Paul Bongiorno: The government has much to learn from George Washington’s cherry tree
One of the enduring cultural myths of the United States is the honesty of its most famous founder George Washington as a...
Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison’s credibility torpedoed by the French and Christian Porter
Scott Morrison’s three ring circus last week unveiling an awkwardly named pact with the United States and Britain, at the expense of...
Paul Bongiorno: Denmark provides salutary lessons for lifting COVID restrictions
There’s not much doubt that Scott Morrison’s latest slogan “doses of hope” hits the mark when he announces millions more vaccines scrounged...
Paul Bongiorno: Time is running out for the Morrison government to be fit for purpose
The rumblings are getting louder that the Morrison government is being increasingly perceived as not fit for purpose. A compelling witness for...
Paul Bongiorno: Truth serum is needed just as much as millions more doses of vaccine
When the premier of Australia’s biggest state warns the country that things are going to get much worse before they get better,...
Paul Bongiorno: Multimillion-dollar boost for a snake oil salesman spells trouble
No one should underestimate the enormous influence exerted by billionaire political maverick Clive Palmer on the result of the last election and...
Australians can be grateful for small mercies, but slow learners don’t deserve praise
With Australia’s biggest state plunging deeper into the grip of the ferociously infectious Delta strain of the coronavirus, Premier Gladys Berejiklian consoles...
Paul Bongiorno: Glib assurances fail to address Australia’s critical challenges
A Martian or some other extra-terrestrial being who dropped into federal Parliament’s question time on Monday would believe that Australia’s vaccine rollout...
Paul Bongiorno: PM missing the podium with ‘going for gold’ pandemic rallying call
Rarely, if ever, has a Prime Minister’s rallying call to the nation been more self-defeating. Just two months ago Scott Morrison was...
It’s politics – not the pandemic – that’s straining the federation
The political games being played as the Delta strain cuts a swathe of fear and loathing though the Commonwealth of Australia have...