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It’s time climate activists acknowledged Australia’s success in reducing emissions
It is commonplace for climate activists in politics and the media to claim that Australia is an international pariah when it comes to...
John McDonnell
Aug 31, 20213 min read


Grim polls for the Morrison government
Monday’s Newspoll came with a shock for the government. The two-party preferred count is 54-46 per cent to Labor which is the worst poll...
John McDonnell
Aug 30, 20213 min read


Is the ANZUS alliance worth preserving?
Last week marked the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS alliance. The alliance was the brainchild of Sir Percy Spender, who was the foreign...
John McDonnell
Aug 30, 20213 min read


Perth’s Piña colada policy approach could be a disaster
A commentator on Patricia Karvelas’ ABC Afternoon Briefing was asked whether Western Australia was likely to open its borders to the...
John McDonnell
Aug 26, 20213 min read


Labor confused over national re-opening plan
On Wednesday, with two hours’ notice, Queensland premier Anastacia Palaszczuk, shut the border to returning residents and people with...
John McDonnell
Aug 25, 20213 min read


New energy policy challenges state energy ministers
Two weeks ago, the chair of the Energy Security Board, Dr Kerry Schott handed the meeting of the state and feral energy ministers a...
John McDonnell
Aug 24, 20213 min read


Scott Morrison confronts the states over the national plan
The prime minister called a special press conference on Monday morning to reinforce the commitment to the national plan for opening up...
John McDonnell
Aug 23, 20212 min read


Parliament to consider electoral reform this week
With a maximum of 8 months to go before the federal election, the government is keen to get some electoral reform legislation...
John McDonnell
Aug 22, 20212 min read


Unemployment falls to 4.6 per cent but less people are working
Australia’s unemployment rate has fallen by 0.3 per cent to 4.6 per cent for the month of July but there has been a significant fall in...
John McDonnell
Aug 19, 20213 min read


PM: COVID-19 vaccinations will not be compulsory, digital certificates not a 'passport'
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told FlowNews24 in a letter that vaccinations against COVID-19 will not be compulsory, responding to...
Rikki Lambert
Aug 18, 20211 min read


The Afghan airlift has started
The first evacuation flight out of Kabul occurred overnight on Tuesday, the prime minister told the media at his press conference on...
John McDonnell
Aug 18, 20213 min read


Federal Parliament to resume amid Afghanistan, pandemic concerns
At his press conference in the prime minister’s courtyard on Tuesday, Scott Morrison confirmed that Parliament would sit next week...
John McDonnell
Aug 17, 20213 min read


Authoritarians in parliament try to suppress democracy
Last week the major parties in the Australian parliament attempted to pervert democratic politics in Australia, in order to ensure their...
John McDonnell
Aug 16, 20212 min read


Abandoning Afghanistan is a moral failure
Last week the Taliban captured the Afghanistan base that the Australian defence forces had occupied at Tarin Kowt, without encountering...
John McDonnell
Aug 15, 20213 min read


On a rail to nowhere, or has Barnaby seized the engine?
Inland Rail might be inevitable, but it's a highly expensive pet project for some Nationals Party MPs that may well be too far ahead of...
Rikki Lambert
Aug 12, 20213 min read


Gladys’ approach could disrupt the federal election
Coronavirus has spread across NSW. It is now in western NSW in the very vulnerable centres of Walgett, Dubbo and Burke. On Thursday, it...
John McDonnell
Aug 12, 20212 min read


Government charities regulations an over-reach
The conservative wing of the Liberal movement is preoccupied with the culture wars. They believe that the left is on a Gramscian march...
John McDonnell
Aug 11, 20212 min read


Caution required with media interpretations of IPCC report
The media has latched onto the International Panel on Climate Change's latest report as another baseball bat to beat the prime minister...
John McDonnell
Aug 10, 20212 min read


Poll respondents punish PM
People locked down in three states are fed up and angry and have decided to blame the prime minister for it. In the latest Newspoll,...
John McDonnell
Aug 9, 20212 min read


Campbell Newman announces run for the senate
A few weeks after quitting the Liberal National Party, former Queensland premier, Campbell Newman, announced that he would stand for the...
John McDonnell
Aug 6, 20212 min read
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