the recent Victorian one, or something much more serious, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
From Parliament House, MICHELLE GRATTAN writes that with Barnaby Joyce's elevation this week, political life changed dramatically for the Prime Minister.