Two into one won’t go

Lucy Bradlow and Bronwen Bock, have announced that they will run as job-sharing independent candidates for the inner-Melbourne federal seat of Higgins but that doesn’t mean they’ll be able to do so.

What are words worth?

Can Scott Morrison’s bluff rhetorical style cut through the rising tide of anger about the mistreatment of women in Parliament House?

The delicate art of political distancing

Next week will see a socially-distanced parliament. Only 75-77 MPs will be permitted in the House of Representatives chamber at any one time, about half the full complement of normal times.