In assessing Scott Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
Like Britain recently, Australia has had more than its share of leadership excesses and upheavals over the past 15 years, but could that phase be passing?
Think tank A New Approach claims the federal government spent more than $4 billion supporting the arts and culture in 2020 alone. Sadly for the arts, the figure is too good to be true.
In a survey sure to provoke debate, 66 political scientists and historians ranked Australia’s WWII prime minister John Curtin as the finest leader we’ve had.
Labor has long been seen as the party of bold policy platforms, while the Coalition has played more of a consolidating role. The next election will determine if those characterisations still hold.
It was a combination of circumstances and individual capacity that made Bob Hawke one of Australia's finest modern prime ministers.
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