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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


ParliaÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂment to consider electoral reform this week
With a maÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂÂximum 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


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


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


Premier choice – get vaccinated or get locked down
At her press conference on Thursday, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian was clearly resigned to the fact that the lockdown in Sydney was not...
John McDonnell
Aug 5, 20212 min read


Albo's unexploded $300 policy bombshell
It is unlikely that Anthony Albanese’s $300 handout for anyone who is fully vaccinated will see the light of day. By the time the...
John McDonnell
Aug 4, 20213 min read


No magic number for normal but Labor thinks they can buy it
The Doherty Institute modelling underpinning the national cabinet's plan for easing of restrictions and ending of lockdowns, was released...
John McDonnell
Aug 3, 20212 min read


Vaccine reluctance is a chronic illness
There are three million doses of Astra Zeneca currently sitting unused on shelves around Australia and yet only 43 per cent of aged care...
John McDonnell
Aug 2, 20213 min read


It is likely to be a torrid week in federal parliament
Parliament resumes this week with two ministers missing from the front bench because they are on sick leave and another still suffering...
John McDonnell
Aug 1, 20213 min read


The Liberal support base crumbles
The pandemic and the Sydney lockdown have put enormous pressure on the federal Liberal party, and it is beginning to crumble. The rats...
John McDonnell
Jul 29, 20213 min read
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