Pauline Hanson has launched One Nation's Victorian election campaign, but the decision to ban three major news outlets has shifted attention from the party's message, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
Anthony Albanese may have tightly managed Labor's national conference but the telehealth voluntary assisted dying vote has left him with an uncomfortable dilemma, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
Labor's national conference projected unity, but political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN argues the real story was how tightly debate was managed behind the scenes.
Bill Kelty's grim assessment of Australia's economy cast a long shadow over Labor's national conference where unity trumped hard economic debate, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
As Labor prepares for a contentious national conference debate on Gaza, the Albanese government has unveiled a $25 million aid package for Palestine, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
The Israeli embassy’s unusual intervention over Labor’s draft conference platform has thrust the Israel-Gaza conflict back into the party’s internal debate, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
Has Pauline Hanson pushed her political luck too far? For political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN, her overseas tour may reveal whether even One Nation supporters have their limits.
For political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN, Angus Taylor's greatest problem isn't his media performance but the widening gap between Liberal philosophy and what today's voters expect from government.
Anthony Albanese is taking personal charge of Australia’s AI rollout by creating an Office of AI in his own department, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
Political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN believes artificial intelligence offers the Albanese government its best hope of lifting productivity, but balancing its economic promise against its risks will be no easy task.
A Western Australian byelection will provide an early test of One Nation’s electoral surge and its battle with Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
Labor’s national conference may be billed as open and democratic, but the government will be working hard to keep AUKUS and Middle East tensions from taking centre stage, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN