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The University of Canberra’s Deep Saini and Michelle Grattan discuss the week in politics.
The Australian government’s cybersecurity report card is out and the results are worrying.
For the first time in the dialogue’s 15 year history, the country most are puzzled about is not China.
Russell Broadbent said on Wednesday that the message being sent was that ‘little people don’t count’ and ‘my resignations were to make the point that they do’.
If Peter Dutton lost his seat it would be a major blow to the conservative wing of the Liberal Party.
Malcolm Turnbull has asked Theresa May to convey Australia’s solidarity, love and prayers to the people of Manchester.
At Uluru, Indigenous representatives from across Australia will aim to reach consensus on what constitutional recognition means to them.
At an extraordinary news conference, Hanson staffer James Ashby admitted the revelation was ‘embarrassing’, adding that it was a ‘poor choice of words on my behalf’.
Given the number of deaths and casualties in the long-running conflict, Australia needs to think carefully before committing more soldiers to a role that goes beyond training and support.
A combination of incompetence and expediency has let down the country in the task of fixing up the budget.
Nick Greiner’s business connections would be helpful in the urgent need for the strapped party to raise funds.
Only one in five believe they will be better off from the budget.
Labor needs to convincingly discredit the 2017 budget to the point that the government cannot use it to help restore its standing in the eyes of voters.
As the government sought to fireproof itself in Labor’s areas of strength, the budget produced a new challenge for Bill Shorten.
Bill Shorten has said Labor will oppose the budget’s increase in the Medicare levy hitting taxpayers on incomes under A$87,000.
But the key point is that the big five banks are the ideal soft target for a tax raid because they are both rich and lacking in friends.
The Conversation’s political experts react to the 2017-18 budget’s key measures in the areas of welfare, foreign aid, defence spending and more.
Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull have clearly resolved to move onto the offensive politically by bringing down a budget that is both populist and expansionary.
Total government spending has increased over time. But the pressure on the budget under a Turnbull government is more acute now than ever before, because spending is outpacing revenue.
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