University of Canberra Vice Chancellor Stephen Parker and Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics including Malcolm Turnbull and federal Liberal leadership rumours.
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Was Malcolm Turnbull being forensically honest, or poking the anthill with a stick? Either way, his comments on Thursday’s 7.30 program were less than helpful to an embattled government. Asked by interviewer…
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has clashed with 2GB presenter Alan Jones, accusing him of “promoting the impression that I’m after Tony Abbott’s job” and declaring the controversial broadcaster…
Tony Abbott and Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have declared the Australian-Indonesian relationship close to being mended, although there is still some work to be finished. At a joint appearance…
With today’s political protagonists so scripted and shouty, the appearance of former prime ministers Bob Hawke and John Howard to mark the National Press Club’s 50th anniversary provided a refreshing “conversation…
Four in ten Australians believe relations with Indonesia are worsening – 24 points higher than in 2008 – while nearly half expect China will become a military threat to us in the next 20 years, according…
The crisis that is enveloping the Liberal government in Victoria will be sending some shudders through the Abbott ranks. With maverick state crossbencher Geoff Shaw threatening to support a no-confidence…
Talks between Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday will test how far the relationship between the two countries has healed after months of tension…
Clive Palmer says a Coalition government led by Malcolm Turnbull would have different policies and be “more approachable”. In provocative comments niggling at the sensitive leadership nerve, Palmer said…
Cabinet minister Malcolm Turnbull has made an extraordinary attack on conservative News Corp writer Andrew Bolt, describing his column today as bordering “on the demented”. Turnbull told reporters that…
Tony Abbott leaves this week for an extensive trip that will include joining the 70th anniversary commemoration of D-Day in France before visiting Canada and the United States. His departure on Wednesday…
One could be forgiven for overlooking a key feature of this government. Several of its most senior and influential ministers used to be leading “moderates”. Joe Hockey, Christopher Pyne and George Brandis…
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss HECS debt, Tony Abbott’s political instincts and the Medicare co-payment.
The government believes it has had a better week with its dog of a budget. If so, it hasn’t been due to good performance. With key measures both causing grief and facing a doubtful future in the Senate…
A damaging admission by the Commonwealth Bank will boost concern about the government’s plan to weaken protections for consumers seeking financial advice and throw into doubt its timetable for announcing…
Liberal backbencher Dennis Jensen has attacked the absence of a coherent science policy, and questioned the budget’s plan for a huge medical research fund when cuts are being made to other science areas…
When Malcolm Turnbull got a “dorothy dixer” from his good backbench friend Russell Broadbent on Tuesday the Communications Minister put on one of his classic rumbustious performances. It was just a sledge…
Clive Palmer and his Palmer United Party are refusing to meet with ministers in a bid to pressure the government to give PUP extra staff to deal with legislation “effectively”. Palmer cancelled a meeting…
The much-awaited Cornall report into the Manus violence in February makes one very obvious recommendation: do whatever’s possible to speed up determinations, resettlement of refugees and removal of those…
New Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler has warned the budget’s $7 co-payment will particularly hit the “working poor”, while the squeeze on states’ hospital funding will affect “frontline…
Well at least Barack Obama will be prepared when he meets Tony Abbott next month. An article about Abbott’s tribulations on The Washington Post homepage is accompanied by a video of the PM blinking – repeatedly…
NATSEM Principal Research Fellow Ben Phillips and University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan discuss the government’s poor handling of the budget blow-back, the beginning of leadership…
How bad has this budget been for the government? You only had to listen Nine’s Today program on Thursday morning to get the answer. “Will you make it to the next election as leader?” Abbott was asked by…
As Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey fight an apparently losing battle to persuade the public of the virtues of the budget, government sources say they expect bad polls to continue for months. It’s rather reminiscent…
Australia has a jobs crisis rather than a welfare crisis, according to the Salvation Army’s Economic and Social Impact Survey of nearly 2500 clients. Current job search and employment service programs…
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