The Last Days Of The House And A Labor–Greens Alliance?

The Last Days Of The House And A Labor–Greens Alliance?

The parliamentary year commenced with the revelations of a rape at Parliament House; it ended with a report into sexual harassment at parliamentary workplaces… and a federal minister stepping aside after he was accused of physically abusing a staffer he was having an affair with. When will parliamentarians learn their lessons?

And with so many government MPs and Ministers resigning, is it a sign of panic? No, it’s quite normal for MPs to retire and they can’t stay in politics forever. But it certainly doesn’t help the cause of the Liberal–National Coalition. And Anthony Albanese has announced a 43% reduction in greenhouse emissions by 2030, and the sky hasn’t fallen in. Not yet, but Scott Morrison is certain to find a way of misrepresenting the policy, because that’s what he does best. Actually governing can wait for another day.

And a Labor–Greens coalition? The Liberal Party and National Party have one, so why not? It’s a little bit more complicated but it comes down to two factors: the Liberal and National parties need each other to form government, while the Labor Party can form government by itself. And the other reason? The need has never arisen (except for 2010). And it won’t arise until we get a repeat of 2010: a hung parliament.

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The Attack on Australia’s Democracy and The Diminishing Division of Joy

The Attack on Australia’s Democracy and The Diminishing Division of Joy

As the rumblings of Scott Morrison’s secret ministers become louder, the Liberal Party – and their friends in the media – are keen to dismiss Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s decision to hold an inqu...

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The Secret Life of Scott Morrison and Exit Stage Left For Stage 3 Tax Cuts?

The Secret Life of Scott Morrison and Exit Stage Left For Stage 3 Tax Cuts?

Irrespective of how much effort conservatives and the mainstream media are putting into downplaying the significance of the secret ministries of former Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the fact that the...

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Lessons for Labor, Liberal’s nuclear error, and lucky Barilaro

Lessons for Labor, Liberal’s nuclear error, and lucky Barilaro

A lull in politics gives us some time to assess how the political parties are travelling, and since the May election result, most of the focus how been placed on the Coalition – the messages that it c...

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A Voice to Parliament and a new economy. Can we do both?

A Voice to Parliament and a new economy. Can we do both?

The details for the Voice To Parliament have been released by the Prime Minister, and it’s three simple changes to the Constitution, but already, conservatives are circling the wagons and claiming tha...

5 Aug 202248min

An Audacious New Parliament And An Election Day Lie

An Audacious New Parliament And An Election Day Lie

The 47th Parliament has commenced and the new Labor government wants to implement its agenda as soon as possible. After nine years of a Coalition government seemingly unwilling to implement anything m...

29 Jul 202235min

A miserable ghost reappears, environment takes centre stage and the return of Parliament

A miserable ghost reappears, environment takes centre stage and the return of Parliament

After several months of absence from the national stage, former Prime Minister Scott Morrison made an appearance on a different kind of stage – the pulpit of the Victory Church in Perth, announcing th...

22 Jul 202241min

Pacific diplomacy, Collaery case dropped, more NSW corruption and a forgotten pandemic

Pacific diplomacy, Collaery case dropped, more NSW corruption and a forgotten pandemic

Foreign affairs is still a dominant issue for the Albanese government – and why not – so many relationships to repair after a neglectful nine years of Coalition government which left the Pacific islan...

15 Jul 202239min

Media madness, a Voice to Parliament, Climate Change politics and factional trouble in the Liberal Party

Media madness, a Voice to Parliament, Climate Change politics and factional trouble in the Liberal Party

There’s a madness in the media and hard to see when it will stop. The Prime Minister has returned from the recent NATO meeting – which included a visit to Ukraine – and the media wanted to create a fa...

8 Jul 202239min

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