Tag: Bill Shorten
Bill Shorten promises $4 billion for child care, benefitting 887,000 families
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten visited
Salamanca Markets in Hobart on Saturday. Darren England/AAP
In a big hit announcement before the start of pre-polling, Bill...
A Shorten government could shift the country on important issues and show a little spunk
If Bill Shorten becomes the next Australian prime minister,
he will have much on his side but will need to be wary of low...
Australia should brace for a volatile year in foreign policy in 2019
Relationships with China, the Middle East, India and
the Pacific will be ones to watch in 2019. AAP
By the end of 2019 we should...
Labor now does politics better than the Liberals – here’s why
Happy days: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten in parliament.
AAP/Mick Tsikas
The obverse of the current crisis in Australian conservative politics is the resilience of the...
Grattan on Friday: Winners and losers on the tests of judgement, temperament and character
Greg Hunt’s temperament is of the “street-angel,
house-devil” type. Mick Tsikas/AAP
It’s obvious, but easily underestimated, that in politics judgement and temperament are key. Together...
Mixed messages in post-budget Newspoll and Fairfax-Ipsos
Labor’s primary vote was up three points in
the Fairfax-ipsos poll. The Coalition’s was unchanged. LUKAS COCH/AAP Image
Labor continues to hold a 51-49% two-party...