This is the first national wellbeing framework. Fifty indicators are used to measure wellbeing under five themes: how healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive and prosperous we are.
- Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor has a long history of factions. What is distinctive about them now is how professionally they operate, as two powerful machines of control in an alliance of mutual convenience
In this podcast, @michellegrattan discusses the Voice with Indigenous Senators Dorinda Cox and Kerrynne Liddle
In this podcast, @michellegrattan and politics editor @amandadunn10
He says factional dominance causes unnecessary division, with the risk of forcing new recruits to the party into an “uncomfortable choice”
The official pamphlets for the ‘yes’ and ‘no’ cases for the Voice referendum will be released on Tuesday
The federal Opposition have retained the Gold Coast seat of Fadden with a two-party swing of about 2%.
The government has announced who Philip Lowe's successor is, deputy governor Michele Bullock - She will be the first woman to hold the position.
The government has appointed Michele Bullock the new governor of the Reserve Bank – the first woman to occupy the post. Bullock, currently deputy governor, replaces Philip Lowe, who has weathered strong…
Fadden could deliver a blow or a boost to Dutton. He can hardly afford the former, and desperately needs the latter.
It is generally expected Lowe will be replaced, when Treasurer Jim Chalmers takes his recommendation to cabinet
The Measuring What Matters statement will be around the themes of “healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive, and prosperous”, Chalmers said in a speech in Melbourne delivered late Tuesday
In this podcast, Bill Shorten joins The Conversation to discuss the aftermath of the royal commission report, and progress reforming the NDIS to make it more sustainable.
Bill Shorten said on Friday he had “conflicting emotions” when he read Holmes’ recommendation on this, and Anthony Albanese said he did, too.
In a swingeing indictment of the scheme, the commission says: “Robodebt was a crude and cruel mechanism, neither fair nor legal, and it made many people feel like criminals.”
With polling showing support for the Voice slipping, the government is desperate to arrest the slide.
In this podcast, Michelle chats with Bruce Wolpe about the prospect of second Trump term, and what implications that will have for Australia
With the National Anti-Corruption Commission starting its work, the experience of ICAC indicates any anti-corruption body will inevitably find itself at the centre of controversies.
In a speech to be delivered in Darwin, Chalmers says the government had been deliberate in its estimate in the budget. Now, “We’re in a significantly better position than we forecast.”
The new package includes military vehicles, artillery ammunition and $10 million for a UN humanitarian agency.
Crean, who served in parliament from 1990 to 2013, was a minister in the Hawke, Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments.
Farrell and Albanese were long-time factional opponents. But under Albanese’s government, Farrell is prospering. With the thaw in China-Australia relations, it’s a very good time to be trade minister.
In this podcast Michelle and politics + society editor Amanda Dunn discuss the wild final sitting fortnight before the winter break
The parliamentary week showed that if the government is to maximise the chance of a “yes” vote, it needs to sharpen its performance – in particular, that of Linda Burney.
Australians remain deeply concerned about China as a long term potential military threat
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