Dennis Atkins
Dennis Atkins: Why Barnaby Joyce’s return to leadership could spell trouble for Labor
Lester Maddox was a controversy-magnet who served as the Governor of Georgia in the United States and made a bid for the...
Dennis Atkins: Queensland’s swinging seat of Longman could decide the upcoming election
Twenty years ago this month John Howard was in a fight for his political life. The year began with Peter Beattie’s Labor...
Dennis Atkins: The PM may learn a valuable lesson in vaccine politics at the G7
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer reckons the United Kingdom and Europe have entered a phase of vaccine politics dominated by the...
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison’s scrappy week shows vaccine rollout mess could be his undoing
Scott Morrison made an intriguing and uncharacteristic verbal stumble at his news conference announcing additional financial assistance for Melbourne workers this week....
Dennis Atkins: Why national cabinet should be abolished after the pandemic
There’s no one in the Morrison government who loves a statistic more than Health Minister Greg Hunt, the former engagement manager with...
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison’s four favourite ways to bend the truth
Checking the lies and falsehoods of national leaders is part of the territory in modern political journalism and commentary. By the time...
Dennis Atkins: It’s wrong to call Scott Morrison a pragmatist. He’s a cynical consequentialist
If Scott Morrison sticks around as prime minister until Christmas 2025 he will rate as Australia’s fourth-longest-serving holder of the office, behind...
Dennis Atkins: We’re heading for an early election, and Scott Morrison has revealed his script
At the end of the blistering interview between Leigh Sales and Scott Morrison this week, the 7.30 host laid out a familiar...
Dennis Atkins: Morrison’s ‘tough guy’ stance on India has backfired badly
On Thursday, September 20 last year, Scott Morrison called into one of his favourite communications channels with the public, Ray Hadley’s 2GB...
Dennis Atkins: Pastor or politician? Why the PM’s claim he’s doing God’s work raises questions
Australian politics returned to white noise this week. It started happening after Parliament rose before Easter, but we are now in a...