Too many politicians are seeking to fight a populist battle against an easily vilified enemy.
Scott Morrison was given the honour in 2016 and has held on to it despite being deposed as prime minister. But Cronulla are now considering a change.
Bridget Archer has criticised Morrison’s response to the royal commission,saying his presence in parliament makes it harder for the party to evolve.
Coalition ministers used “performative cruelty against welfare recipients to burnish political credentials” and innocent people died because of it.
Government Services Minister Bill Shorten said he understood why taxpayers would be angry they are continuing to pay for the legal bill of former ministers.
We’ve been presented with a rare opportunity to disrupt punitive,stigmatising attitudes towards the poor.
“Venality,incompetence and cowardice”:The royal commission has delivered a scathing assessment of a cruel,illegal scheme and those who ran it.
The Department of Human Services paid PwC $853,859 for work that ended in a PowerPoint presentation. The firm will pay that back.
Royal commissioner Catherine Holmes found that welfare recipients were seen during Scott Morrison’s era as costly inconveniences. Now the tables have turned.
The royal commission found former prime minister Scott Morrison allowed cabinet to be misled over the welfare crackdown’s lawfulness and gave untrue evidence to the inquiry.
The royal commission report found Kathryn Campbell kept the true nature of the robo-debt scheme secret when advising cabinet because she knew Scott Morrison wanted budget savings.