In 1922-23, Billy Hughes’ Nationalist Party brokered a deal with the Country Party to form government - but only on condition Hughes was no longer prime minister. It’s possible this could play out again.
Articles on Scott Morrison
Displaying 161 - 180 of 1066 articles
Scott Morrison finally got his way at the weekend when the Liberal federal executive agreed to candidates for several key NSW seats being picked by a three-person committee rather than the rank and file having their say
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra
Political observers hang out for when the prime minister will announce the election date, marking the start of the “campaign”.
In a major turnaround, the Morrison government has accepted New Zealand’s long-standing offer to resettle annually 150 refugees who came by boat.
In the seat of Wentworth, the Liberals are being challenged by a high profile “teal” candidate, Morrison is unpopular, Albanese is preferred PM, and climate change tops issues people say will influence their vote.
National security looks set to be a key issue in the lead-up to the 2022 election – but whether it will shift any votes is another matter.
Move over Mark McGowan and make some space for South Australia’s Peter Malinauskas on Scott Morrison’s recently-installed couch of Labor “besties”.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Change Governance Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics.
Polls this week were once again music to Labor ears. Newspoll showed the opposition maintaining its strong election-winning margin. A poll in selected Western Australian seats had the Morrison government on the nose.
Word from The Hill: Be careful what you say about your opponent’s ‘makeover’
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
With two months until a federal election, Labor maintains a big lead in the latest Newspoll, with the opposition leader gaining ground as preferred prime minister.
Anthony Albanese is now level with Scott Morrison as “better prime minister” for the first time in more than two years in Newspoll, as Labor retains its 55-45% two-party lead.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra
In his second big defence announcement in under a week, Scott Morrison on Thursday will outline plans for a major expansion of Australia’s defence workforce to more than 101,000 by 2040.
Barnaby Joyce, in his usual blunt fashion, told a TV interviewer on Wednesday morning Scott Morrison would get a bad reception when he visited Lismore.
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn
Scott Morrison on Monday will unveil a plan for a new submarine base to be built on the east coast to support Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines.
If Scott Morrison had contracted COVID two months ago, it would have been a big story. Instead, when the PM fell victim this week, it was also-ran news.
Imagine if the PM had caught COVID two years ago? We knew so little about COVID with certainty back then, and what we did know was truly frightening. Here’s what’s changed since then.
Top contributors
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
-
Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
-
Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
-
Tony Walker AM is a Friend of The Conversation.
Director, La Trobe University
-
Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
-
Professor, Canberra School of Government, University of Canberra
-
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
-
Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University
-
Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
-
Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, Adjunct Principal Research Fellow, Cairns Institute, James Cook University
-
Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, University of Canberra
-
Senior Lecturer of Australian Politics, Murdoch University
-
Professor, Griffith Law School, Griffith University