Paula Matthewson
Hanson and Jones turn on the waterworks, but tears won’t end this drought -or prepare for the next one
Well cry me a river. If it wasn’t bad enough that the arch conservative broadcaster, Alan Jones, got the tissues out to...
Monumental shift: Scott Morrison may be about to abandon the budget surplus
Is the Prime Minister softening us up for a vanishing budget surplus even before it materialises? That’s the conclusion of at least...
Scott Morrison’s drought relief could cause him bigger problems in the city
It’s no secret that Prime Minister Scott Morrison likes to style himself as a latter-day John Howard. But it’s become clear there’s...
Why Australian women should be incandescent with rage right now
If you happen to be a woman living in Australia, now is the time to get angry. Not just alert or alarmed,...
Paula Matthewson: The PM wants us distracted from the very dark clouds ahead
If you’re paying attention to federal politics at the moment, despite evidence that a growing number of us aren’t, you may have...
Why we should stop writing and reading about Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce
You shouldn’t be reading this column. And I shouldn’t have written it. I’d rather not be reinforcing the disgraceful attention-seeking behaviour of...
Sneaking suspicion the government is creeping further to the right? This week, no wonder
Even without Alan Jones’ disgraceful comments about the New Zealand Prime Minister, it’s hard to avoid the feeling that creeping conservatism is...
The two statements that show yet again our politicians are out of touch
It’s no wonder voters are fed up with politics. Despite the hundreds of thousands of dollars politicians spend on opinion polls and...
This week’s scandal proved it: Angus Taylor is the weakest link
Do you remember the fabulous game show of the early 2000s, where Australia’s answer to Nurse Ratchet, Cornelia Frances, would cruelly intone...
Barnaby Joyce’s thwarted ambitions glow like a nuclear meltdown
It seems as if everywhere we look at the moment, Barnaby Joyce is “showing leadership” on a shopping list of controversial issues....