Josh Butler
Serbian PM asks Morrison for answers on Djokovic visa debacle
Serbia’s Prime Minister has asked Scott Morrison for more direct information on the unfolding drama around Novak Djokovic’s stay in Australia, with...
Scott Morrison pivots back to ‘freedom’ rhetoric after ‘let it rip’ criticisms
Scott Morrison has incorrectly insinuated that Labor supported a return to COVID-19 lockdowns, a day after Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese accused the...
Almost half of aged-care homes waiting for boosters amid 500 outbreaks
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has blasted the Coalition government for overseeing a COVID “crisis” in aged care, with barely half of Commonwealth...
Another hung Parliament? These are the seats to watch at this year’s poll
Months out from the election, there is widespread speculation in Canberra that 2022 could see another hung Parliament, with neither Labor nor...
Confusion, mice, Craig Kelly and jab gibe: Some of Auspol’s weirdest moments of 2021
This year in politics was a bit of a bin fire, with not a lot to smile about. COVID-19, lockdowns, repeated scandals...
No Omicron lockdowns amid calls for earlier boosters, voluntary masks
Federal health officials are under pressure to accelerate the rollout of COVID booster shots to as fast as three months after a...
$16 billion in secret Coalition spending sets up bitter election battle
Hours after a newspaper exposé shone another light on the Coalition government shamelessly funnelling discretionary grants to electorates it holds or wants...
‘Can’t be business as usual’: Epidemiologists’ Omicron alarm as COVID rules dropped
Leading epidemiologists have urged Australian leaders to hit the pause button on winding back basic COVID restrictions like masks and QR check-ins,...
Frydenberg assumes Omicron won’t ‘significantly alter’ economic recovery
The federal government expects the national economy to add a million jobs in the next three years, with projections that gross domestic...
Labor rage over ‘disgrace’ grants funding, warning of retrospective federal ICAC
A Labor MP has reacted with rage at Scott Morrison’s suggestions that a Liberal-held electorate next to hers received 46 times as...