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Scott Morrison can’t spin this one: Australia’s climate pledges at this week’s summit won’t...
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Days out from a much-anticipated climate summit convened by US President Joe Biden, the federal government has moved to position itself as serious about emissions reduction.
On Wednesday Prime Minister Scott Morrison pledged A$539 million...
Incomplete strategy and niche contributions — Australia leaves Afghanistan after 20 years
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has declared Australia will withdraw its remaining 80 troops from Afghanistan by September, marking the end of its longest involvement in a war.
This follows President Joe Biden announcing...
As Australia’s vaccination bungle becomes clear, Morrison’s political pain is only just beginning
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Among many surprising things about 2020 was how a novel coronavirus drove an equally novel upending of Australia’s political orthodoxy.
The hackneyed election straightener, “it’s the economy, stupid”, got shoved aside for...
With the government on the ropes, Anthony Albanese has a fighting chance
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Some promising polling for Labor in recent weeks has inevitably raised that perennial question for a party whose national triumphs since Federation 120 years ago have been rare: can it win the...
View from The Hill: Morrison should appoint stand-alone minister for women and boot Andrew...
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Scott Morrison is trying to have things both ways over disgraced Queensland Liberal Andrew Laming.
Laming, who has allegedly bullied constituents and photographed a woman inappropriately, announced at the weekend he won’t seek another term.
But...
Grattan on Monday: The worst is not over in the crisis tearing at Scott...
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"Is your leadership safe?” Scott Morrison was asked on the ABC last Thursday. The Prime Minister’s leadership is quite safe, but that the question was put says volumes for how embattled he’s...
If 80% of Australians care about climate action, why don’t they vote like it?
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Poll after poll suggests a large majority of Australians cares about climate change. Yet in recent federal elections, this hasn’t translated into wins for parties with stronger policy platforms on climate change.
So what determines someone’s...
‘What are you afraid of ScoMo?’: Australian women are angry — and the Morrison...
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Thousands of women are gathering in cities across the country, angry about the allegations of rape, sexual abuse and harassment emerging from our parliaments and schools. They’re also furious with a...
View from The Hill: Labor surges to 52-48% Newspoll lead, as women’s voices set...
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Labor has hit the front in Newspoll, with a 52-48% two-party lead, as the separate crises engulfing ministers Christian Porter and Linda Reynolds take a toll of the Morrison government.
As the parliament’s...
Could the Morrison government’s response to sexual assault claims cost it the next election?
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Yesterday, thousands of Australians are marched around the country, angry and fed up at the treatment of women. In Canberra they formed a ring of protest around Parliament House.
This comes after Melbourne academic and...
