The NDIS is costing too much, growing too fast and heading towards failure.That can’t be allowed to happen.
Mark Riley
The former Labor leader’s idea for a government-owned merchant navy may have seemed a bit batty in 2019, but it is finding an appreciative audience in 2026.
One Nation’s remarkable rise will be followed by a fall. But Pauline Hanson’s forces will wreak havoc on the political landscape in the meantime.
Donald Trump started the war in Iran, but Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers will wear the blame for the pounding it is unleashing on the Australian economy.
Matt Canavan is a political enigma. And he is exactly the person the Nationals need to prevent them from following the dinosaurs into extinction.
Canadian PM Mark Carney is on a mission to warn against the rupture of the world’s rules-based order. Will Australia listen?
By saying he has ‘nothing but contempt’ for women stranded in Syria, Anthony Albanese is pushing his national security rhetoric further even than John Howard.
To escape the death spiral, Liberals must jettison the old and rebrand themselves as something fresh and new.
The health of our political system relies on the government being held to account by a functional and effective opposition. At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, there isn’t one at present.
Katie Allen’s experience showed that although much of the noise in politics rises from the angry edges, there is only one way elections are won.
David Littleproud has chosen to split with the Liberals to focus on fighting the threat from One Nation. But in doing so, he’s giving up his party’s biggest advantage.
As new social media platforms pop up to side step the ban, we must keep sight of the reason this law was drafted.
MARK RILEY: Sussan Ley has found herself caught in a self-perpetuating cycle of manufactured instability that, if not broken, will eventually bring on a spill and drag down her leadership.
For a major communications company it is strange that Optus doesn’t communicate very well.
Anthony Albanese returned from the Pacific empty handed. If a meeting with Donald Trump is not secured, the PM will risk even greater humiliation.
MARK RILEY: With thousands of Australians left in Iran, deep concern now swamps curiosity about Anthony Albanese’s expulsion decision.
Netanyahu is channelling Trump and using every diplomatic weapon at his disposal, including the dirtiest of dirty bombs — accusing international governments of fuelling anti-Semitism.
It’s clunky, flawed and late. But this law might be the best chance we have to protect kids before the next algorithm finds them.
The families of three teens lost to online abuse stood with the PM as the government launched a ban on under-16s using social media - but is it enough?
With nameplates stacked and benches brimming, Labor enters the new parliamentary term with numbers to spare, leaving a diminished Coalition to rethink its strategy from the back row.
When an Aussie PM can expect a warmer welcome in Beijing than Washington, we’re in unusual times.
Just societies should be measured on their ability to care for their most vulnerable members. On that, we have failed.
Here’s an idea that might just encourage Gen Z - and others aged under 65 - to think about voting Liberal.
New data shows wages, inflation and jobs are improving, but Labor didn’t want to say voters were ‘better off’ until after the election.
