Victoria battle sends signals to federal players
Victoria’s election has become a nationally significant three-way contest, with political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN seeing high stakes for Labor, the struggling Liberals and a surging One Nation.
Political commentary
Tony Burke's delayed migration speech has exposed just how politically and economically difficult it is for the Albanese government to overhaul Australia's migration system, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
Labor has been looking at the unintended consequences of changes in its latest federal budget. Cartoonist PAUL DORIN is on to one of them...
The Albanese government is targeting the “missing middle” in Australia’s renewable energy transition by expanding solar incentives for businesses, farms and community facilities, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN
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Rachel, let go of Health and give Marisa a chance
New Health Minister Dr Marisa Paterson has her hands tied. The new Deputy Chief Minister, Rachel Stephen-Smith, has retained 'health infrastructure'. Where does the stupidity end, wonders political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
Political commentary
How the government locks people out of houses
The ACT Government is a landowner, developer and also the regulator. So we'd be entitled to expect an adequate supply of appropriately priced land for the full range of housing choices. But there isn't, say JON STANHOPE & KHALID AHMED.
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Media ban shadows One Nation’s Victorian push
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
"In Labor, unions are aligned around factions, but the blunt reality of political arithmetic means the more members you represent as a faction, the more power you have," writes ANDREW HUGHES.
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
"While the conventional wisdom seems to be that Hanson’s rise has been a function of mass disillusionment with the major parties, I suspect there is more to her popularity than mere protest," writes ROBERT McMAHON.
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.
"Despite the shadow of corruption being lifted, the minister has correctly determined it is appropriate to resign from cabinet," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
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 volume and speed at which we consume content, what that content is, and where we find it, is changing political strategy in ways that is both fascinating and scary to observe," writes political columnist ANDREW HUGHES.
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.
"Cigarette smoking in Australia has been on the decline for more than 30 years. This drives Big Tobacco apoplectic, and they constantly look for new ways to influence government policy," writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE.
