This week Scott Morrison’s government established itself as The Beatles of scandals — the hits just keep coming.

Indeed, as we catalogued at length, Coalition MP Andrew Laming has allegedly been running a one man hits factory for years, and only in the current climate would he face even the laughably mild consequences he has. Beyond that, we checked the cabinet reshuffle and what it tells us about the talent available to Morrison right now (spoiler: it ain’t great), while Guy Rundle looked past the immediate procession of scandals to the core discord between Liberal politics and the politics of gender.

Meanwhile, the outbreak and lockdown in Queensland returned our focus to the botched vaccine rollout. Bernard Keane argued this is just yet another crucial issue Morrison sees solely through the lens of political management, Madonna King looked at the Queensland government’s awful handling of a COVID messaging flub, and Georgia Wilkins and Kishor Napier-Raman delved into the consultants making a fortune in the midst of the vaccine push.

GEORGIA WILKINS 3 minute read

Opponents have tried to call out this behaviour for years, including to the highest parts of the Liberal Party.

JANINE PERRETT 3 minute read

Silly new titles for females already in the tent, and reshuffling the same old white male faces, has shone a spotlight on the dearth of quality in Scott Morrison's government.

BERNARD KEANE 3 minute read

Cash refused to assist police investigating a crime in her office. Now she's in charge of prosecuting two men who exposed Howard government crimes.

CHARLIE LEWIS 3 minute read

How much more damage can the disgraced and disgraceful MP do in 12 months? The PM's paper-thin majority means that's not his concern.

KISHOR NAPIER-RAMAN 3 minute read

Sexist bullying in Parliament House? What tosh, says Amanda Stoker, promoter of men's rights and anti-trans talking points.

GUY RUNDLE 5 minute read

The contradiction between liberalism and the politics of gender is now a full-blown crisis.

CHRISTOPHER WARREN 3 minute read

The bar of community expectations was set so low we accepted a PM who kept his head down and loved the footy. Now, everything has changed.

MADONNA KING 4 minute read

Now more than ever the state government needs Queenslanders to trust it. So why isn't it taking responsibility for its mistakes?

KISHOR NAPIER-RAMAN 4 minute read

The Health Services Union will no longer throw money at the state branch as acrimony grows between it and Jodi McKay.

CHRISTOPHER WARREN 3 minute read

The decline of local media has meant politicians like Andrew Laming have often flown under the radar. Well, not anymore.

GUY RUNDLE 5 minute read

Is there any genuine, programmatic politics in the mainstream press? Judging by the mainstream's coverage of the ALP national conference, it would appear not.

AMBER SCHULTZ 2 minute read

Resignations have been sparse as the Morrison government continues to advocate for the accused.

BERNARD KEANE 5 minute read

Both Labor and the government are focused on lifting manufacturing, which offers low-paid, low-skill jobs when the economy needs high-pay, high-skilled jobs in services.