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A prime minister, a prince and the 'last chance saloon'.

  • Written by: Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A prime minister, a prince and the 'last chance saloon'.

As well as Michelle Grattan’s usual interviews with experts and politicians about the news of the day, Politics with Michelle Grattan now includes “Word from The Hill”, where all things political will be discussed with members of The Conversations’s politics team.

In this week’s episode, they canvass Scott Morrison’s signal he now does want to go to Glasgow, as even Prince Charles increases the pressure on him to attend the “last chance saloon”. This comes as crunch time looms for the Nationals to agree to a new government climate policy.

Meanwhile the admission by federal Labor MP Anthony Byrne be branch stacked leaves Anthony Albanese is an awkward position as he prepares for the election.

Read more https://theconversation.com/politics-with-michelle-grattan-a-prime-minister-a-prince-and-the-last-chance-saloon-169736

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