Tony Walker
Political commentator
The Prime Minister and Peter Dutton have taken the low-road in their quest for political capital, and will do nothing but drive communities apart in Victoria and elsewhere.
The Prime Minister should have anticipated the current high level of angst in Coalition ranks over the re-shuffle.
None of the Coalition’s same sex marriage proponents were promoted.
Australia's debt outlook is showing improvement. But Morrison’s claim this is evidence of “turning the debt ship around’’ might be regarded as premature.
If Alexander loses, all bets are off.
Among the barrage of inquiries following media reforms passing this year, regulators will be looking at how the ABC can compete in the modern media jungle.
This byelection is huge. You can hear it in Turnbull's voice.
Shorten should’ve known that simply relegating Dastyari to the backbench, as he did last week, would be insufficient.
Recent polling has the Liberals nervous about their chances of a clean win in Bennelong. If Turnbull's performance on Q&A is anything to go by, he's expecting to take the bullet.