The announcement the resident embassy in Afghanistan will be replaced after this week by fly-in-fly-out diplomacy has attracted very limited interest from the opposition, and even less debate, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Senate inquiry into the Christine Holgate affair has declared Prime Minister Scott Morrison, shareholder ministers and the Australia Post board should apologise to the former CEO, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Australia will shut its residential embassy in Afghanistan before its troops leave the country, amid concerns of an expected worsening security situation, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
What’s dubbed “Fortress Australia” is objectively driven by the slowness of the vaccination rollout, which has Morrison under pressure, not least because it holds back the economy, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The government has failed to get any electoral “bounce” from last week’s budget, despite it being widely seen as good for the economy, according to Newspoll.
Is that the Coalition debt truck parked just past the election? asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In Anthony Albanese’s federal budget reply, the Australian Labor Party leader promises support for young entrepreneurs to develop startups, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
MICHELLE GRATTAN says the federal Budget aims to give Australia a post-pandemic soft landing, using revenue windfalls for spending and tax cuts rather than for slashing the deficit.
Given a grim covid picture internationally and a long way to go with the vaccine program locally, Treasurer Josh Frydenburg's focus on recovery, with difficult decisions still some way off, is both sound and politically convenient, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
It became clear this week repatriation flights for Australians stranded in India would have to resume ASAP after May 15, whatever the covid situation in that country, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In a strong statement, the Human Rights Commission said it held “deep concerns about these extraordinary new restrictions on Australians returning to Australia from India”, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
With this week’s decision to suspend flights bringing Australians home from India, Scott Morrison showed himself to be just as reluctant to take a risk as the state premiers he's spent months lambasting, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
