Michelle Grattan
Paul Fletcher’s rant against the teals risks insulting voters
Liberal frontbencher Paul Fletcher got a big shock last election in his Sydney seat of Bradfield. Teal candidate Nicolette Boele pushed the...
Albanese gets down and dirty in dying days chaos
In the chaotic dying days of 2024’s final parliamentary sitting, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reverted to a role he played in Julia...
Shorten declares himself ‘a proud moderate’, saying Australians ‘in the middle’ shouldn’t be hostage to intolerant fringes
Bill Shorten has declared himself “a proud moderate” in a valedictory speech declaring Parliament has the responsibility to ensure the extremes of...
‘Precisely nothing’: What Australia should do about Kevin Rudd and Donald Trump
The furore over Australia’s ambassador to Washington, Kevin Rudd, is a “self-licking ice cream” created by some at Sky News, former defence...
Donald Trump’s win will make 2025 even more challenging for Anthony Albanese
Early Wednesday evening, Queensland Nationals senator Matt Canavan raced down the Parliament House stairs to collect a bag of McDonald’s from an...
View from the Hill: Queensland’s lessons for Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt’s band
Often state elections don’t mean much federally, but Saturday’s Queensland’s result does carry implications for Anthony Albanese, Peter Dutton and Adam Bandt....
A year since the Voice failure, Albanese is still trying to recover
This time a year ago, we were on the cusp of the October 14 Voice referendum. Most players were already aware it...
View from The Hill: Should we accept displaying the Hezbollah flag as (shocking) free expression?
In May 1970, about 70,000 people occupied the Melbourne CBD for the moratorium protest against the Vietnam war. The Age newspaper reported:...
US rate cut puts pressure on RBA, and things could get heated
Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock might need her flak jacket when she fronts the media next Tuesday after the bank’s two-day board...
Albanese to walk Kokoda Track and engage in some jungle diplomacy
Anthony Albanese will trek the Kokoda Track on Tuesday and Wednesday before attending the Anzac Day dawn service at the Isurava Memorial...