Paula Matthewson
A public affair: Porter, Tudge claims show we should poke holes in Canberra love bubble
Pretty much anyone who’s worked in or around politics knows that the revelations made on Monday night’s Four Corners are not isolated...
Scott Morrison has been given a second-chance bonus. How will he use it?
In the short four months that we’ve seen of 2020 so far, there have been two graphic examples of how voter trust...
A couple of COVID-19 casualties: The slogans the Coalition has used against Labor
It’s impossible to know whether the temporary changes to our lives brought about by COVID-19 will persist once the pandemic has passed....
Scott Morrison’s coronavirus marketing is working – just look at the polls
Not one but three opinion polls published this week confirmed that merely two months after the Black Summer bushfires, Scott Morrison has...
Coronavirus has paused Parliament. This is what should be happening instead
One of the hot topics being debated by many politically engaged Australians right now is whether the national parliament should be sitting...
Coronavirus confusion isn’t made any clearer by political messaging
If there’s one clear message to emerge from Australia’s efforts to combat Covid-19 it’s that there’s no one clear message. Everywhere you...
Coronavirus politics: Time for party colours to combine, Paula Matthewson writes
It only takes one look around the local supermarket to confirm that Australians no longer trust many of the things we once...
Paula Matthewson: Why Scott Morrison needs to put Australians ahead of political advantage
Contained within the German language is a single evocative word that probably describes the way Labor MPs have been feeling since the...
Why our low opinion of politicians lets them get away with rorting
A lot of column inches have been devoted this week to the continuing sports rorts drama, with the most recent revelations making...
How a nasty virus gave the PM a rosy glow of political good health
After being continually slammed by the Labor opposition in parliament this week over the ‘sports rorts’ affair, Prime Minister Scott Morrison used...