Michelle Grattan
Labor risks Victorians using federal poll as referendum on both Allan and Albanese
The weekend byelection in the outer suburban seat of Werribee saw the widely-anticipated slap-in-the-face to Victorian Labor, which is absolutely on the...
We don’t need an inquiry into the caravan affair but we do need some answers
The battle to contain antisemitism in Australia finds both sides of politics embracing measures they’d otherwise abhor. Spectacularly, the government capitulated this...
Peter Dutton is walking more softly on China, with election in mind
When Peter Dutton was asked this week whether a Coalition government would continue to foster trade relations with China, he declared unequivocally...
Chalmers claims ‘sustained progress’ against inflation, as government crosses its fingers for rate cut
After Wednesday’s encouraging inflation numbers, the Albanese government – and the financial markets – would be shocked if the Reserve Bank doesn’t...
Whatever the government does, Albanese struggles to strike the right note in antisemitism battle
Anthony Albanese points to the array of measures his government has taken to tackle the scourge of antisemitism. But he can’t escape...
Labor has to grapple with Anthony Albanese’s ‘man problem’
Women and their issues were at the centre in the 2022 election. They were an important reason why Scott Morrison was turfed...
A return to balanced budgets is a decade away, our mid-year update says
The federal budget is headed for a deficit of $26.9 billion this financial year – $1.3 billion better than the estimate in...
Dutton’s nuclear policy would have coal-fired power stations operating for a lot longer
A Dutton government would keep coal working hard for much longer under its nuclear policy, while renewables would provide only a little...
Yet another moderate leaves team Dutton as Paul Fletcher quits
A second member of the shadow cabinet has announced he is quitting parliament, further depleting the moderates’ presence in the parliamentary Liberal...
Frustrated Chalmers can only bite his tongue as he waits on Michele Bullock
As she reads the economic commentators, Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock might, in moments of doubt, wonder whether she’s making a similar...