Why has only five per cent of the government’s small business support made it through?
Amid all of the public fanfare created by the billions of dollars in “free money” handed out by the Morrison…
Bill Shorten: third time lucky?
When Anthony Albanese was elevated to the Labor leadership in May last year, there was hope that he would at…
A reminder: government can’t save everyone and everything.
As a collective, Australians generally dislike the government involving itself unnecessarily in our daily lives and expanding the ever-growing influence…
Victoria has become a cautionary tale for Australia – and the world
With Victoria’s lockdown now in its 21st day, one would have thought after three weeks there would be some sign…
The Morrison Government’s coronavirus response has broken Australian politics
The Morrison Government’s economic response plan to the coronavirus outbreak has effectively broken Australian politics. Up is down, water is…
Coronavirus and the public toilet theory of human behaviour
Looking around the world, some of the nations first hit by Covid-19 are well on the road to economic recovery…
Yes, there’s a by-election on, but this baseless optimism about the economy needs to stop
Since the coronavirus economic crisis began, there has been a great deal of rhetoric from the Morrison government that the…
From Spring Street to the Snowys: how will Labor’s stacking scandal play in Eden-Monaro?
When the contest for Eden-Monaro kicked off just a few short months ago, the Coalition looked like it may pull…
Welcome to the University Australia
In their 1976 classic Hotel California, The Eagles sang of a haunted hotel where “you can check out any time…
ScoMo’s renovation rescue needs a rethink
When the Morrison Government’s home renovation cash grants were announced on Monday, one couldn’t help but think about the wealthy…
The Eden-Monaro mess throws Labor a lifeline
Less than 24 hours ago it looked increasingly likely that the Coalition might pull off a historic victory in Eden-Monaro,…
Labor’s right. We need to cut immigration
After well over a decade of engaging in a quiet bipartisan endorsement of Australia’s high immigration intake, Labor has finally…
If Labor loses Eden-Monaro, stand by for civil war
Despite the Morrison governments various missteps and scandals since the election in May last year, opposition leader Anthony Albanese has…
We need to follow Trump and suspend immigration
In the years since the global financial crisis successive governments both Labor and Coalition have continued to run extremely high…
ScoMo has built an economic time bomb. It detonates in six months
Since it became clear to the Morrison government that the coronavirus outbreak could lead to a potential depression for Australia,…
Coronavirus: you don’t even need to catch it to become a fatality
If you spend a little bit of time on Twitter or Facebook pages discussing the coronavirus outbreak, you are soon…
ScoMo can’t kowtow to China over coronavirus
On Saturday, the Morrison Government announced that it was partially lifting its China travel ban to allow Chinese Year 11…
Barnaby Joyce won’t go away
As soon as the recent Nationals leadership spill confirmed that Michael McCormack would remain the leader of the party by…
Where’s that mojo, ScoMo?
Talk about testing times. In the lead up to the federal election last May, Scott Morrison made an artform of…
Coronavirus: ScoMo’s made the right call closing the border, but stumbled otherwise
In the fortnight or so since coronavirus began making serious news headlines in Australia, the Morrison government has consistently been…
Coronavirus: keep calm and carry on?
Since the Wuhan coronavirus was first brought to the public’s attention, Australian government health authorities including the nation’s Chief Medical…
Better sharpen up, Scotty. Albo’s in a fighting mood
In recent days Anthony Albanese has announced major shifts in the policy and ideological stances of the Labor Party, ditching…
Is that all you’ve got? One Newspoll doesn’t damn ScoMo
Since the final polling of last year, a great deal has occurred within the realm of federal politics. After the…
The climate crazies out to topple the PM should really think things through
On Friday protesters took the streets of our nation’s major cities by the tens of thousands, for what they called…
Sorry, doom-mongers, but it’s not World War III
In the days since the assassination of Iranian Revolution Guard Corps leader Major General Qassem Soleimani and the subsequent Iranian missile attack this morning on…
