Final Curtin for Julie Bishop, is it curtains for the Coalition?
In the end all the shouting and stomping was for nothing. Momentum lurched one way and then the other only to be stopped dead …
How much does a leader’s profile count in politics?
Internal polling conducted by the National Party was released, containing the unsurprising news the name of the Nationals’ leader would be a noodle-scratching poser …
Labor’s dark art of the political verbal exposed
Earlier in the week, sound, fury and internal Liberal Party squabbling ensued when Scott Morrison parachuted the former Labor National President, Warren Mundine, into …
Apologies are cheap for those who claim under National Redress Scheme
Just over a month ago, the federal parliament sat to offer formal apologies to the victims of institutional child sex abuse. Professional speech writers …
Liberals sleepwalk to an electoral calamity
The Morrison government is sleepwalking to an electoral calamity. Can the Liberal Party be roused from its slumber in time at least to save …
Daniel Andrews: so popular, even John Howard’s praising him
The result of the Victorian election has been analysed to within an inch of its life. Federal factors, state factors, good leadership, leadership in …
Punters point to a Labor minority government in Victoria
The overwhelming view is the Andrews government will win the Victorian election comfortably, possibly extending its margin in the lower house, but an analysis …
Front row seats for the brawling Greens
If you listen closely you can hear it. The sound of muffled shrieks and angry recriminations. The dull thud of the slipper being sunk. …
Death becomes our politicians.
A big shout out to Dennis Hof who overcame the severe handicap of being dead to win election in District 36 of the Nevada …
Unholy mess: Time for a Section 44 discussion
There is an unholy mess in the federal parliament, but you may not have noticed it because of the well, unholy mess in the …