Glen Connley

April 3, 2025

Penny Wong has branded Peter Dutton “Captain Obvious” over his claim that leader-to-leader dialogue could yet earn Australia a carve out from…

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ACTU minimum wage claim

Fresh from the PM revealing he’d pursue an above-inflation increase to the minimum wage yesterday, the ACTU has agreed today – but…

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Dutton in freefall

The Liberals’ teenage candidate for the ACT seat of Canberra joined a debate on the local ABC today. It was his first…

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RBA Financial Stability Review drops

I added “drops” because nobody would read beyond “Review” without it. This is a “half-yearly assessment of the current resilience of the…

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Home economics: housing, living standards and the federal election

With housing affordability at an all-time low and the spectre of Trump looming large over our region, Australians’ standard of living will…

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Why don’t you cancel AUKUS?

The PM was interviewed on ABC radio in Melbourne this morning. He took calls from listeners. Alan (I’m going to say Alan…

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Second debate locked in for April 16

The ABC’s Greg Jennett has just broken the news to ABC viewers that the ABC will host the second leaders debate ……

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UK House of Commons to ‘examine’ AUKUS

The United Kingdom has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the AUKUS partnership, led by Labour MP Tan Dhesi, chair of the House…

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Speaking of poverty …

Ok, neither leader has been speaking about poverty. But they should. Specifically about the impact of poverty on Australian children. There’s some…

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Rewriting history

Peter Dutton was asked about his team editing a comment out of the transcript of an interview he did with Mick Molloy…

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