The Labor leader has dismissed suggestions the party has strayed from its core values to pursue niche interests amid growing concerns within his ranks that it is not doing enough to win back its traditional voter base.
Dozens of leading Labor figures are warning the party will again fail at the next federal election,penning essays for a new book on how the party must govern in the future.
"I feel it very personally,"he said.
Coronavirus has prompted tightly targeted policy responses from the Morrison government. It's the reason for the huge deficit. But it's not a free pass.
A group of federal MPs and the presidents of the two major political parties were due to travel to China on a trip partly paid for by the Chinese government.
Ten years after Julia Gillard knifed Kevin Rudd,the coup culture is alive and well.
The shortfall in the Morrison government's JobKeeper program is prompting calls to bring forward shovel-ready projects,tax cuts and stimulus for shoppers.
Wayne Swan was long the target of Coalition attacks for his Global Financial Crisis stimulus packages. Now,he offers support for the Coalition's stimulus.
The full extent of the coronavirus threat to the economy,the budget and the Morrison government is now clear.
The great fiscal rhetoric softening has begun as Prime Minister Scott Morrison says"unknown global shocks"could not have been predicted.
The annual release of the state cabinet papers is a chance to see how the government of the day grappled with social,political and economic crises.