Michelle Grattan
Jim Chalmers juggles expectations and ambition in pursuing tax reform
Next week will be the 40th anniversary of the Hawke government’s tax summit. Dominated by then treasurer Paul Keating’s unsuccessful bid to...
Sussan Ley is about to face national media. Here are five questions she should answer
On Wednesday, Opposition Leader Sussan Ley will front the National Press Club. So why is that a big deal? For one thing,...
The cancelled Albanese-Trump meeting is a setback, but no snub
Anthony Albanese’s failure to get his much-anticipated meeting with US President Donald Trump is not the Prime Minister’s fault, nor should it...
Is the US playing cat and mouse ahead of expected Albanese-Trump talks?
For the first time in memory an Australian prime minister is approaching a prospective meeting with a US president with a distinct...
Albanese will need some nuance in dealing with his looming women problem
Anthony Albanese loves a trophy, especially a human one. He prides himself on his various “captain’s pick” candidates – good campaigners he...
Trump, tariffs and the Middle East are looming challenges for Albanese
Australia these days receives invitations to big-league international conferences. And so Anthony Albanese will be off soon to the G7 meeting in...
Ley and Littleproud have had a prickly relationship – can they negotiate a smooth future?
With the future of the Coalition relationship on the line, Nationals leader David Littleproud drove to his Liberal counterpart Sussan Ley’s hometown...
Dumped minister Ed Husic labels Deputy PM Richard Marles a ‘factional assassin’
Ed Husic – dumped from the frontbench ahead of Anthony Albanese’s announcement of his new Cabinet – made an attack on Deputy...
Two ministers and the Nationals discover the limits of loyalty in politics
Labor’s extraordinary election result has triggered a power play that has exposed the uglier entrails of Labor factionalism. Even before the new...
Multiple factors played into this debacle for the Coalition, here’s where it went wrong.
In a dramatic parallel, what happened in Canada at the beginning of this week has now been replicated in Australia at the...