Paul Bongiorno
Paul Bongiorno: Mates rates ethos is selling Australia short
The business model for running the country, which has been holy writ for governments of all persuasions since the 1980s, is no...
Audit watchdog barks despite government shortening the leash
A little noticed mid-term review by Australia’s Auditor General of his own work goes a long way to highlighting why the Morrison...
Paul Bongiorno: Poor climate for Australia’s OECD ambitions
In three weeks’ time Mathias Cormann will formally quit as Finance Minister and head off to Europe for some heavy lobbying to...
Federal budget 2020: Treasurer sells hope to climb out of a black hole
Josh Frydenberg wasted no time in his delayed budget speech, spelling out how deep a black hole he and the nation is...
Paul Bongiorno: The government is counting on a budget vaccine
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is assuming there will be a vaccine against the coronavirus sometime next year and he’s hoping his prescriptions for...
Paul Bongiorno: Treasurer will need more chips on the red for his JobKeeper gamble to pay off
The Treasurer was nowhere to be seen on Monday when the first stage of the scaling down of the JobKeeper wage subsidy...
Paul Bongiorno: More than smoke and mirrors needed for Australia’s challenges
Millions of Americans in the north-west of the United States are still reeling from the unprecedented catastrophic wildfires that for weeks rendered...
Paul Bongiorno: Crass border politics blows up on Prime Minister
Someone must have thought it was a good idea for Scott Morrison to leverage the grief of one Queensland family to score...
Paul Bongiorno: Throwing tantrums can only make pandemic crisis worse
Just at a time when people’s determination to stay the course, particularly in Victoria, needs to be encouraged, the nation’s resolve is...
Paul Bongiorno: Australian pandemic response is mired in contradictions
You don’t have to wonder for very long why Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has become the government’s most strident political attack dog. On...