Tag: Grattan on Saturday
Grattan on Saturday: Anthony Albanese treads cautious path in navigating around giveaway budget
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It’s a paradox. The Morrison government, in deep trouble, has produced a budget that’s shamelessly designed to try to buy votes. But...
Grattan on Saturday: what comes after this grinding election campaign passes?
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Political observers hang out for when the prime minister will announce the election date, marking the start of the “campaign”.
This year,...
Grattan on Saturday: Anthony Albanese is sitting pretty for the election – so what could possibly go wrong?
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Polls this week were once again music to Labor ears. Newspoll showed the opposition maintaining its strong election-winning margin. A poll...
Grattan on Saturday: Morrison’s COVID bout a reminder the virus could disrupt election campaign
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If Scott Morrison had contracted COVID two months ago, it would have been a big story. Instead, when the PM fell victim...
Grattan on Saturday: Morrison has sown the seeds for a scare campaign, and Albanese doesn’t know whether they’ll grow
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If you were to believe the Morrison government, you’d think Anthony Albanese as prime minister would sell out Australia’s interests to China,...
Grattan on Saturday: Morrison’s religious discrimination package couldn’t fly on a wing and a prayer
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Scott Morrison made three foolish and arrogant assumptions this week when he embarked on trying to push his controversial religious discrimination legislation...