It is just 100 days on Monday since the election, but the Abbott government lacks that air of excitement that power often brings. Rather, it…
Michelle currently holds an academic position at the University of Canberra and is associate editor (politics) and chief political correspondent at The Conversation. She was the former editor of The Canberra Times, was political editor of The Age and has been with the Australian Financial Review and The Sydney Morning Herald.
It is just 100 days on Monday since the election, but the Abbott government lacks that air of excitement that power often brings. Rather, it…
The government’s Commission of Audit will look at extending “user pays” and encouraging individuals to provide for themselves, in an i…
Bill Shorten, the Labor party’s right faction’s poster boy, won the party leadership by having a number of left-wing caucus members vot…
In the week he formally took power, Tony Abbott managed to perform according to his old stereotype – that is, badly on a matter concernin…
Tony Abbott is striving for the athlete’s discipline in this final election week. When The Conversation interviewed him at his Parlia…
It’s hard to imagine how things could have looked much worse for Labor this week. Kevin Rudd’s attack on Tony Abbott’s paid paren…
Who “won” or “lost” tonight’s debate – and opinion was divided – was less important that what new was said by Kevin Rudd. M…
The Rudd-Abbott face-off at the “people’s forum” was a much better contest than the tortured first encounter before a panel of journa…
It’s all in the eyes and ears of the beholders and listeners. The popular media saw Kevin Rudd with notes when the debate’s rules of…
Tony Abbott says his $5 billion company tax relief can be paid for out of the $17 billion cuts he has already announced, but the government…
Can you believe it? We’re now debating a second term Abbott government. On one hand, cautious Tony is presenting himself as careful and…
In the end, the disabled outsmarted the politicians. Julia Gillard will bring legislation to the current parliament for her tax increase to…
