Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says Australia's plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines comes with a "very high risk" of failure and faces huge challenges of recruiting and training enough skilled workers.
"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.
"For the first time it appears that there is a real opportunity for a prominent centrist independent in the ACT to beat the Liberals and have a chance at ousting Zed," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE
THERE’s a nice story about Arthur Fadden - the Country Party leader who became PM…
MALCOLM Turnbull was correct, in policy terms, when this week he called out Scott Morrison’s…
"We get the politicians and governments that the dominant factions in the Labor and Liberal parties decide we can have," writes JON STANHOPE
MALCOLM Turnbull had a party-room victory but a god-awful week, and it wasn’t because his…
CANBERRA-raised rock star Steve Kilbey is heading back on the road with his iconic band The…
PM Malcolm Turnbull's bonk ban was begging to be ridiculed from its very conception, but…
"CEO Alan Joyce is paid close to $100,000 a day while Qantas has paid no…
THE rainbow crocheted bicycle, which was chained to a pole outside Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s…
“Senator Katy Gallagher and the Labor Party were simply not careful enough with her citizenship…
THE "Yes" result in the SSM postal survey, repeatedly described by PM Malcolm Turnbull as…
"It has taken some time, but the rate increases being experienced this year are really…
"Turnbull has the opportunity to show true leadership. The conservatives know they have no chance…
"Realpolitik is at the centre of the Morrison Budget, which even managed to adroitly back…
"Peaceful, non-violent and deliberate civil disobedience has an important part to play in advanced democracies,"…
"As more and more people become enraged over the $50 billion tax break to corporate…
WHEN Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia after the…
