MARK RILEY: Sussan Ley has found herself caught in a self-perpetuating cycle of manufactured instability that, if not broken, will eventually bring on a spill and drag down her leadership.
Mark Riley
For a major communications company it is strange that Optus doesn’t communicate very well.
Anthony Albanese returned from the Pacific empty handed. If a meeting with Donald Trump is not secured, the PM will risk even greater humiliation.
MARK RILEY: With thousands of Australians left in Iran, deep concern now swamps curiosity about Anthony Albanese’s expulsion decision.
Netanyahu is channelling Trump and using every diplomatic weapon at his disposal, including the dirtiest of dirty bombs — accusing international governments of fuelling anti-Semitism.
It’s clunky, flawed and late. But this law might be the best chance we have to protect kids before the next algorithm finds them.
The families of three teens lost to online abuse stood with the PM as the government launched a ban on under-16s using social media - but is it enough?
With nameplates stacked and benches brimming, Labor enters the new parliamentary term with numbers to spare, leaving a diminished Coalition to rethink its strategy from the back row.
When an Aussie PM can expect a warmer welcome in Beijing than Washington, we’re in unusual times.
Just societies should be measured on their ability to care for their most vulnerable members. On that, we have failed.
Here’s an idea that might just encourage Gen Z - and others aged under 65 - to think about voting Liberal.
New data shows wages, inflation and jobs are improving, but Labor didn’t want to say voters were ‘better off’ until after the election.
The better approach for Sussan Ley would be to out-Albanese the Prime Minister — to adopt his more constructive, consensus-style approach and weaponise it against him.
Liberal campaign volunteers are reporting a perceptible change in the attitudes of voters answering their doors to them this week in Perth’s outer suburbs, but is it too late?
Donald Trump's announcement of a pause on tariffs has effectively killed off Anthony Albanese’s strongest defence to the economic tirade, writes Mark Riley.
MARK RILEY: Who can best manage Australia’s relationship with Donald Trump will be the key foreign policy question in the coming election campaign.
Journalists aren’t the only people curious about how the cyclone’s arrival might affect Albanese’s thinking on whether to visit the Governor-General on Sunday or Monday to call an election for April 12.
If the crossbench’s primary consideration is to honour the will of the people, then it would be easy to argue that their will was to remove Labor from power.
The economic data tells us Australians are actually better off than they were in 2022. Good luck getting voters to believe it
Labor Premier Steven Miles has run the better campaign. It probably won’t matter. The groundswell for change has been building for two years.When Queensland swings, it swings hard.
MARK RILEY: A fallen tree trunk halfway up a vertiginous mountain in the crippling humidity of the PNG jungle turns out to be the perfect place to engage in a bit of a deep and meaningful with two PMs.
The Parliament is acting like a giant funnel this week in a manner that has left many observers scratching their heads.
In just eight days, the voters of Dunkley will go to a by-election that will act as a litmus test for the Albanese Government.
Former Labor cabinet minister Joel Fitzgibbon was renowned for his straight talking. It frequently got him into trouble. Often with his own side.
