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Morrison and the QAnon conspiracy
Last Monday, ABC’s Four Corners insinuated that there was a connection between the prime minister, Scott Morrison, and an American social...
John McDonnell
Jun 20, 20212 min read


Cormann's climate change
Shortly after visiting the Elysee Palace to set the French President Emmanuel Macron straight on the submarine contract, Scott Morrison...
John McDonnell
Jun 17, 20213 min read


UK FTA better than a poke in the eye
Fran Kelly was interviewing the AFR’s Phil Coorey on Wednesday’s Radio National breakfast when she commented that the UK FTA didn’t...
John McDonnell
Jun 16, 20213 min read


The dogs are barking while the PM is away
The crossbench and Labor have been attempting to create havoc in parliament while the prime minister is away in Europe. Two issues...
John McDonnell
Jun 15, 20213 min read


The G7 – a summit of underachievement
It was too optimistic to expect that the G7 summit in Cornwall would achieve very much. It was enough that it was meeting for the first...
John McDonnell
Jun 14, 20213 min read


Angus Taylor: a minister at war with himself
Angus Taylor’s main job is to develop a national energy plan. By necessity, this must be a plan that assumes priority over the...
John McDonnell
Jun 10, 20212 min read


Scott Morrison goes on the front foot with foreign policy statement
On the eve of his departure overseas to attend the G7 summit, the prime minister gave a major speech on foreign policy to the Perth...
John McDonnell
Jun 9, 20212 min read


The G7 meeting will be significant for Australia
There have been murmurings of discontent over the fact that Scott Morrison is travelling to Britain this week for the G7 meeting in...
John McDonnell
Jun 8, 20212 min read


Tehan tetchy on tariffs, promoting free trade
The Australian government is hopeful of a comprehensive and 'liberalised' New Zealand-style trade deal with the United Kingdom as it...
Rikki Lambert
Jun 8, 20212 min read


Gladys Berejiklian exposes the flaws in Labor’s quarantine plan
On Sunday, Labor put some more flesh on the bones of its plan for purpose-built quarantine facilities. Deputy Labor leader, Richard...
John McDonnell
Jun 7, 20213 min read


Morrison neutralises Labor’s attacks
In the past two sitting weeks of parliament, Labor has attacked the Morrison government over three issues: the slow pace of the vaccine...
John McDonnell
Jun 6, 20212 min read


Believe it or not, the Australian vaccine rollout is going smoothly
According to Nikki Savva, writing in The Australian on Thursday, Labor could win the next election if Anthony Albanese keeps prosecuting...
John McDonnell
Jun 3, 20213 min read


The Snowy 2.0 project is a costly mistake
When the idea of a second Snowy scheme was proposed in 2016, it was embraced enthusiastically by then Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull,...
John McDonnell
Jun 2, 20213 min read


PM returns from calm of New Zealand to hurly-burly of Victorian lockdown
Scott Morrison had good reason to be pleased with his whistle-stop to Queenstown in New Zealand. Apart from anything else he scored an...
John McDonnell
Jun 1, 20212 min read


The moral hazard of virus lockdowns
When the Victorian lockdown was announced it didn’t take long for commentators to start asking who would pay to support casual workers...
John McDonnell
May 31, 20212 min read


Federal Labor’s stark divisions revealed
A split in the federal Labor party emerged after the NSW state by-election for the seat of Upper Hunter. Earlier in the week, the federal...
John McDonnell
May 30, 20213 min read


The Victorian lockdown shows need for purpose-built quarantine
Victoria’s acting premier, James Merlino, had no option but to impose a lockdown on the state. The number of Covid positive Victorians...
John McDonnell
May 27, 20212 min read


The evolutionary role of regional hubs
FlowNews24 Canberra correspondent John McDonnell explores the value in governments taking a more favourable approach to growing strategic...
John McDonnell
May 26, 20213 min read


Trickling towards stronger Murray-Darling water compliance
The Morrison Liberal-National Coalition Government introduced a Bill on Wednesday to establish the Inspector–General of Water Compliance...
Rikki Lambert
May 25, 20212 min read


The Brittany Higgins matter nears a conclusion
In two separate senate committee hearings on Tuesday, it emerged that four of the five inquiries that derived from the alleged rape of...
John McDonnell
May 25, 20213 min read
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