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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


Finally, a welcome boost to the arts
John Cleese once said in a Monty Python skit he doesn't know much about art, but he knows what he likes On the Arvo Flow on FlowFM,...
Staff Writers
Aug 10, 20211 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


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


Albo is in a winning position
With a lot of help from Scott Morrison, Anthony Albanese has put himself into a position where he can win the next election. To achieve...
John McDonnell
Jul 28, 20213 min read


Naples G20 talks show why Glasgow climate conference will fail
A myth abounds in Australia that the Morrison government will be a pariah when it attends the Glasgow climate conference in November. The...
John McDonnell
Jul 27, 20213 min read
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