Delivering his pre-budget address, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg falls short of giving a specific unemployment target but points clearly to wanting to see it at pre-pandemic levels, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
All flights from India have been suspended until May 15, to take pressure off the quarantine system especially in Sydney and at the Howard Springs centre in the Northern Territory.
As the PM inches towards the 2050 commitment, international attention is shifting to what should be done 20 years before that, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
As he grasps the reins of a portfolio he has long coveted, Dutton is sending the message that (unlike his predecessor) he wants be an activist minister who is in the public eye, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
With her claim gender was a factor in how she was treated, Christine Holgate has astutely tapped into the new women’s movement, and in doing so has hit the PM where he’s particularly vulnerable, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Former Australia Post CEO Christine Holgate inflicted a serious blow on Scott Morrison, who she labelled a bully, when she appeared before a Senate inquiry on Tuesday (April 13), writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Prime Minister's action on the national cabinet are his bluntest admission so far of the vaccine rollout’s difficulties, which started from its beginning and have multiplied ever since, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Morrison said the later stages of the rollout will have to be urgently re-examined, but it was “far too early” to say what impact it would have on the rollout’s timetable, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Morrison wants to make his “women’s problems” a whole-of-government challenge, but are his new additions to cabinet enough to quell popular anger? Asks political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Laming, who has allegedly bullied constituents and photographed a woman inappropriately, announced he won’t seek another term, but has not been booted out of the parliamentary party, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
By reshuffling his cabinet and shifting the subjects of recent crisis, Morrison is scarcely holding back the tide of mounting controversies threatening the Liberal party, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Morrison had distracted from, and undermined, the whole message he was trying to get through – that he understands and is focused on the problems women endure and on finding solutions, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
