If Jim Chalmers can deliver on his big picture,Australia will win on a global scale. If not,the title of Christopher Malouf’s Archibald Prize portrait will be vindicated.
Why would Anthony Albanese and his smart economists,Jim Chalmers and Chris Bowen,want to reverse the bipartisan policy of the past 40 years and take us back to the future?
Violence against women is under focus yet again – something that never seems to change.
When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lurches out of the PNG jungle at Isurava shrine,four words will be etched on his psyche.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his third budget in just over a month. Having Paul Keating,arguably the nation’s greatest economic reformer,as an idol is starting to weigh on him.
The opposition leader made some strange comments about the US election during a private dinner for big-money donors last week.
The former arts minister’s narrow win was a pyrrhic victory for the Liberal Party’s moderate faction after a decade of dominance in NSW.
Former prime minister Paul Keating accuses Mike Burgess of trying to undermine the government’s efforts to stabilise relations with China and renews his attack on Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
Amid a step-up in opacity from Beijing,finding meaning in this week’s National People’s Congress is all about reading between the lines.
The focus of both major parties for the Dunkley byelection was fairly trivial. Let’s hope they can do better for the looming federal election.
Paul Keating’s incredible economic chutzpah supercharged Australia’s prosperity. But he has become an apologist for China,and that may poison his legacy.