February
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Voters tuned out by Voice harder to fix than first thought
Should Labor suffer a large swing against it, or worse in Dunkley, it will be a serious setback. Equally, Peter Dutton needs a win in Victoria.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Nickel crashes green superpower picture of El Dorado
Whatever the government comes up with to shore up the WA nickel industry, it will be a sobering day when Australia’s golden goose needs a subsidy to stay competitive.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Barnaby Joyce
Rookies inject moral clarity into Joyce’s fall and antisemitism’s rise
Tania Lawrence and Michelle Ananda-Rajah are newcomers to parliament, but they showed up the elders this week.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
It’s been a good week for the Labor base, and those who delivered
Jim Chalmers and Tony Burke have done their internal standing no harm this week by delivering for the true believers.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
The numbers are pointing in the right direction for Labor
Tax cuts, falling inflation, higher wages and interest rates cuts are set to favour Labor leading into what could be an early election.
- Phillip Coorey
January
- Opinion
- Opinion
Albanese’s version of integrity comes with a means test
The prime minister gave copious reasons why Labor should honour the stage three tax cuts. Then he went and backflipped anyway.
- Phillip Coorey
December 2023
We’ll be back in election mode on the other side of Christmas
Three-year terms mean that the government, after just 20 months in power, will start pulling down the new policy shutters, with the opposition dialling everything up to 11.
- Phillip Coorey
The prime minister needs his mojo back
Voters want their prime minister to be of them, not like them. At the moment, they feel he is neither.
- Phillip Coorey
November 2023
- Opinion
- Peter Dutton
With friends like the Labor states, who needs enemies
It’s not just the states that are sensing the government’s vulnerability. The opposition’s tone this week has been one of sheer irreverence.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Bowen’s big bang energy push puts heat back on Coalition
The opposition says Labor is “writing a blank cheque” to renewables investors. But it’s yet to detail how much its own nuclear energy alternative would cost taxpayers.
- Jacob Greber
- Analysis
- High Court of Australia
No mercy. How it’s going to be until the next election
It was Labor’s nightmare and Dutton’s fantasy to be once again fighting on immigration issues.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Albanese’s China visit was a whole different calibre
Despite the views expressed by some hawks, the prime minister was not kowtowing in China.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
‘Airbus Albo’ risks leaving the home front aflame
Tricky international diplomacy is nothing compared with feral talkback radio at home.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2023
- Opinion
- Opinion
It’s a balancing act on Israel at home and abroad
Given the long and violent history of the Israeli-Arab conflict, views towards it are pre-formed, polarised and, in most cases, utterly intransigent.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
The longer Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV charging will be to fix
What are the Greens going to demand be spent when the fuel excise runs out? And do they not realise that just because a car is battery powered, it will still need a road?
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Opinion
Plan is to move on quickly from the referendum defeat
Pumping up its national security bona fides is not in Labor’s DNA. It needs to be.
- Phillip Coorey
September 2023
- Opinion
- Opinion
To claw back power, the Libs need to stop being a hot mess
The Liberal party has swung to the hard right in some states - leaving Labor with the advantage. And accountability has suffered.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Dutton’s nuclear plans are getting under Labor’s skin
Advocating nuclear power these days is about as passe as a politician admitting they once smoked pot.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Focus begins to shift to the consequences of a No vote
The Yes case has been outplayed not by Peter Dutton but Aboriginal Liberal-Nationals senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who was not factored in as a threat at the start of the process.
- Phillip Coorey
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Prime minister takes off as midterm headwinds hit at home
Every first-term government since Whitlam has gone backwards at their next election. It’s a sobering statistic for a government with a three-seat majority.
- Phillip Coorey
