Michelle Grattan
View from The Hill: SA result is morale boost for Albanese, but he’s struggling with Kitching allegations
Move over Mark McGowan and make some space for South Australia’s Peter Malinauskas on Scott Morrison’s recently installed couch of Labor “besties”....
There’s a fine line between gloves-off politics and bullying
The so-called “mean girls” story following the death of Victorian Labor senator Kimberley Kitching, has opened up issues of alleged bad behaviour...
View from The Hill: Liberal rebels’ ‘religious discrimination’ revolt leaves PM scarred and humbled
It’s a bad sign when a government starts eating its own. The backbench Liberal revolt that pushed a protection for transgender kids...
Aged care residents are paying the price for this government’s slow learners
Richard Colbeck had to face the music this week over attending the fifth Test in his home state of Tasmania when he’d...
View from The Hill: Morrison a ‘psycho’ – now who would have said that?
A flurry of categorical denials by senior ministers has followed the report that a current Liberal cabinet minister described Scott Morrison as...
Grattan on Friday: Scott Morrison’s ministerial team looks far from match-fit
It sounded a touch desperate – Prime Minister Scott Morrison imploring backpackers to “come on down” to Australia, as the Omicron crisis...
View from The Hill: Morrison govt considering whether to cancel Djokovic’s visa – again
A sense of proportion is a very useful quality in politics. In the case of Novak Djokovic, the Morrison government has lost...
View from The Hill: Running Berejiklian ahead of ICAC report would send worst signal on integrity
Labor’s Chris Bowen made a very pertinent contribution on Monday to the debate over whether the Liberals should run Gladys Berejiklian, the...
View from The Hill: Albanese’s emissions plan is an exercise in political smarts
Labor’s “Powering Australia” climate policy, released on Friday, is carefully calibrated to the politics. Anthony Albanese described it as “modest”, declaring “we...
View from The Hill: A study in contrast, Christian Porter and Greg Hunt to leave Parliament
One will depart from Parliament a deeply disappointed man, dragged down by scandal, with hopes for a brilliant career dashed by an...