The extraordinary decision by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to propose the abolition of federal funding for government schools has given Labor’s Bill Shorten his best opportunity to win the 2016 election since Turnbull’s accession to power last September. Bill Shorten and Malcolm Turnbull have never been so close in the polls. Although the running of…
By recalling Federal Parliament on April 18 to debate two union-related bills and bringing forward the budget by a week to May 3, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has signalled that he intends to have the federal election on July 2, 2016. Bob Day If the two bills are defeated, Mr Turnbull has further signalled that…
ROME: Over four long nights, I have sat through many hours of accusations by counsel assisting the Royal Commission into Child Sexual Abuse, Gail Furness SC, that Cardinal George Pell was complicit in or covered up the disgusting sexual abuse of children in Ballarat where he served for many years as a priest, then in…
The 2016 Defence White Paper, originally due for release last year but delayed with the accession of Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister last September, includes a clear-sighted analysis of the danger that a resurgent China poses for Australia and the region. However, the measures needed to meet the challenges are either…
