Michelle Grattan

3 weeks ago | theconversation.com | Michelle Grattan

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to have his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump this month, against a background of increased steel and aluminium tariffs and US pressure on Australia to boost its defence spending. How Australia manages the now unpredictable US relationship has become a major debate among policy experts. Some question the implications for Australia’s reliance on the US for its security.

3 weeks ago | thebulletin.net.au | Michelle Grattan

Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is expected to have his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump this month, against a background of increased steel and aluminium tariffs[1] and US pressure on Australia to boost its defence spending[2]. How Australia manages the now unpredictable US relationship has become a major debate among policy experts.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Michelle Grattan

Australia these days receives invitations to big-league international conferences. And so, Anthony Albanese will be off soon to the G7 meeting in Alberta, Canada, on June 15 to 17. For the prime minister, what's most important about this trip is not so much the conference itself, but his expected first meeting with US President Donald Trump, either on the sidelines of the G7 or in a visit to Washington while he's in North America. Nothing is locked in.

1 month ago | tolerance.ca | Michelle Grattan

Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow cabinet in the new frontbench announced by Coalition leaders Sussan Ley and David Littleproud. Hume was the high-profile finance spokeswoman last term and central in the disastrous work-from-home election policy debacle. Henderson was shadow education minister, and complained after the election about not being able to get some of her policy out.

1 month ago | theconversation.com | Michelle Grattan

Two Victorian Liberal women, Jane Hume and Sarah Henderson, have been dumped and a key numbers man has been promoted from the backbench to the shadow cabinet in the new frontbench announced by Coalition leaders Sussan Ley and David Littleproud. Hume was the high-profile finance spokeswoman last term and central in the disastrous work-from-home election policy debacle. Henderson was shadow education minister, and complained after the election about not being able to get some of her policy out.