Paul Bongiorno
How the PM is taxing aged pensioners’ goodwill
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is scrambling to avoid being tagged with a massive breach of trust by senior Australians – the very...
Tricky Scott Morrison must avoid the mean tag
The evidence is mounting that Scott Morrison was very tricky in last year’s coup in which he took the prime ministership, and...
Canberra insiders book trouble for Scott Morrison
Just when the Prime Minister Scott Morrison is on the cusp of delivering his election centrepiece – a tax package – damaging...
‘I know nothing’: What is powerful Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton really trying to say?
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is one of the most powerful operators in the re-elected Morrison government, but you wouldn’t know it...
Political will to defend press freedom is lacking
A pumped-up Scott Morrison had some streetwise advice for his jubilant party room after their miraculous election win. The Prime Minister warned...
Scott Morrison drops the baseball cap as he switches to statesman mode
Scott Morrison, on his first overseas junket since being democratically elected as prime minister, has left the daggy dad persona back home....
Tax cuts: ‘The Trojan horse to take Australia’s social security down the path of the US’
Australia’s social security safety net faces a radical undermining in the new Parliament’s looming tax cuts battle. The re-elected Morrison government is...
Scott Morrison will need a few more of his miracles
Just as well Scott Morrison believes in miracles, because any close analysis of the key claims of his “better economic managers” campaign...
Campaign version of Honey I Shrunk The Kids – Except it’s the Liberal Party that is near invisible
Scott Morrison has just five days to shrug off the baggage that is the Liberal Party he leads. As the election enters...
Morrison hits the panic button
The Liberals are in this election with a chance. They always were, but there are sure signs that chance is slipping from...