Paul Bongiorno
The ‘quiet’ burst of Scott Morrison’s bubble: This is who is really to blame
Scott Morrison assembled 700 of the nation’s top public servants in the Great Hall of the federal Parliament to put them on...
Press freedom inquiry is an acid test for Andrew Hastie
The opening in Sydney on Tuesday of the government’s preferred way to inquire into the freedom of the press has become an...
Here we go again … all the way with the USA
Australian prime ministers fudging the real reasons for committing our military to Washington-led escapades is nothing new. Sir Robert Menzies lied when...
You don’t need Newspoll to tell Scott Morrison is leading – but he knows that may not last
The first published opinion poll since the election confirms what the country already knows. The coalition won two months ago and wouldn’t...
Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s first priority: Blame everything on Labor
If Australians are tired of conflict politics, someone forgot to tell Scott Morrison. The second week of Parliament actually sitting since the...
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...