News & Views RFS firefighter was fired for ‘foul language’ video addressed to PM On The Project last night RFS volunteer firefighter Paul Parker revealed he’d been sacked from the organization after a verbal attack on the PM.
News & Views Celeste Barber takes aim at Scott Morrison during bushfire relief concert Comedian Celeste Barber took aim at Prime Minister Scott Morrison while hosting the Fire Fight Australia bushfire relief on Sunday night.
News & Views Bridget McKenzie’s fall? Not enough to end rorting affair as we learn scope of ‘ineligible’ grants The stunning finding was revealed to Parliament on Thursday, proving the Coalition’s key defence of the scheme is in tatters.
News & Views The sports grant scandal keeps getting worse Sport Australia reportedly raised concerns about the controversial sports grants program, warning the federal government that its independence was being compromised by Bridget McKenzie’s political interference.
News & Views Tony Abbott wants middle-class women to have more children Tony Abbott says in western countries middle class women do not have enough kids. Women in the welfare system have lots of kids.
News & Views Scott Morrison’s got a climate plan! Distract, avoid, sidestep and keep him in charge Prime Minister Scott Morrison finally has a plan to help tackle the climate crisis. It took a lot to get to this point, it hasn’t been easy. But here it is.
News & Views A note to Federal Cabinet: Meet Matt Kean. He’s the environment minister in NSW ‘Matt Kean doesn’t know what he’s talking about, & most of the federal cabinet wouldn’t even know who Matt Kean was,’ according to Scott Morrison.
News & Views It’s not the mistakes we loathe from politicians, it’s their inability to fess up to them Politicians are not meant to be infallible. All we really want are good, compassionate, human people, who can admit to their mistakes.
Politics Why the government needs to lift its finger on the issue of bushfire smoke Most of the population is inhaling hazardous bushfire smoke, and yet the government remains inert on handling this part of the crisis.
News & Views Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison: lessons in leadership communications Jacinda Ardern and Scott Morrison have both responded to terrible tragedies in the past year. What can we learn from these contrasting leadership communication styles?
News & Views No more time for climate deniers says Minister Karen Andrews As Minister for Science and Technology Karen Andrews prepares to lead a roundtable of scientists in Canberra, she’s said they won’t be debating whether climate change is real or not
News & Views We’ve faffed long enough. We don’t have time for Scott Morrison’s policy evolution in the ‘years ahead’ We’ve faffed about long enough. Now the PM’s suggesting climate policies could evolve in the “years ahead”.