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Alarmingly for the Morrison government, the public has well and truly registered its lack of action on climate change.
The Morrison government’s reinsurance pool is the exact policy the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recommended against.
The archives’ neglect may not be, as some as argued, another shot in the culture wars, but it is a sign of the government’s truncated temporal imagination.
The Murugappans have been fighting to stay in Australia for years. All the while, Sri Lanka has one of the worst records of state-perpetrated violence against civilians in the early 21st century.
Australia’s Prime Minister wants reform of the World Trade Organization to rein in China’s ‘economic coercion’. But it also needs to constructively engage with China on that reform.
The federal government has had a patchy pandemic, to say the least. But COVID has also highlighted remarkable social discipline in the Australian people.
The sections of the Senate inquiry report dealing with Australia Post’s future should be the most interesting. But they are the least satisfying.
Christine Holgate’s new job will cost Australia Post, and Australian taxpayers.
The Coalition’s increase in child-care subsidies is a step in the right direction, though much more needs to be done.
Inflation, interest rates and booming mining royalties give the Morrison government scope to ignore the deficit daleks.
The Morrison government’s decision to drop vaccination targets goes against decades of research and evidence on the importance of goal-setting.
Christine Holgate’s demise over luxury watches shows public-sector norms and private-sector competition don’t mix well.
A hike in the minimum wage could jeopardise Australia’s post-COVID recovery, says the Morrison government. That’s an outdated economic idea.
The government’s response to Kate Jenkins’ landmark report on sexual harassment in the workplace includes several positive measures. On the whole, however, it doesn’t go far enough.
With younger people hit hardest by the pandemic’s economic impacts, it’s imperative to ensure an entire generation is not permanently disadvantaged.
History shows how the states and territories can step into a policy breach when the federal government fails. It’s time they band together on electric vehicles.
For the first time, a woman has been appointed to the hawkishly masculine home affairs portfolio. Whether this will bring a change of approach on asylum seekers and other issues remains to be seen.
Scott Morrison and Michael McCormack have both called for empathy training for MPs. But it has all the hallmarks of a human resources fad.
It’s not too late for Australia to repair our vaccine strategy, though we will never make up for the months lost.
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