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Vaccination could break the Morrison government
Scott Morrison’s four-stage plan has been a clever switch play. It has diverted the narrative away from Labor’s claim that the...
John McDonnell
Jul 7, 20212 min read


Afghan workers left to die
Afghanis who worked on Australian aid projects have been abandoned by the Australian government because of a legal technicality. Although...
John McDonnell
Jul 6, 20212 min read


Setting the freedom figure won’t be easy
Determining the vaccination level that will end lockdowns and open up all the borders will not be easy. It may be that there is not a...
John McDonnell
Jul 5, 20212 min read


Labor weaponises the whinge on pandemic exit plans
On Friday the prime minister announced a roadmap out of the pandemic-induced restrictions on the lives of Australians. It was a response...
John McDonnell
Jul 4, 20213 min read


Matt Canavan bells the cat on zero emissions
In an op-ed in the ‘Australian’ on Thursday, Matt Canavan outlined a compelling argument against a binding commitment to achieve zero...
John McDonnell
Jun 24, 20212 min read


Nationals jostle for ministries, policy shifts
The demands that Barnaby Joyce is likely to make on the Liberals as part of the new Coalition agreement are likely to be a thorn in the...
John McDonnell
Jun 23, 20212 min read


Cyclone Barnaby turns from regions to resources
Barnaby Joyce was sworn in as deputy prime minister early on Tuesday morning and the political landscape for regional Australia changed...
John McDonnell
Jun 22, 20212 min read


Nationals re-Joyced – McCormack ousted by Barnaby
It was not a ruthless well-planned coup executed by a group of ruthless conspirators, rather it was the result of a consensus that...
John McDonnell
Jun 21, 20212 min read


Morrison and the QAnon conspiracy
Last Monday, ABC’s Four Corners insinuated that there was a connection between the prime minister, Scott Morrison, and an American social...
John McDonnell
Jun 20, 20212 min read


Cormann's climate change
Shortly after visiting the Elysee Palace to set the French President Emmanuel Macron straight on the submarine contract, Scott Morrison...
John McDonnell
Jun 17, 20213 min read


UK FTA better than a poke in the eye
Fran Kelly was interviewing the AFR’s Phil Coorey on Wednesday’s Radio National breakfast when she commented that the UK FTA didn’t...
John McDonnell
Jun 16, 20213 min read


The dogs are barking while the PM is away
The crossbench and Labor have been attempting to create havoc in parliament while the prime minister is away in Europe. Two issues...
John McDonnell
Jun 15, 20213 min read


The G7 – a summit of underachievement
It was too optimistic to expect that the G7 summit in Cornwall would achieve very much. It was enough that it was meeting for the first...
John McDonnell
Jun 14, 20213 min read


Angus Taylor: a minister at war with himself
Angus Taylor’s main job is to develop a national energy plan. By necessity, this must be a plan that assumes priority over the...
John McDonnell
Jun 10, 20212 min read


Scott Morrison goes on the front foot with foreign policy statement
On the eve of his departure overseas to attend the G7 summit, the prime minister gave a major speech on foreign policy to the Perth...
John McDonnell
Jun 9, 20212 min read


The G7 meeting will be significant for Australia
There have been murmurings of discontent over the fact that Scott Morrison is travelling to Britain this week for the G7 meeting in...
John McDonnell
Jun 8, 20212 min read


Gladys Berejiklian exposes the flaws in Labor’s quarantine plan
On Sunday, Labor put some more flesh on the bones of its plan for purpose-built quarantine facilities. Deputy Labor leader, Richard...
John McDonnell
Jun 7, 20213 min read


Morrison neutralises Labor’s attacks
In the past two sitting weeks of parliament, Labor has attacked the Morrison government over three issues: the slow pace of the vaccine...
John McDonnell
Jun 6, 20212 min read


Believe it or not, the Australian vaccine rollout is going smoothly
According to Nikki Savva, writing in The Australian on Thursday, Labor could win the next election if Anthony Albanese keeps prosecuting...
John McDonnell
Jun 3, 20213 min read


The Snowy 2.0 project is a costly mistake
When the idea of a second Snowy scheme was proposed in 2016, it was embraced enthusiastically by then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,...
John McDonnell
Jun 2, 20213 min read
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