For what felt like eons before PM Anthony Albanese fired the starting gun on the race to May 3, everyone was certain this would be an election like never before. How right everyone was! Yes, the heat is on big, heavy topics (such as cost of living, cost of living and cost of living), but […]

Donald Trump has cast a long, orange shadow across the opening days of the Australian election campaign, and there’s every indication this will continue for the remaining four weeks. It’s difficult to remember a time when the actions of a foreign head of state have been such a prominent feature of a domestic election campaign. We’d […]

I don’t recall a time in my life when the name of one person, let alone two, have generated so much conversation and commentary amongst family, friends, colleagues, professional networks, and in the fourth estate.   Since his ascendancy to President in November, this trophy has belonged to Donald Trump and second prize to Elon Musk.  Think of any […]

It’s the Federal Budget the Albanese Government didn’t want to have. Just days before the Prime Minister was planning to swing by the Governor General’s residence, Mother Nature had other plans. Labor faced a far more fierce competitor than the Coalition – a natural disaster called Alfred. As the ex-tropical cyclone ripped through South East […]

The 2025-26 Federal Budget handed down on March 25 all but fires the starting gun of this year’s federal election. The Treasurer has a good instinct for fusing policy and politics and he’s set the Opposition Leader a formidable challenge for this budget reply speech tonight. If you consume either traditional or alternative media, you […]

It’s more than seven years until the Olympic flame is lit in Brisbane, but already we have a genuine contender for a gymnastics gold medal – Premier David Crisafulli for attempting the riskiest of dismounts under extreme pressure. After weeks of media reports, on March 25 the Premier confirmed on Queensland’s worst-kept secret – the […]

Some days you wake up and everything is rosy. Other days you wake up and realise you’ve got egg on your face. Time to fess up about some eggs… The title of my blog in November last year was ‘Feels like the last sitting week of the 47th Parliament’. I can assure you, at the time it […]

The debate quickly turned personal during the first 2025 sitting week of the Crisafulli Government, held last week. While the government continues to implement its agenda, Attorney-General Deb Frecklington tabled a report on former Treasurer Jackie Trad, and the opposition launched into questions about the appointment of incoming Under-Treasurer Paul Williams. Parliament will resume again […]

‘It’s time’ was the famous election slogan that swept Labor’s Gough Whitlam into power in the 1972 federal election, ending 23 years of Liberal-National Party rule. It’s time now for Anthony Albanese to call the 2025 election. Some political pundits predict the 2025 election may be called this weekend for April 5th, but the smart money is […]