August 2023
Woomera looms as national nuclear waste dump site
A decision to scrap a nuclear waste dump outside Kimba in South Australia points to a bigger facility on defence land at Woomera.
- Phillip Coorey
April 2023
Online gaming lobby sees problems, demurs on solutions
Other industry players are far more open to things like blanket advertising bans, so it’s unsurprising many are blaming Sportsbet for the policy vacuum.
- Myriam Robin
Entain’s Dean Shannon conspicuous by his absence
A roll-call of CEOs is dutifully trudging to Canberra to be grilled on problem gambling. With one exception.
- Myriam Robin
$300m in ads on the line as AFL, NRL, wagering bosses face grilling
Big betting companies will join the AFL and NRL bosses for a government grilling this week, with $300m in betting advertising at risk.
- Mark Di Stefano and Sam Buckingham-Jones
March 2023
AUKUS nuclear waste dump should be at Woomera: Minchin
Former Howard government minister Nick Minchin says the Woomera rocket range is the best site for the AUKUS high-level nuclear waste dump.
- Phillip Coorey and Andrew Tillett
February 2022
Morrison vents frustration with NSW ‘factional rubbish’
An embattled Scott Morrison has threatened federal intervention to secure the preselections of two cabinet ministers and a senior MP.
- Phillip Coorey
September 2021
Senate President Scott Ryan to resign
Senator Ryan will quit this year, creating a casual vacancy and an election for a new presiding officer.
- Updated
- Tom McIlroy
November 2020
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
No super-charged path to the great Australian dream
Early access to super proved popular during the pandemic. But the Morrison government should think twice before making it permanent for home ownership.
- Phillip Coorey
September 2020
Frydenberg appoints Steven Skala to FIRB
Skala is also the Australian vice-chairman of Deutsche Bank, and long-time mentor and confidant of Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, himself an alumnus of Deutsche.
- Joe Aston
April 2020
Australia looks to boost drug manufacturing
Australia needs to increase its capacity to make pharmaceutical drugs after the coronavirus pandemic, even if it means paying more over the counter.
- Phillip Coorey
December 2019
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
What the past two decades of politics can teach you
When it comes to big reforms in politics, take what is on offer because it will be decades, if ever, before you get another chance.
- Phillip Coorey
