The Year of Living Incompetently: 2018 in review
2019 promises to be an exhilarating year in politics, with a federal election guaranteed before May 18, and an election in Australia’s largest state –...
Author: Eddy Jokovich
Morrison’s mix of religion and corruption ends a bad year
A terrible year for the Liberal–National Government has almost ended, but if there was any hope the final week before Christmas might offer some hope...
The unknown Scott Morrison
It seems like an eternity ago, but it has only been three months since Scott Morrison became Prime Minister, during a week of madness from...
The LNP loses yet another Newspoll
It wasn’t meant to be like this. Scott Morrison must have thought the job of prime minister was all too easy. Within two weeks of...
After Wentworth, the Liberals are looking into the abyss
One of the most invaluable skills in politics is the ability to gauge the opinions and understandings of the electorate and, once this has been...
Beware the hand of God
It’s six minutes into the second half of the World Cup game between Argentina and England in 1986, and the scores are locked at nil-all....
A dark day in Australian politics
It’s a rare sight to see a government split in two, but that’s exactly what we’ve seen in Canberra this week. The sad debacle of...
The political assassination of Emma Husar
Another week, another assassination of a Labor politician. No, I’m not talking about a real assassination – like the UK Labour MP Jo Cox, who...
Media fail and the last days of Malcolm Turnbull
The byelections as part of the so-called “Super Saturday” have resulted in unchanged numbers in the House of Representatives, but they may see the final...
Turnbull unleashes his inner racism
Last Saturday, Malcolm Turnbull made the first prime ministerial visit to Tennant Creek since 1982 and announced to Indigenous leaders: “our job is to listen...
The pulp fiction of a Labor leadership challenge
A fascinating dynamic was created by the mainstream media last week, when they created a flurry of Labor leadership speculation. The cause of it? A...
What has this government ever done for you? Probably nothing
The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has repeatedly ruled out an early election, claiming “there is no plan, intention or consideration given to doing anything other...