Michelle Grattan

The budget is headed for a deficit of $26.9 billion this financial year but in the following three years the budget is forecast to be deeper in the red than earlier forecast.

MICHELLE GRATTAN reports that the government's mid-year update says a return to balanced budgets is a decade away.

MICHELLE GRATTAN reports that the government's mid-year update says a return to balanced budgets is a decade away.

Appropriately, we finish our podcast for 2024 talking to Treasurer Jim Chalmers and his shadow, Angus Taylor because, as the saying goes, "it's the economy, stupid!"

Dean Lewins, Glenn Hunt/AAP Author Michelle Grattan Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Women and their issues were at the centre in the 2022 election. They were an important reason why Scott Morrison was turfed out of office.

Michelle Grattan is a press gallery journalist and former editor of The Canberra Times. She is a professorial fellow at the University of Canberra and writes for The Conversation, where her columns also appear.

Labor has to grapple with Anthony Albanese’s ‘man problem’, writes political columnist MICHELLE GRATTAN.

Will gender again be important at the 2025 election? Potentially — positively and negatively. Both sides hope that it will, in different ways, work to their advantage, while also fearing its downsides.

Australians living with deafblindness can be at increased risk of developing mental health issues, but as Vanessa Vlajkovic discovered, communication issues and a lack of understanding make it difficult for them to get meaningful help.