Dennis Atkins
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison’s double standard for border closures
Scott Morrison doesn’t talk about the Canberra bubble much anymore. It was one of his protective shields against unwanted media inquiries, honed...
Dennis Atkins: Morrison government’s labour law reforms will make a bad system worse
The disconnect between what’s happening in and around Melbourne, where the coronavirus is well and truly out of control, and Canberra, where...
Dennis Atkins: Is national cabinet the best thing since Federation? Probably not
The national cabinet has been around for four months, pulled together during a meeting of state and federal leaders in Sydney’s western...
Dennis Atkins: The stakes couldn’t be higher in PM’s poker game with China
The Australia-China relationship has never been hotter than right now. The list of areas of dispute, potentially harmful economic interactions and direct...
Dennis Atkins: ‘Scotty from marketing’? Morrison keeps the spin despite coronavirus crisis
We all know Scott Morrison is a marketing guy. He’s happy with a slogan and he relishes repetition. These are not habits...
Dennis Atkins: Eden-Monaro by-election is a test run for pandemic-era politics
If all politics is local, as the great, late US House of Representatives Speaker Tip O’Neill once said, the Labor party should...
Dennis Atkins: A lowlife bully’s rorts shouldn’t eclipse the jobless crisis
This week more than 280,000 Australians officially joined the unemployment line – yet the political class was more obsessed with one Victorian...
What’s the damage? Jury still out as fears of branch-stacking saga spread
The November 2018 Victorian state election stands as a cautionary tale for those wanting to make doom-laden predictions flowing from the industrial-scale...
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison is mastering John Howard’s ‘mean and tricky’ playbook
John Howard gave the front page of the NT News what looked like a casual glance. He noted the main story about...
Dennis Atkins: Visit Donald Trump’s G7 gala? Scott Morrison should say no
Scott Morrison resides at the Harold Holt end of the Liberal Party when it comes to relations with the leader of the...