The latest vitriolic exchange reflects the long-running policy animosity between the two, particularly Keating’s hostility to Wong over the issue of China, writes MICHELLE GRATTAN.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers is grappling with a budget where economics and politics pull in different directions, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.
MICHELLE GRATTAN reports that the Liberals will meet to discuss their position on the Voice on Wednesday, with Julian Leeser favouring campaign freedom for senior figures.
Faltering at two state polls, political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN wonders if the teal phenomenon, which saw six win federally last May, was such a product of special circumstances that the balloon might now have burst.