Paula Matthewson
Kerryn Phelps’ risky game almost brought the government to its knees
The new federal member for Wentworth, Kerryn Phelps, made some progress this week in her campaign to remove refugees from Manus Island...
Scott Morrison is twisting in the wind between the left and the right
Taking a leaf from their opponents’ playbook, the moderates of the Liberal Party have struck back against the reactionary right by exploiting...
Defending the ‘daggy dad’: Why doubting Scott Morrison’s strategy is a mistake
There was a lot of mirth on Twitter and other parts of social media this week as Scott Morrison embarked on a...
Bill ‘Low Profile’ Shorten: The headline-shy PM-in-waiting
For the casual observer of Australian politics, there’s been one notable absence from most of our news streams in recent times. Labor...
Step away from the mic, Malcolm. Step away
Don’t do it, Malcolm. Step away from the microphone. These are the words of caution and concern that should be flooding the...
The women’s movement about to upset the Coalition’s party
It’s not as if they weren’t warned. Nobody in the Coalition should have been surprised when news emerged this week that rural...
Barnaby Joyce’s persecution complex adds to Nationals’ chaos
According to the disgraced former leader of the National Party, Barnaby Joyce, there’s a leftist plot under way to stop him becoming...
Wentworthless: Liberals get a ballot-box bludgeoning that may well prove fatal
It’s hard to go past the old baseball bat analogy to describe what happened in the formerly safe Liberal seat of Wentworth...
The PM has the strategy all wrong in the battle for Wentworth
Prime Minister Scott Morrison spent much time this week talking about the dangers of ‘unnecessary uncertainty’. In particular, he begged voters in the...
Why Barnaby Joyce leading the Nats is such a dumb move
Anyone who doesn’t live inside the Canberra bubble might have been surprised to learn this week that disgraced former Nationals leader Barnaby...