by Michael Shoebridge | Oct 3, 2024 | Policy
Anthony Albanese gave what was probably an unwitting insight into his thinking on the war in the Middle East when he said “overwhelmingly, it’s not front of mind of where Australians are at”. Judging on his statements about the war in the Middle East across...
by Anthony Bergin and Peter Jennings | Aug 19, 2024 | Policy
The Australian government’s trashing of relations with Israel undermines our strategic interest in the Middle East, damages intelligence co-operation, blunts trade and investment and – uniquely, in our view – puts domestic politics ahead of diplomatic interests. This...
by Peter Jennings | Aug 6, 2024 | Policy
Anthony Albanese stressed that “words matter” in Monday’s media conference announcing that ASIO boss Mike Burgess had lifted the National Terrorism Threat Level from “possible to probable”. The Prime Minister was mostly taking a swipe against the Greens and Labor...
by Peter Jennings | Jul 29, 2024 | Policy
Anthony Albanese’s ministerial reshuffle weakens the Department of Home Affairs, gives Defence two ministers in cabinet – a recipe for blame shifting – and leaves the Prime Minister without policymaking heft across national security. Instead, we have a gaggle of...
by Peter Jennings | Jul 8, 2024 | Policy
Australia’s “new” Parliament House was designed to be an open building where citizens could literally walk over the heads of their elected representatives along two sweeping plains of grass that define the Senate and House of Representatives’ offices. Completed in...
