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Scott Morrison may have realised his real power is not as an advocate but a broker.
Scott Morrison’s call for a new deal in industrial relations has been compared to the accords of the Hawke and Keating Labor years. It isn’t the same.
Every few years, the idea of using gas to transition to a zero-emissions economy seems to re-emerge. Woodside’s Burrup Hub proposal shows why it’s still a bad move.
The federal government keeps fighting attempts to allow people on the NDIS to access sexual supports. But what about their rights to have a rich and fulfilling life?
In all the strategies and tactics of the climate wars, the most disturbing development is that the carbon pricing became roadkill.
While the long-awaited Thodey Report makes many sensible recommendations, the detail is often missing and the analysis weak. And the government’s response rules out key reforms.
Authoritarian populism has been around for a while, but this government’s determination to punish some groups make the label more apt than just “conservative”.
After an extraordinary speech, Ben Morton would do well to remember that big business is not - and should not be - the corporate wing of the Liberal Party.
Another stormy week in federal parliament has seen debate around Gladys Liu’s alleged links to China and the ethics of the government’s push to drug-test Newstart recipients.
Unexpectedly in opposition, Labor can’t win right now – it can only cope as best it can.
The next set of instructions handed to the Reserve Bank will have to be realistic. That might mean a big change.
The new Labor leader is from the party’s left wing, which the government and some media will try to exploit. But Anthony Albanese’s way through this is with policies and leadership.
After waiting eight months for the government response to a major report on regional Australia, the outcome has been underwhelming, sticking to the same old ideas.
A minority government would not mean the government would fall - but it would make governing more difficult.
The federal government’s the stubborn commitment to coal is pulling the government’s economic policy towards the sort of state socialism it is supposed to abhor.
The stand-off between the Morrison government and one of the country’s largest unions, the CFMMEU, should be seen as a contest of politics and ideology rather than simply one of industrial relations.
While there is no evidence that Abbott and Joyce have accepted a salary for their special envoy roles, an offer of payment, if there was one, could cause them problems.
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