Tag Archives: Michael Pascoe

The orchestrated multiple “Gladys for Warringah” media moments were about lessening the damage Scott Morrison is suffering from telling lies.

Whatever the New South Wales ICAC does or does not find about Gladys Berejiklian, there is a distinct possibility (or at least a decent hope) that Operation Keppel will mark the start of improved …

The Coalition voter ID proposal is a solution in search of a problem, but it highlights a problem bedevilling the conservative end of Australian politics.

No wonder the NSW Premier’s strategy director wrote “WTF” over the proposal to give the Australian Clay Target Association $5.5 million of public money.

Evolution happens. Sometimes it’s fast, turbo-charged by an asteroid; sometimes it’s at the speed of dripping water wearing a channel through rock.

Given current polling and the vaccination schmozzle, the odds are favouring the government hanging on to the benefits of incumbency as long as possible.

Never mind the Morrison government’s fossil-friendly energy policy, Australia is embarking on a multibillion-dollar surge in renewables investment anyway.

You know all the headlines on Monday about tonight’s federal budget delivering $10 billion in transport infrastructure? It looks like a lie.

Josh Frydenberg will announce big tax cuts on Tuesday week, but it will be the same extension of a tax cut that he announced in his last budget.

The Morrison government’s latest stunt of tearing up Victorian government “deals” with China achieved its aims of near-universal positive media coverage.