The prime minister to recraft Australia’s climate policy
The prime minister is wedged between the US president and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce in forging climate policy for Glasgow, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
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As the third wave deepened and with only a third of eligible people fully vaccinated, the PM simply left the bad news behind and began hailing “another day of hope”, based on the latest vaccination numbers, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
"The legislation tabled by Senator Gallagher reveals the frustration that she and her Labor colleagues feel as more and more rorts are revealed," writes political columnist MICHAE MOORE.
We will need an inquiry to learn from rollout mistakes, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
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New urgency to vaccinate young people
The government is set to tweak its vaccination timetable after Doherty Institute modelling showed it's vital to get younger adults quickly vaccinated, because they are high covid transmitters, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
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Submission demands respect for women in parliament
Australia urgently needs to adopt a code of conduct to prevent abuse, harassment and sexual misconduct in Parliament, according to leading experts and former political staffers.
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Covid payments aim to curve recession
As NSW extended its lockdown for another month and the federal government shelled out more money, it was as if we were back in 2020 and Victoria’s long incarceration.
"The Australian National Audit Office has exposed major issues with the $660 million of taxpayers’ money that was part of a pre-election campaign planned and executed by Liberal ministers," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
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.
The Prime Minister and the Coalition sink in Newspoll on the back of rollout shambles, 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.
Federal help for NSW triggers slanging match between the Victorian government and the Morrison government, writes political reporter MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Australia has a new four-phase plan for a return to normality. ADRIAN ESTERMAN reports on what we know so far...
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.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN's not sure the PM's getting the message...
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.
