Paul Bongiorno: It won’t be easy for Anthony Albanese, but he says he’s up for it
At his first news conference as the newly sworn in Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese assured the nation he was ready...
Paul Bongiorno: Albanese poised for victory as Morrison struggles to save himself
Scott Morrison may be hoping and praying for a second miracle win, but late last week he conceded Australians were looking for...
Paul Bongiorno: A huge momentum shift is Scott Morrison’s only hope
A masked woman at a Sydney pre-poll centre gave stark voice to what the major opinion polls are finding as we enter...
Paul Bongiorno: Both sides nervous, but the Liberals can’t bet their house on result
Not since the 2007 election has the Reserve Bank of Australia had the acid test put on it for its independence, and...
Paul Bongiorno: Albanese regroups for final showdown, unfazed by government’s war talk
Anthony Albanese is spending his days in COVID-19 isolation putting an enormous amount of preparation into what Labor sees as the critical...
Paul Bongiorno: Not being Scott Morrison is Anthony Albanese’s best shot
On Sunday it was Scott Morrison’s turn to come up with a “Freudian slip” – you know, the brain explosion that everyone...
Paul Bongiorno: Small targets and big deficits have government in a very hard place
All of a sudden, an incumbent government asking its opponents where the money is coming from to fix the crisis in aged...
Paul Bongiorno: Expensive, temporary and targeted – and likely to fail
The death rattle of sinking governments is the sound of billions of dollars being shovelled out the door in a last-gasp attempt...
Paul Bongiorno: Morrison and Frydenberg’s best last chance looms
The expectations of Scott Morrison and his Treasurer Josh Frydenberg repeating their Houdini-like escape from the political pickle they are in with...
Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison consoles himself his opponent is no Malinauskas – it won’t matter
The shellacking the South Australian Liberal government suffered at the weekend shattered myths that have dominated the past three years and it...