Opinion: As Morrison and Ardern meet, differences of opinion give way to the enduring close relationship
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. Scott Morrison can feel well satisfied after travelling to New Zealand for the final two days of May. Talks there with…
Opinion: Upper Hunter byelection reveals the dangers that lurk for Albanese and federal Labor
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. History shows that Labor took too much heart when Labor leader Kim Beazley unexpectedly pushed John Howard to the edge of…
Opinion: The Liberals get religion, briefly
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. John Howard's advice lacked the caustic irony of observing "there are no atheists in foxholes", but he helped the…
Opinion: Coalition's shapeshift is the starkest of our post-war politics
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Scott Morrison is one very lucky Prime Minister. He muffed the bushfire crisis in the summer of 2019-20,…
Opinion: It's not the jobless rate, it's the jabless rate
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. Forget last week’s healthy 5.6% unemployment rate. It might be “comfortably below” the Coalition’s 6% threshold…
Opinion: As Australia’s vaccination bungle becomes clear, Morrison’s political pain is only just beginning
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. Among many surprising things about 2020 was how a novel coronavirus drove an equally novel upending of Australia’s…
Will new Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews bring a more compassionate approach?
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. Perhaps optimistically, Scott Morrison hopes his belated moves to involve women more formally in decision-making will arrest…