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Comparisons between the Morrison Govt and the Republicans in the US don't always work, as we operate in very different electoral environments. But they are kindred in one key way:

This is a great piece by Oz & he really has done some important work highlighting failures of the Andrews' Govt.I'm going to add a 'but' bc there is a

My problem with pieces like this is that they always start from the position that journalists are 'just doing their job' but rarely entertain the idea that just maybe that

The huge mistake the govt made in regard to FB & Google and extracting money from them for news is that they allowed themselves to be trapped in news media's

I'm sure Frydenberg and Morrison think their full-court press on Victoria is brilliant strategy, and no doubt, most of the media will fall in line, but I'm pretty sure most

The National Cabinet concept is full of risks (more later), but there are two things that have made it a vehicle for relatively good governance during this period. One, is

The biggest narcotic a politician can offer the media is the semblance of 'cooperation' or 'bipartisanship'. Anything that taps into all those West Wing fantasies of a political class coming

Still trying to get my head around all those hagiographic stories over the last week about the changed, transformed, post-ideological Scott Morrison and team.Everyone one of those accentuate-the-positive stories is

As @R_Chirgwin pointed out: why is this framed as a test for the public? Spare me from journalists who think their job is to manage how the public comply with

Unfortunately, the media is setting this up as 'stay in lockdown' v 'return to "normal"'. This is what happens when your news values are about controversy rather than deliberation.Same thing