Annabel Crabb
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Another Reserve bank blow, a tense government and a Big Farmer triumph as the Agriculture Department's finances go to custard
It's been a weird, scrabbly week in the nation's capital, in which the government's election commitments to ease hip-pocket pressures on ordinary Australians diverge from its responsibility to keep the economy alive, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
From lollies and baked beans to internet cafes and selfie sticks: The long history of the Australian corner shop
Once a staple of every Australian neighbourhood, the corner shop (or deli, or milk bar, or general store, or mixed business) is a vanishing species. But their legacy in Australia runs deeper than pick-a-mix lollies and convenience, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Tudge resignation, Thorpe defection and a coal mine block: Surprises galore as parliament reboots
The 47th parliament is only four sitting days into 2023, and already there are surprises galore, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
The election brought a new, localised climate action campaign that began in the gloom of 2019
This was the election at which Australians quietly but unmistakably allied themselves with action on climate change. And the story of how it all came to pass serves as a valuable lesson in modern campaigning, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
With the election campaign coming to an end for Morrison and Albanese, where does Australia stand?
It's six weeks old now, this campaign. And after 42 days of two men doing their best to seem exactly the right combination of sincere, articulate empathetic and yet commanding, apparently a full third of Australians still isn't very keen on either of them, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Albanese risks a final-week election tradition, as Morrison continues the Bulldozer Diaries
Beta blockers were the order of the day for Labor types in Canberra as Anthony Albanese – riding queasily on a new poll suggesting his lead is melting fast — arrived for the traditional final-week address, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
How one diabolically simple question tripped Morrison — and Albanese didn't miss the comeback
Today brings the end of Week Five, and confirmation that the Prime Minister has reached the bargaining phase in the crushing 360-degree employee review that this campaign has become, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Albanese's bold move on wage rises leaves Morrison tiptoeing along an extremely delicate line
Albanese's decision yesterday to put a figure on where he'd like to see wages rise lit a fire under a debate which to date has consisted largely of empathetic generalities, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
For Morrison and Albanese, the decisive stage of the election has begun — and women may hold the key
Very soon, we will find out whether Scott Morrison is a) the most brilliant campaigner of his generation, who peeled blue-collar blokes off the Labor Party or b) the guy who didn't fully clock it that women really meant it when they said they were fed up, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Morrison gets a visit from the past as he faces a teal election nightmare in Wentworth, while Albanese's unfortunate habit continues
Welcome to the end of Week Four, traditionally the juncture at which a political campaign takes on hallucinogenic properties. Not surprising, then, that the key seat of Wentworth chose this week to drop its acid, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese are disaster prepping for tomorrow's likely election campaign interest rate hike
Such is the pressure for governments to hold a hose in the housing conflagration, it matters not that they're squirting kerosene, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
As Albanese rejoins the campaign trail, so do interest rates for the first time in about 15 years
When interest rates are low, prime ministers and treasurers are often struck by the extent to which this outcome is driven by their own expert handling of the economy. When they're high — it's a different story, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Morrison spends the day cleaning up after Canavan, while it was mostly quiet on the Labor front
The Climate 200 or "teal" independents tend to be, as a general rule, educated white women running against moderate Liberal MPs in affluent electorates — and boy, have they got some Liberal blokes' undies in a bunch, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Morrison goes all in on national security, while Albanese speaks from COVID isolation
National security is the new neutral — it goes with every kind of election announcement, as witnessed today when even the PM's health announcement was specifically for veterans, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
China security pact is a surprise 'Event' to shake up the election campaign for Morrison and Albanese
When Harold MacMillan was asked what throws governments off course, he reportedly responded: "Events, dear boy. Events”. Today we had an Event to interrupt the Nerf war that has been the 2022 election campaign so far, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Election campaign goes so far back to the future it's prehistoric for Morrison and Albanese
If our collective situation were a Bible book club, it'd be straight to Revelations. So why are our political leaders campaigning like it's 20 years ago, Annabel Crabb asks. → Read More
Not just the Morrison and Albanese show: The Greens and One Nation show off their election pitches
There were plenty of Senate shenanigans on day three of the election campaign, as the Greens and One Nation seized their moment in the limelight, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Morrison's cabinet confusion and Albanese's epic stumble: Welcome to day one of the federal election
The news, analysis and blunders from day one on the federal election campaign trail, brought to you by Annabel Crabb. → Read More
The 2022 budget is the yin to 2014's yang — and just as likely to come true
This budget is full of treats and nice things that also, very possibly, will not happen, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More
Parliament has a shocking disconnect from the real world — especially when it comes to women's lives
The federal parliament spent its last fortnight generating eye-rolls from all and sundry. For the rest of Australia, it's a spectacle that confirms the institution's shocking disconnect from real life, writes Annabel Crabb. → Read More