Australian politics made a complete fool of itself in 2021, and there’s more fun on the way
Parliament has embarrassed itself to a standstill, politics in Australia has plumbed never-imagined depths of degradation and dishonour, and what passes for...
Dennis Atkins: The PM may learn a valuable lesson in vaccine politics at the G7
British Labour Party leader Keir Starmer reckons the United Kingdom and Europe have entered a phase of vaccine politics dominated by the...
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison’s four favourite ways to bend the truth
Checking the lies and falsehoods of national leaders is part of the territory in modern political journalism and commentary. By the time...
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison’s treatment of Christine Holgate shows his true colours
In just under 50 words late last October, Prime Minister Scott Morrison set an improvised explosive device for himself while thinking he...
Dennis Atkins: Controversial senator Amanda Stoker is the unlikely winner from PM’s reshuffle
Political crises are always unpredictable and have consequences, intended and not, fortuitous and ill fated. So it is with the current lava...
Dennis Atkins: When Scott Morrison says he’s listening, it’s only to himself
Once in a while, someone wheels out the “Shane Stone Memo” device in Australian political commentary. Its time has surfaced again. In...
Dennis Atkins: Yeah, right. Harold Holt is alive in China and PM knew nothing of rape scandal
Smug Scott was nowhere to be seen for most of this week. This was a change as Smug Scott has become a...
Scott Morrison unmasked: What the PM’s cowardly response to the Capitol riots reveals
About 40 years ago, the name Alistair Drysdale figured prominently in serious Liberal Party politics. As the No.2 in Malcolm Fraser’s press...
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison’s antics show Australia is going to the polls in 2021
Scott Morrison likes to look studious in Question Time, busying himself with his papers, turning his back on Opposition leader Anthony Albanese...
Dennis Atkins: All politicians lie, but Scott Morrison’s untruths transcend the usual
All politicians lie. Some do it as easily as most of us draw breath and others struggle to avoid telling the truth...