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The concept of “ministerial responsibility” means, among other things, that ministers are held accountable for what they say – right? But if you are the immigration minister in the Coalition government…
There was a very revealing moment in Scott Morrison’s interview on Tuesday’s ABC 7.30 program about this week’s budget update. Presenter Leigh Sales was pressing Morrison about the gap between the Coalition’s…
Friendship is the bronze coin of politics rated, in a crunch, well below the silver and gold currency of self-interest, whether personal or party.
The task of defeating Islamic State (IS) might take decades, Tony Abbott has said in his third high-profile intervention in two days on terrorism, Islam and the fight against IS. As Bill Shorten called…
Malcolm Turnbull spruiks his lines like one of those optimistic entrepreneurs that he urges Australians to become.
As chance would have it Malcolm Turnbull was to have been at a sod turning for a big Toowoomba bypass project on Monday, in Ian Macfarlane’s Groom electorate.
Politically, it is not so hard to see why Malcolm Turnbull, marshalling his barrister skills and a degree of chutzpah, on Wednesday was digging in behind the indefensible position of his special minister…
Tellingly, in Tuesday’s parliamentary debate about the embattled Mal Brough the government did not put up any senior minister to defend him.
The divide within government ranks over handling the terrorism issue has been highlighted by the tough words at the weekend from Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg.
The yet-to-be-announced appointment of former treasury secretary Martin Parkinson to head the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet is a tale of justice restored, with a touch of Gilbert and Sullivan…