View from The Hill: Labor’s treatment of Kimberley Kitching – ‘tough politics’ or ‘bullying’?
Sam Mooy/AAP The so-called “mean girls” story following the death of Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching, has opened up issues
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Author: Michelle Grattan News Desk
VIDEO: Campaigning in WA, Morrison distinguishes good Labor from bad Labor
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Change Governance Dr Lain Dare discuss the week in politics. …
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Frydenberg targets budget at cost of living and attacking debt
The March 29 budget will contain “targeted and proportionate” help for families with cost of living pressures and move fiscal policy towards stabilising and reducing debt. …
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Word from The Hill: Be careful what you say about your opponent’s ‘makeover’
Michelle Grattan discusses politics with politics + society editor, Amanda Dunn …
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VIDEO: Floods bring Morrison more trouble; Labor’s Kimberley Kitching remembered
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Canberra …
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Grattan on Friday: We can’t know what sort of PM Albanese would be – but not for the reasons the government says
Years ago, Kevin Rudd sold himself as a version of Howard-lite, as he sought to reassure voters he wouldn’t be scary. This week, Anthony Albanese invoked a Labor icon to soothe fears of change. …
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View from The Hill: Scott Morrison struggles to manage the messaging as he visits flood devastation
Barnaby Joyce, in his usual blunt fashion, told a TV interviewer on Wednesday morning Scott Morrison would get a bad
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Elect me and I’ll govern like Bob Hawke: Albanese
Anthony Albanese will declare he would govern on the Hawke model of consensus, in a Wednesday economic speech that also directs a strong pitch to business. …
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Alan Tudge will not return to education post
Alan Tudge will not return to his post as education minister, although an independent inquiry concluded there was “insufficient evidence” to find he bullied or harassed a former staffer. …
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Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s COVID bout a reminder the virus could disrupt election campaign
If Scott Morrison had contracted COVID two months ago, it would have been a big story. Instead, when the PM fell victim this week, it was also-ran news. …
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