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Phillip CooreyFinancial Review |
The universal reaction of horror from across the political spectrum is tempered by the utter lack of surprise.
Not understanding business, or having no instinct for the commercial world, is not a crime. But developing policy on the fly, all for political...
Ministers, including Attorney-General Michelle Rowland, have expressed concern about the impact of the credit card fee fiasco and increased tax on...
Everyone agrees Josh Frydenberg would be a valuable addition to Liberal ranks. But the timing and the messianic overtones of his book tour are...
Labor is bracing for a tougher time under the new Greens leader, who will not be waving through willy-nilly the final budget bills.
Angus Taylor’s migration gamble relies on simple maths: swapping seven lower-value temporary visas for one skilled worker to cut numbers without...
With its big-spending agenda, Labor has eschewed the basic tenet that the best way to lower the cost of living is to lower inflation. Now it finds...
The pursuit of arbitrary benchmarks to make a pretty average present-day situation look better than it is has become a hallmark of this treasurer.
The postwar order is collapsing due to the cowboy behaviour of the superpowers, highlighting the need for Anthony Albanese to act in solidarity with...
This was a week in which we were told that what will save us might also destroy us. AI was both our economic saviour and an existential threat.
Polls have warned about this since support for One Nation began to rise. The government has spent almost its entire time in power hoping it would go...
One Nation will again aim to set the agenda, this time with an immigration policy which, while hard line, is not unsophisticated.
With Donald Trump now engaged in another forever war and the rest of us screwed at the bowser, one can’t help thinking that Osama bin Laden got...
On the weekend, while Angus Taylor was threatening anyone who burned the Australian flag, Pauline Hanson was gazumping him on policy – again.
The party’s vote has held up during One Nation’s poll rise. But there is anything but internal peace amid a split with the wider environment movement.
Labor knew after the SA election in March that One Nation was not just a threat to the Coalition. WA’s Secret Harbour byelection confirms that.
It’s been 25 years since the MV Tampa upended Australian politics. The former PM says he was right then, and he’s right now.
Without self-imposed discipline, the red numbers will continue, especially as Labor continues to seek and spend money it does not have. And boasting...
Unhinged parochial politics and the prime minister’s lack of political capital make significant change to the GST deal unlikely.
Perception matters in politics and, when it comes to the melons saga, Anthony Albanese’s response has been wanting.
Anthony Albanese should think about squeezing in a trip to the country this year. It’s the least he could do.
The latest AFR-Redbridge poll underscores the creeping strength of the conservative vote. It’s no wonder the Coalition won’t rule out a deal with...
The One Nation leader isn’t in Adelaide, but the vibe at the ALP national conference is that her party is omnipresent.
The Liberal Party should show it is serious about attracting younger voters by pledging to unwind its disastrous Job-Ready Graduates scheme.
Anthony Albanese has always warned against punching down on the so-called wealthy. Does he still believe it?
One polling setback does not a crisis make for One Nation, but it is a reminder that major parties are subject to more questioning and scrutiny.
By forming a new party – Community Strong Australia – lower house independents are finally realising that true policy influence lies in the upper...
Just as the government tries to rein in the NDIS, childcare is shaping up as a new budget money pit.
Thanks to an ill-timed stunt at the Press Club by activist group GetUp, the One Nation leader got exactly what she came for.
Voters flocking to One Nation, for now at least, don’t care about policy details or Pauline Hanson’s ability to run the country in this age of...
The Albanese government must resist the temptation to roll out more largesse to stave off the One Nation threat.
The budget’s breach of trust with voters appears to outweigh its stated attempt to repair social cohesion.
If Labor launches what would be its third term with yet another summit under the guise of consultation, then buyer beware.
The breakdown of the two-party political system is all well and good – until someone gets hurt.
Their starting point is there should be no CGT discount at all and nothing should be grandfathered. They won’t get that, but they are pushing for...
For Labor, this is the real deal, fulfilling a longstanding agenda. Meanwhile, the Coalition, especially the Liberal Party, believes it has been...
Every argument being made now and in the next few weeks could have been made before the last election – and carried.
The focus of the two major parties in the aftermath of Farrer was each other, as if Pauline Hanson was still an aberration.
No one is expecting a miracle. But the reply speech gives Taylor a golden opportunity to put what will be a defeat in Farrer behind him and start...
When former opposition leader Peter Dutton proposed a very similar plan a year ago, he was mocked. Our political masters really do treat us like...
Last year we thought the party was a has-been, then came Bondi. Now Pauline Hanson is Australia’s most favoured political leader.
Once upon a time governments owned and fought for their intentions. Not this one.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme has become the gold standard for reform. For all the wrong reasons.
Given the debate over oil reserves, the government can thank its lucky stars it “lost” the bid to hold this year’s UN climate change summit in...
A similar thing happened almost 30 years ago during the referendum on whether Australia should become a republic, when Abbott belittled his own kind...
Labor’s vote is holding, but the Coalition’s is in free fall: Why you’d still rather be Anthony Albanese than Angus Taylor.
It’s not as though we haven’t been warned before – in 2012, politicians from both sides were calling for the nation to shore up its fuel supply.
Four years ago, the Treasurer made a political virtue out of outspending. Now he’s looking to make “substantial savings”.
In this case, he appears to have unleashed something he cannot control; a conflagration across the entire region, culminating in a global energy and...
Matt Canavan is the best weapon the Coalition has against One Nation. And he likes to think he has already rankled Pauline Hanson.
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