All posts by Michelle Grattan
Treasurer Jim Chalmers answers critics of his ‘values-based capitalism’
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has rejected as “laughable” criticism he has turned his back on the Hawke-Keating reform era in his blueprint for “values-based capitalism”. In this podcast Chalmers also reveals he spoke with Paul Keating while writing the…
Jim Chalmers lays out agenda for pursuit of ‘values-based capitalism’
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has laid out an economic blueprint for pursuing “values-based capitalism”, involving public-private co-investment and collaboration and the renovation of key economic institutions and markets. In a 6000-word essay in The Monthly titled “Capitalism after the…
Rudd is highly qualified for Washington, but might find the diplomatic corset constricting
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In appointing Kevin Rudd as ambassador to the United States, Anthony Albanese is sending someone with all the qualifications, and more, for what is a highly demanding diplomatic job in extremely uncertain times. Twice prime minister, and a…
Wong to visit Beijing as ‘strategic dialogue’ restarts in new breakthrough in Australia-China relations
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Australia’s relations with China will take another major step forward this week with Foreign Minister Penny Wong travelling to Beijing for the resumption of the bilateral Foreign and Strategic Dialogue, which has been on hold since 2018. The…
Albanese flags new progress in China relationship ‘in coming weeks’
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. In this, our last podcast for 2022, we talk with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton. We spoke to each of them on the day the parliament was back to pass the energy package. Albanese,…
Morrison endures the witness box, while Albanese enjoys being in the box seat with the Senate
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Scott Morrison will forever be known as “the bulldozer”, and he lived up to his self-description at the Robodebt royal commission this week. It was vintage Morrison, verbally lumbering about, up and down side streets of varying relevance,…
Power package: $3 billion for ‘targeted and temporary’ relief on bills
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The federal government will provide up to $1.5 billion – to be matched by states and territories – for “targeted and temporary” relief on power bills for low and middle income households and small businesses. Under a four-part…
Scott Morrison to face parliamentary censure for undermining political trust
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. Scott Morrison will face a parliamentary censure motion this week, after the inquiry by former High Court judge Virginia Bell found his multi-ministry power grab “corrosive of trust in government”. Cabinet on Monday confirmed legislation to implement the…
What Anthony Albanese wants from parliament for Christmas
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. With the Albanese government now at its six months mark and the end of the parliamentary year fast approaching, it’s tick-off time. In a Monday speech to the International Trade Union Confederation, the prime minister lists measures the…
‘Teal’ Monique Ryan on the Victorian election and six months in parliament
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article here. The Australian National University Dictionary Centre has just announced its word of the year is “teal”. Senior researcher Mark Gwynn described it as an “easy choice”. “The colour came to represent a movement of independent and strong female…