Shorten, Turnbull: different promises, equally empty
Neither side is prepared to concede a realistic assessment of the magnitude and severity of the risks we face as a nation, and to offer a believable policy strategy for moving forward.
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John Hewson
John Hewson is a professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, and a former Liberal opposition leader.
The government spending that wastes billions
Welfare crackdown savings are petty compared to massive cost overruns and wasteful pork barrelling.
Tony Abbott isn't fighting for the soul of the Liberals
The only "soul" at stake is for that of the voter. The only question is how best to win it.
Climate change: Now it's personal
The stakes are very high; the next election outcome is at risk, households and industries face rapidly rising power prices and the mounting probability of black outs
Leaders ignore the people at their peril
Voters have stopped listening to both Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten.
Politicians must see bigger picture over power supplies
It was hoped that the Finkel review of the national electricity market would provide the basis to negotiate an end to the "climate wars". Unfortunately it seems to have just raised these wars to an even higher level of concern and absurdity.
Growth record disguises Coalition's can-kicking
We ducked a recession again, but there is little doubt our economy is recessed.
How Turnbull and Shorten can regain voter trust
Both have failed to live up to expectations, being predominantly self-absorbed in opportunistic political point-scoring, writes John Hewson.
Why we must urgently depoliticise climate
There is an urgent need to set up an independent authority to oversee climate policy.
Australia is at the mercy of the whims of two mad men
It's too easy for Australia to get sucked along with the US, to end up where we would not want to be.
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