Tag: Scott Morrison
Morrison’s multiple portfolios: why the law has nothing to do with it
ANALYSIS: By Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University and Emily Millane, The University of Melbourne
The go-to defence of pretty much everyone who is entangled in...
Scott Morrison defeated – Labor to govern in minority or majority
SPECIAL REPORT: By Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra
The Morrison government has been resoundingly defeated in the Australian federal election, with Labor headed for office,...
Australians face their starkest choice at the ballot box in 50...
ANALYSIS: By Mark Kenny, Australian National University
You first have to lose an election on principle if you want to win one on principle.
This was...
Australia’s ‘independent day’ looms as voters reel from a ‘gutful’ of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Kalinga Seneviratne
When Australians go to the polls on Saturday to elect a new government, the vast continent which was stolen from...
Why The Conversation will focus on policy over personality in Australian...
COMMENTARY: By Misha Ketchell, The Conversation
The bell has been rung, the shadow campaign is now official, and Australia heads to the polls on May...
Nine Australians fighting for gender equality and making a difference
ANALYSIS: By Blair Williams, Australian National University
It feels like every day brings more harrowing claims of harassment, bullying and abuse of women in Australia's...
Ardern slams Australia for dumping over Turkey ‘terrorist’ detainees
By RNZ News
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lashed out at Australia for dumping responsibility for a woman and two young children detained at the...
PJR acting editor doubtful Australian TV relevant to Pacific
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Acting editor of the Pacific Media Centre's Pacific Journalism Review Dr Philip Cass has cast doubt on the success of Australia's...
Morrison’s attitude ‘neo-colonial’, says Tuvalu PM
By RNZ Pacific
Tuvalu's Prime Minister has condemned the Australian Prime Minister's conduct at last week's Pacific Islands Forum, calling Scott Morrison's attitude "unfortunate" and "neo-colonial,"...
Australia has coal removed from PIF documentation
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Wording has played a crucial role in a reportedly "fierce" Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu with Australia allegedly managing to alter...
More aid to Solomon Islands from Australia and New Zealand
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Both the Australian and New Zealand governments have pledged to continue and increase financial aid to the Solomon Islands.
Australian Prime Minister...
Morrison arrives in Solomons in first visit by an Australian PM...
By Ian Kaukui in Honiara
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has arrived in Solomon Islands on a two-day state visit.
His trip to Honiara marks his...
Morrison leads Coalition to ‘miracle’ win, but how do they govern...
By Marija Taflaga of the Australian National University in Canberra
The man that has “always believed in miracles” has just delivered one for the Liberal...