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The advocacy group Muslim Votes Matter has put together a high-profile speakers list to launch its national campaign in Melbourne on Sunday.
The lack of debate, not to say outrage, about the sheer cost of the AUKUS project is perhaps the most remarkable feature of the sorry submarine saga.
This is not the first time domestic violence has been declared a national crisis. Australian governments first got seriously involved in 1985. What can the past 40 years teach us?
Scott Morrison’s Plans for Your Good is part political memoir, part self-help book, and very strange.
Religious discrimination laws have been highly controversial in Australia in recent years. Here’s where they started, and where we are now.
Today Scott Morrison gave his valedictory speech saying “thank you” to many people in and out of politics, and was very emotional at times.
In assessing Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
Arguably, the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison era represents a nadir when it comes to the history of Australian national leadership.
Scott Morrison deserves credit for his government’s handling of the economics of the COVID pandemic. But aside from that, he treated politics purely as a game.
The prime minister is under pressure to provide cost of living relief ahead of next month’s byelection, while the former prime minister takes his leave.
Pezzullo is a one-off in the today’s public service. He can perhaps be best understood by referring back to the so-called bureaucratic “mandarins” of decades ago.
While it’s possible Frydenberg, 52, might consider running in the election after next, it would seem unlikely. The 2025 election was the logical time to try for a comeback bid
In years gone by, former prime ministers were often trusted confidants to their successors. Not so these days, when the trend has been for former leaders to make a swift exist from the parliament.
In this podcast @michellegrattan and politics + society editor @amandadunn10 discuss Anthony Albanese's defensiveness when pressed on treaty, support for the Yes case slipping in polls, the
The former prime minister, who was excoriated by the commission, was unrepentant, giving no ground on any of the criticisms Commissioner Catherine Holmes made of him in her report.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he wanted to ‘revitalise and renew and refocus’ the commission with Barrett’s appointment, recognising that ‘productivity has evolved’.
Fadden could deliver a blow or a boost to Dutton. He can hardly afford the former, and desperately needs the latter.
It might seem as though there would be a host of lucrative options for a former leader after politics, but that’s not always the case.
In this podcast, Bill Shorten joins The Conversation to discuss the aftermath of the royal commission report, and progress reforming the NDIS to make it more sustainable.
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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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Tony Walker is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice-Chancellor's Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Politics and Public Policy, Flinders University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, UNSW Sydney
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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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Emeritus Professor of Politics, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, University of Canberra
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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
