In his valedictory speech, former treasurer Joe Hockey has effectively challenged the Turnbull government to be bold.
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Joe Hockey thought repeating a few slogans was enough; but selling the economy is harder than it looks.
The government is preparing for an early byelection in former treasurer Joe Hockey’s safe seat of North Sydney, with nominations for the Liberal pre-selection already open.
The first thing you notice after walking into Tony Abbott’s new Parliament House digs is the bicycle. In good times and bad, cycling has become his motif: the pollie pedal, the rides with VIPs and mates…
The “national interest”, at least as far as economic policy is concerned, has always been a contested compromise and a consequence of the relative political influence of domestic forces.
Malcolm Turnbull has gone for broke in his dramatic overhaul of the Coalition team. The new prime minister is using this moment of high authority to “renew” to the max – unlike Tony Abbott’s ill-judged…
Malcolm Turnbull has five women in his new cabinet, including the nation’s first female defence minister, in a reshuffle that cuts a swathe through the Abbott ministry to promote massive “renewal”.
Tony Abbott says sound economic management is in the DNA of the Liberals. So what went wrong?
It has significant public support across party lines, but politicians who advocate Australia becoming a republic are likely to have their priorities and even their right to do so questioned.
Without true structural reform and business investment the G20 economies will be unable to deliver on their lofty growth ambitions.
So far, Tony Abbott has failed to position himself as anything more than an opposition leader who has been given power and is unsure what to do with it.
Tony Abbott, who won power two years ago on Monday, is most at home in combat, whether on the domestic campaign trail or escalating Australia’s commitment to a battle abroad.
Australia has had 24 years of consistent growth. Is it all about to come to a crashing end?
Good societies with secure public systems will increase investment much faster than company or personal tax cuts.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor Stephen Parker and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
There’s an ad on TV that starts: “If you were me, what would you do next?” If I were Tony Abbott, I’d scheme to get a new treasurer without the existing one blowing me up.
Hockey’s call to cut personal income taxes to improve economic growth sounds reasonable - but this is too simplistic.
The federal government’s decision to implement a deposit levy may increase the costs of banking in Australia without improving the stability of the system.
As if he did not have enough problems, Joe Hockey has just created another one for himself and his colleagues. His agreement – announced by Peter FitzSimons, chair of the Australian Republican Movement…
I think it is a bit out of control and I think it’s important … not just to talk about tighter management … but actually do it. Tony Abbott would have been absolutely right – if he had been speaking about…
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