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Transparency should be the default position of governments – unless fear itself is the greatest risk.
Scott Morrison and Daniel Andrews are in a high stakes arm wrestle.
Labor relies overwhelmingly on reason and facts to carry the day, making it easy pickings for right-wingers who understand the primacy of emotion and exploit it to the hilt.
The proposed bill represents a massive over-reach that will do far more harm than good.
The federal government has secured two possible vaccine sources with a $1.7 billion supply and production agreement with two pharmaceutical companies.
Daniel Andrews has released his ‘ultra-cautious’ roadmap, with a view to a ‘normal Christmas’.
The national cabinet, created to impose maximum unity on Australia’s response to COVID, has formally fractured.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon
That old adage “never get between a premier and a bucket of money” has become “never get between a premier and a COVID election”.
The much-heralded success of the national cabinet is more related to the extraordinary circumstance in which it operates than its revolutionary design.
Scott Morrison wants a commitment from national cabinet for Australia to return to as much normality as possible for Christmas, provided the medical advice supports it.
Monday saw coronavirus updates from Victoria, Queensland, and the federal government.
Labor had its best results in the Newspoll since late April, perhaps reflecting how people view Morrison’s handling of the aged care-coronavirus debacle.
Scott Morrison has further ramped up his pressure on states to relax border restrictions by declaring “there will be a Commonwealth definition of a hotspot – come rain, hail or shine”.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics
Scott Morrison and Dan Andrews don’t have a lot in common – but they are both as bold as brass when it comes to grabbing for power. As we saw this week.
Scott Morrison finds himself besieged on two fronts in the political war over aged care.
The Morrison government will introduce legislation to enable it to review and cancel agreements state, territory and local governments and public universities have entered with foreign governments.
The Trump presidency has been a godsend for an Australian government apparently uninterested in significant climate action. But with Trump well behind in the polls, that’s set to change.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Election Analyst (Psephologist) at The Conversation; and Honorary Associate, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Peter Whiteford is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer of Australian Politics, Murdoch University
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Professor and Director of the Policy Innovation Hub, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in Political Science: Research Fellow at the Cairns Institute; Research Associate for Centre for Policy Futures, University of Queensland, James Cook University
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