Paula Matthewson
Scared Liberals are taking the ‘coal’ out of Coalition
As Australian school children marched in the streets this week to protest the nation’s lack of climate action, a quieter and potentially...
Women voters certainly won’t trust a party that doesn’t trust women
“If you are a supporter of gender equality you are a feminist. So say it with pride.” Thus tweeted one of the Labor opposition’s...
Liberal heavyweights desert the sinking ship
Another one bites the dust. Make that two. Or perhaps even four. Four more senior members of the Morrison government are expected...
Why the PM had every right to talk about Julie Bishop’s shoes
Is it ever okay to talk about the physical features of a female politician? Or what she wears? This question has arisen...
Julie Bishop left her mark in Parliament like only Julie Bishop can
The retirement announcement of Julie Bishop, late on Thursday afternoon, was a signature Bishop move. Stylish, timed for maximum impact, and full...
The anti-Turnbull rebels who cut their own government’s throat
If you’re not really into politics, you might have missed one of the most extraordinary things to happen in Australian politics, which...
The similarities between medevac and Tampa, and how it will affect the election
With only three months to go until the federal election, Coalition MPs, strategists and supporters have been hoping (and in some cases,...
Even by the Coalition’s stumblebum standards, this was a bad week
When it comes to the abundance of career-limiting moves (CLMs) made by federal politicians over the past week, it’s hard to know...
Why the government should accept all the recommendations of the royal commission, come what may
When the recommendations of the banking royal commission are released just after 4pm on Monday, we will see whether the Morrison government...
Tony Abbott taught the Liberals to talk in tongues about ‘taxes’ – forked tongues, that is
In politics there are lies, like “the leader has my full support”, and then there are great big fat lies, like “the...