
Paul Bongiorno: National security debate submerged under waves of bluster and spin
For a Prime Minister who claims the gift of far-sightedness when it comes to preparing for a deteriorating international security environment, Scott...

Paul Bongiorno: Vladimir Putin makes renewable energy security an urgent no-brainer
For more than a decade Vladimir Putin has been using the billions of dollars Russia has earned from its oil and gas...

Paul Bongiorno: Hardball politics exposes a defenceless scare campaign
Scott Morrison’s ramping up of a scare campaign against Labor’s Anthony Albanese has shone a laser-like focus on just how defenceless Australia...

Paul Bongiorno: Government throws the kitchen sink at Labor, but the stopwatch is ticking down
Scott Morrison is running out of time and plausible ideas to save his floundering government, with new polling confirming his worst fears....

Paul Bongiorno: ‘Dutts’ to the rescue in a sure sign of desperate times
Supporters of Peter Dutton in his failed 2018 tilt at the Liberal leadership believe he is the government’s only hope of saving...

Paul Bongiorno: ‘Where’s the money coming from?’ A sick excuse for pandemic inaction
All of a sudden there are other priorities rather than saving Australian lives and livelihoods. There’s not enough money for free rapid...

Paul Bongiorno: Australians deserve better than the best government money can buy
There is something grossly obscene when a billionaire maverick businessman can boast he is already running the most expensive political campaign in...

Paul Bongiorno: Summer of our discontent changes political calculus
So much for the lazy, hazy days of summer giving the nation a break from our politicians and providing a reset for...

Paul Bongiorno: PM’s only hope is budget numbers saving him
The word out of the federal government is a desperate Scott Morrison will use improved numbers in the budget to attempt a...

Paul Bongiorno: Liberals desperately reworking ‘Kill Bill’ strategy to stop Anthony Albanese
Staff in Labor leader Anthony Albanese’s office keep reminding each other that they won’t win next year’s election by fighting the last...