The Coalition Ditches Its Gonski Promise
The Gonski schools reforms aren't quite dead yet, but they are on life support. That’s…More
Tagged: federal politics
Hockey Will Soon Have A Deficit Of His Own
Lucky Joe Hockey. His economic credibility is unravelling. But no-one is noticing, owing to the…More
Is Hockey Taking His Cues From Ronald Reagan?
The Federal Government should not be shackled by a debt ceiling. Economists on both the…More
Rudd's Tragic Legacy
It was a day of thrills and spills and finally some tears, as Parliament got…More
Abbott Takes The Dispatch Box At Last
The 44th Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia sits for the first time today in…More
What Will It Take To Join The CHOGM Boycott?
Australian Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon has called on Prime Minister Tony Abbott to follow the…More
Hockey's Bluster Will Come Back To Haunt Him
You can say one thing about Joe Hockey’s early days as Treasurer: he has looked…More
Politics Gets A Change Of Tone
Tony Abbott’s strategy of keeping a tight control on the Australian media is working, and…More
Climate Change Is Shorten's Big Chance
I've been travelling through Eastern Europe for the past month, researching a book and taking…More
Morons Of The World, Unite!
This week Russell Brand blew up the internet with a call to revolution that threatens…More