top of page

FLOW NEWS 24
Search


Unemployment falls to 4.6 per cent but less people are working
Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen by 0.3 per cent to 4.6 per cent for the month of July but there has been a significant fall in...
John McDonnell
Aug 19, 20213 min read


The Afghan airlift has started
The first evacuation flight out of Kabul occurred overnight on Tuesday, the prime minister told the media at his press conference on...
John McDonnell
Aug 18, 20213 min read


Federal Parliament to resume amid Afghanistan, pandemic concerns
At his press conference in the prime minister’s courtyard on Tuesday, Scott Morrison confirmed that Parliament would sit next week...
John McDonnell
Aug 17, 20213 min read


Authoritarians in parliament try to suppress democracy
Last week the major parties in the Australian parliament attempted to pervert democratic politics in Australia, in order to ensure their...
John McDonnell
Aug 16, 20212 min read


Abandoning Afghanistan is a moral failure
Last week the Taliban captured the Afghanistan base that the Australian defence forces had occupied at Tarin Kowt, without encountering...
John McDonnell
Aug 15, 20213 min read


Gladys’ approach could disrupt the federal election
Coronavirus has spread across NSW. It is now in western NSW in the very vulnerable centres of Walgett, Dubbo and Burke. On Thursday, it...
John McDonnell
Aug 12, 20212 min read


Government charities regulations an over-reach
The conservative wing of the Liberal movement is preoccupied with the culture wars. They believe that the left is on a Gramscian march...
John McDonnell
Aug 11, 20212 min read


Caution required with media interpretations of IPCC report
The media has latched onto the International Panel on Climate Change's latest report as another baseball bat to beat the prime minister...
John McDonnell
Aug 10, 20212 min read


Poll respondents punish PM
People locked down in three states are fed up and angry and have decided to blame the prime minister for it. In the latest Newspoll,...
John McDonnell
Aug 9, 20212 min read


Premier choice – get vaccinated or get locked down
At her press conference on Thursday, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian was clearly resigned to the fact that the lockdown in Sydney was not...
John McDonnell
Aug 5, 20212 min read


Albo's unexploded $300 policy bombshell
It is unlikely that Anthony Albanese’s $300 handout for anyone who is fully vaccinated will see the light of day. By the time the...
John McDonnell
Aug 4, 20213 min read


No magic number for normal but Labor thinks they can buy it
The Doherty Institute modelling underpinning the national cabinet's plan for easing of restrictions and ending of lockdowns, was released...
John McDonnell
Aug 3, 20212 min read


Vaccine reluctance is a chronic illness
There are three million doses of Astra Zeneca currently sitting unused on shelves around Australia and yet only 43 per cent of aged care...
John McDonnell
Aug 2, 20213 min read


It is likely to be a torrid week in federal parliament
Parliament resumes this week with two ministers missing from the front bench because they are on sick leave and another still suffering...
John McDonnell
Aug 1, 20213 min read


The Liberal support base crumbles
The pandemic and the Sydney lockdown have put enormous pressure on the federal Liberal party, and it is beginning to crumble. The rats...
John McDonnell
Jul 29, 20213 min read


Albo is in a winning position
With a lot of help from Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese has put himself into a position where he can win the next election. To achieve...
John McDonnell
Jul 28, 20213 min read


Naples G20 talks show why Glasgow climate conference will fail
A myth abounds in Australia that the Morrison government will be a pariah when it attends the Glasgow climate conference in November. The...
John McDonnell
Jul 27, 20213 min read


Barnaby may enter into coalition with Labor
There are hints around the corridors of power, said to be emanating from Barnaby Joyce’s office, that the Nationals would, in certain...
John McDonnell
Jul 26, 20212 min read


Good medicine from Tokyo
With 14 million Australians in lockdown, the action in Tokyo has come along at the right time to lift our despondent mood. Not only that,...
John McDonnell
Jul 25, 20213 min read


Labour market reforms threaten workers’ rights
The labour movement is concerned about the implications of the ‘gig’ economy. The opposition and the ACTU are concerned about the...
John McDonnell
Jul 8, 20212 min read
bottom of page