Liberals call for external review into data breach
THE Opposition is calling on the ACT government to conduct an independent external review into the breach of public sector employees compensation data.
Politics
Political news and analysis from the ACT and Federal Parliaments
"Yass Valley has been like Cuba, stuck in the 1950s timezone when farming was the most important business in the area and Yass was the centre of the universe," writes BILL GINN.
Amid the chaos circling the coalition government this week, one encouraging sign is seeing a new generation of Liberal moderates belatedly raise their voices, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
THE ACT government needs to "properly" invest in a long-term mowing plan for the capital, the Opposition says.
Assembly
Libs call for more days in chamber
THE Canberra Liberals are calling for extra days in the chamber as the ACT Assembly faces only 35 sitting days in its 2022 calendar.
Politics
Morrison’s net-zero target has no bow nor arrow
"This latest manoeuvre from the Prime Minister to remain in power, like all the others, was bereft of substance, responsibility and morality. In other words, it was a con trick," writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Politics
PM warns disorderly troops against putting ‘a smile on Labor’s face’
Scott Morrison has warned liberal senators withholding their vote on legislation to get the PM to override state vaccine mandates that they'll be putting a "smile on Labor's face", writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"When a plethora of corflute signs appear just before an election, it is fair to ask how much was this in the community interest and how much was it an election strategy." asks MICHAEL MOORE.
In the first of a three-part critical analysis of the housing market, JON STANHOPE and Dr KHALID AHMED trace how the ACT government's monopolistic land-release policy deliberately drives up house prices.
With the opposition and other critics homing in on the issues of his character and integrity, Scott Morrison on Monday played right into their hands, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
For Scott Morrison, putting up the religious discrimination bill is fulfilling an election promise, but he would also see it as a much needed wedge against Labor, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"There is no one else to blame. Just after Labor came into government in 2002-03, the ACT waiting times in emergency departments were amongst the best in Australia. They are now the worst," writes MICHAEL MOORE.
If Scott Morrison was right in saying "Australians trust Ita Buttrose" when she was appointed as ABC Chair in 2019, her pushback against the ongoing Senate inquiry has shown why, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Scott Morrison's policy to promote electric cars has backfired, wedging himself with a too-smart-by-half attempt to wedge Labor on carbon capture and storage, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"Even I felt a tad sorry for the Greens at just how embarrassing, if not humiliating, the decision to abandon the centrepiece of their much flaunted 'Building Communities not Prisons' initiative must have been for them," writes JON STANHOPE
"In an attempt to neutralise the advantage of Labor and the Greens on climate change, Elizabeth Lee argues she would like to see the ACT go even further," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
If the government is re-elected, it may be in spite of Scott Morrison rather than because of him, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
In the second of a two-part critical analysis of the October 6 ACT Budget, JON STANHOPE and Dr KHALID AHMED discover that beyond the unsustainability of the growth in the ACT’s debt, there are serious intergenerational equity considerations
After the submarine contract cancellation an awkward encounter with Emmanuel Macron was likely, but no one expected the French president would call pants-on-fire when asked about the PM, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
