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AUKUS submarine project should torpedo Stage 3 tax cuts
Projected to cost $240 billion over 10 years, the Stage 3 tax cuts would go a long way to help pay for the submarine project. → Read More
The robodebt royal commission our most important in a long while
It has taken the robodebt royal commission to do it, but Australians are being given dramatic evidence that the very underpinnings of our system of government have been trashed at great cost to the nation. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Peter Dutton faces moment of truth in Aston
You have to wonder if Opposition Leader Peter Dutton can take a trick. On Friday he ventured into the seat of Aston to begin campaigning. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Aston by-election puts focus on political faultlines
The by-election date for the Melbourne seat of Aston hasn’t been announced, but it is already having a significant impact on politics. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Senate power shift creates uncertainty for Voice
Lidia Thorpe intends to spend five years in the Senate throwing bombs at what she believes is the illegitimate legacy of a bloody colonialism. → Read More
Albanese braces for a high-energy end to the year
Apparently, the penny hasn’t dropped that a longer term end to energy from fossil fuels is the very outcome voters are demanding. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Albanese treads a fine line on China
Anthony Albanese has confirmed that he has secured a one-on-one meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping in Indonesia. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Moment of truth for anti-corruption commission
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says Australians voted for a powerful, transparent and independent anti-corruption commission. → Read More
Now the Queen is laid to rest, it’s time to right historic wrongs
Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Special Envoy for Reconciliation Pat Dodson are on a reset mission to the United Nations in New York. → Read More
Scott Morrison’s ‘frightening’ secret ministry trashed conventions
Scott Morrison having himself secretly appointed as health, finance and resources minister is more than weird and bizarre – it is a frightening revelation. → Read More
The signs are good for anti-corruption, PM’s next big-ticket item
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set for his next big legislative win, giving Australia a federal anti-corruption commission with teeth. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Albanese finds pitfalls of juggling debt and pandemic
Being in government is always a seat of the pants enterprise no matter that our political leaders try to convince us otherwise. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: A new era in politics may be here. But don't count on it
Claims that the Morrison government's defeat marks the end of an era of divisive politics and the birth of a newer more inclusive one are premature. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Albanese right to put justice, self-respect into constitution
There is unfinished business at the heart of the Australian constitution. It goes to redressing a historical wrong and then to asserting who we are. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: It won’t be easy for Anthony Albanese, but he’s up for it
At his first news conference as the newly sworn in Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese assured the nation he was ready for the top job. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Not being Scott Morrison is Albanese’s best shot
On Sunday it was Scott Morrison’s turn to come up with a “Freudian slip” – you know the brain explosion that everyone pretends to dismiss. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison tries to withdraw from the election equation
Something strange happened soon after the Prime Minister visited the Governor-General: Scott Morrison declared the poll was not about him. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: Morrison and Frydenberg’s best last chance looms
The expectations of Scott Morrison and Treasurer Josh Frydenberg repeating their escape from the political pickle they are in with the budget are low. → Read More
National security debate submerged under waves of bluster and spin
For a PM who claims the gift of far sightedness preparing for a deteriorating security environment, Scott Morrison is relying on a gossamer-thin record. → Read More
Paul Bongiorno: ‘Dutts’ to the rescue in a sure sign of desperate times
Supporters of Peter Dutton in his failed 2019 tilt at the Liberal leadership believe he's their only hope of saving the furniture at the election. → Read More