Anticipating reactions to political attacks can be a tricky business…
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The Qatari government has expressed its regret for distressed caused to female travellers who were subjected to invasive examinations after a newborn baby was found abandoned at Doha airport.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has described the invasive searching of 13 Australian women as “grossly disturbing”.
The Australian government has registered “serious concerns” with Qatar about an incident in which female passengers, including Australians, were taken off a flight bound for Australia and subjected to an invasive search.
The Morrison government and business have reacted angrily to Daniel Andrews’ “cautious pause” on announcing the easing of COVID restrictions in Melbourne.
James Shipton, chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, has stood aside after an adverse Audit Office report about $118,557 paid by ASIC on his behalf when he relocated from the…
Scott Morrison’s response to Christine Holgate’s evidence before Senate estimates has show the government can respond to integrity issues, if it wants to.
We don’t yet have any idea how 2021 will play out. It could be a rough year, easier to handle without the distraction of an election.
According to the Lowy Institute’s Asia Power Index, the United States has registered the largest fall in relative regional power of any country in the Indo-Pacific during the last year.
Daniel Andrews’ angst at the weekend about multiple New Zealanders who arrived in Melbourne via the travel bubble from NZ to NSW is a pointer to the pressure the Victorian premier is under.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has had a trying week following her appearance before ICAC, with federal and state colleagues having to choose a side.
economist Danielle Wood on Australia’s ‘blokey’ budget
This week Michelle Grattan talks to Grattan Institute CEO Danielle Wood about the 'blokey' budget
Scott Morrison has said NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian, has been “a tremendous premier”, and has his “absolute support”.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has admitted having a relationship with former MP Daryl Maguire, which she only ended recently, despite his being forced to quit state parliament in 2018.
Michelle Grattan discusses the 2020 budget with Professor Robert Tanton of NATSEM
Anthony Albanese’s budget reply made the point that Labor had very different priorities to the government’s.
In Opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s budget reply, he spoke of a $20 billion plan to modernise Australia’s electricity grid, and an extra $6.2 billion over four years for affordable childcare.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced today that following Mathias Cormann’s resignation, Cormann will be nominated as a candidate for secretary general at the OECD.
Michelle Grattan discusses the budget with Finance Minister Mathias Cormann and Shadow Minister Katy Gallagher
Anthony Albanese will highlight the potential of spending on social housing as a job creator in his Thursday night budget reply.
The government wants consumers to spend, spend, spend: the question is whether they will feel confident to do so.
The federal budget is set to deliver faster tax cuts and cash for pensioners amid a Herculean push to create more jobs.
Centre Alliance has given its support to the government’s JobReady Graduates bill, which now seems set to pass the Senate.
Routinely on budget night many journalists and experts question the assumptions, forecasts and projections in the budget. In this budget, it goes without saying they are all rubbery.
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