In an email to staff at 7:30, Tingle said she was running independently to ensure she could represent the views of all staff.

Prime ministers are supposed to make the case for change and then discipline their governments. Scott Morrison does not fulfil this most basic task.

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd contacted Pfizer chairman and chief executive Albert Bourla directly at the end of June to see if anything could be done to expedite the delivery of vaccines to...

Promising to remove government from their lives will appeal to some voters, but Morrison must be careful not to alienate those in the middle.

Labor needs to release its critical policies now Australians are emerging from the COVID cocoon and a federal election looms.

Prof Sharon Lewin argues if Coalition is relying on RATs ‘they really have to be widely accessible’

Despite everything COVID-19 has thrown at us, it seems our political leaders are incapable of anticipating, of getting proactive. Instead, they wait to find out what the mob thinks, writes Laura...

If the PM doesn’t improve, the most likely outcome will be that the voters take care of him at the ballot box.

Protected evidence in the case of a man charged with the sexual assault of Brittany Higgins — including counselling notes and video recordings — was unlawfully disclosed to the defence by the...

Rapid antigen tests have suddenly become the key to society functioning, and the best symbol of how the whole "government getting out of your face" thing seems to have gone so spectacularly awry in...

Alan Jones has released a statement clarifying comments made on his program this morning: “I note some concern about my comment this morning re New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and her remarks and...

The ugly escalation in Melbourne is the sort of moment you would expect leaders to quickly respond to and settle down — but the Prime Minister couldn't resist adding a political kicker, writes Laura...

Somewhere along the way, the idea that Scott Morrison and his government should be judged on how they are protecting the national interest rather than playing the political game seems to have been...

Scott Morrison has once again sought to vanish an inconvenient event, and emerge unmoved and untarnished.

It is the end of the Morrison government in an election which — while it might not have resulted in a landslide for Labor — has seen the conservative party decimated and shattered, writes Laura...

The secretary who was forced to wind up the scheme, Professor Renee Leon, lost her job after minister Stuart Robert resisted legal advice that it was unlawful, the royal commission has been told.

Outgoing Liberal senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells takes aim at Prime Minister Scott Morrison, describing him as "a bully with no moral compass" who pretends to be a man of faith.

Australian of the Year and sexual assault survivor Grace Tame says she was not consulted on the federal government’s national strategy for the prevention of child sexual abuse.

Award-winning political commentator and author Niki Savva is joining The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald as a columnist.

The events this week which have leapt out of the Prime Minister's calendar all come with the sound effects of someone smacking into unfortunate reminders of the recent past, writes Laura Tingle.

Program appeared to be ‘motivated by electoral matters’ and therefore an ‘improper use of power’

Morrison has artfully switched the debate from the environment to the economy, branding his “plan” as the uniquely “Australian Way”.

It has not been a good week for the government's marketing department. But more importantly, it has been a shocker for government accountability, writes Laura Tingle.

Climate change is not just politics, and shouldn’t be reported as just politics. The media must call out the Prime Minister's misleading claims.

Religious leaders of Australia call for the release of refugees illegally detained in Melbourne's Park Hotel and Maygar Barracks. Spoken by Tim Costello on…

There were so many fires to put out this week, yet never has it felt quite so much like no-one was holding the hose, writes Laura Tingle.

Instead of having a serious conversation about defence and national security, we've seen a government reduce itself to the most partisan, misleading and disreputable of attacks on its opponents on...

For the media, the experience is like being on a chaotic school excursion.

Teal independent says she will lodge federal court challenge as AEC admits people who tested positive early this week but didn’t register for postal ballot ‘may not be able to vote’ in Saturday’s...

The Prime Minister's department insists it carried out "due diligence" before awarding, without a tender process, millions of dollars to a foundation that appears to have no office, website or staff...

The Prime Minister did the rounds of BBC regional radio and it went about as well as you'd expect.Follow us on Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@politicsjoe?l...

Never has the need for the public to have confidence in its prime minister getting things right been more important, writes Laura Tingle.