
Paul Bongiorno: Labor needs Albanese to lift his game, or call an election soon
Somehow the Albanese government has allowed itself to be defined as a timid, pale imitation of what a true Labor government should...

Paul Bongiorno: Voters are hurting, but they aren’t going for the baseball bats yet
Well ahead of the 1996 election that saw the Keating government swept from office, then Queensland’s Labor premier Wayne Goss warned that...

Paul Bongiorno: Revamped Albanese ministry sweats on the latest inflation numbers
Anthony Albanese may have reshuffled key ministers in his government, but his biggest challenge remains the same and it will hit with...

Paul Bongiorno: After the Trump shooting, Australia is not immune but better placed
What led a 20-year-old nobody shooter to target one of the world’s most polarising politicians and to carelessly kill or injure three...

Paul Bongiorno: There’s no easy cure for Labor’s Payman pain
Anthony Albanese’s frustrations with young Western Australian senator Fatima Payman were palpable in an interview meant to sell his government’s tax cuts...

Paul Bongiorno: Li Qiang’s visit demonstrates why shared interests count with China
In a day of pomp and ceremony, mutual backslapping and genuine progress in furthering the mutual benefit of relations between Australia and...

Paul Bongiorno: Desperate times in Canberra with thwarted comeback and Labor’s disappearing surveillance drones
There’s nothing like the prospect of facing the voters at a general election to prompt apprehension – if not outright dread – among...

Paul Bongiorno: Dutton’s bullhorn, rather than a dog whistle, drowns out the budget roadshow
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is determined not to die wondering when the election is held some time in the next 12 months....

Paul Bongiorno: Jim Chalmers is caught between a rock and a hard place, but he’s not the only one
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says now is not the time to “slash and burn,” and millions of Australians will be hoping the Reserve...

Paul Bongiorno: Linda Reynolds is doing Liberals no favours pursuing Brittany Higgins
All the signs are retiring Liberal Senator and former cabinet minister Linda Reynolds is hell bent on continuing her pursuit of the...