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Thank you. It’s been an honour to serve you as PM.

Today’s mob violence at the Capitol is the culmination of Trump’s sustained assault on American democracy. The President should call on the mob he incited to disperse and go home. And Trump’s supporters in the GOP and the media should reflect on what they have enabled.

Congratulations Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! What a relief that you won. 🙏🙏🙏

We should be very concerned that a PM, an AG, the GG and apparently their officials thought Morrison’s sinister secret state appointments were legitimate. Did anyone object? Resign jn protest? All showed a grave lack of respect for and understanding of democratic governance.

Like hundreds of thousands of other Australians I have tested positive for covid. Symptoms moderate so far. Isolating as required. This pandemic and especially this latest wave has put our health professionals under enormous pressure - please be polite and considerate ….

Count every vote.

Farewell Bob Hawke a great Australian, Labor leader and reforming Prime Minister. Australia is a better place because of him. Lucy and I send our love and condolences to Blanche and all of his family.

Murdoch has done more damage to American democracy than any other person alive today.

At the risk of offering a penetrating glimpse of the obvious…an obligation to disclose gifts to MPs plainly requires the identify of the donor. Saying “I received a gift of an undisclosed sum from a secret donor.” is not a disclosure and suggesting it could be is gaslighting.

At the heart of the Liberal Party's defeat in the Victorian election on Saturday is the paradox that in this, the most small "l" liberal state in Australia, the Liberal Party has been taken over by the hard right and is therefore at odds with the electorate whose support it seeks

The people of Australia have spoken and I intend to make their wish the law of the land by Christmas. This is an overwhelming call for marriage equality.

Fraser Anning’s comments today are contemptible. He is a disgrace to the Senate and what is worse by spreading hatred and turning Australians against each other he is doing exactly what the terrorists want.

We need to recognise a hotter and drier climate means more fires. Our continued high level of CO2 émissions has changed our climate for the worse. We have to reduce emissions urgently but we also need to put more resources into the fire fight. Business as usual is not an option.

We have lost one of our best Premiers today. Gladys has been a dedicated reformer and dynamic builder. She led the State bravely and tirelessly through the bushfires and the pandemic. Thank you Gladys.

…when dealing with the front line health workers. Whatever failures there have been in planning and preparation are NOT their fault. They have had two years of relentless pressure and it’s now at its most intense. So give them the love and respect they deserve, please.

The frenzied "debate" about the Voice is only serving to confuse everybody. In practical terms the Voice will be able to express its opinion on just about any public policy issue, because every one of them, one way or the other, impacts on indigenous Australians. So yes the Voice

A lot of tweets to me about public professions of religious devotion. IMHO virtuous actions (not words) are what matter - remember the Pharisees. Or in a more rural context, wise old saying: “when your neighbour starts quoting the bible, start counting your cattle.”

Japan has lost its most important modern leader, Akie her dear husband and Australia a great friend. Struck down by an assassin, Abe Shinzo’s powerful positive impact on his country and our region will endure. Lucy and I send Akie and the Japanese people our deepest sympathy.

It's time for more marriages. More commitment. More love. More respect. Marriage equality has passed!

Kevin has done well to get this petition going. I doubt it will result in a Royal Commission and Murdoch’s print monopoly (since 1987) is only part of the problem. But I have signed it and encourage others to do so.

Facts matter, or they should. It is regularly being stated that on becoming PM I scrapped a deal with Japan to build submarines. This is being put about by Phil Coorey of the AFR, Alexander Downer and others. It is utterly false, and they should know it.

Shocked and very sad to learn of Simon Crean’s death. His life, cut short too soon, was filled with achievement for his members, his party and his country. Post politics he was very active on the trade front as in Paris in 2022 where we were independently trying to revive the

Those who defend fossil fuels in the name of jobs today are denying their communities jobs in the future. The transition from coal,gas & coal to sun/wind + storage + H is inexorable. Those nations which embrace the transition will secure leading industries & jobs of the future.

Poor Phil, so determined to argue that my comments are “irrelevant” he devotes a whole column to say so. How about engaging with the substance instead of snark? Time not just to hold the hose, but to play (not drop) the ball.

And a big hug for Ken from me too. He is a wise history making leader and now with a referendum to win. We will be voting YES with millions of Australians.

This is the statement issued today by six former PMs of Australia

Nuclear reactors do not “firm up” renewables. Solar and wind are intermittent- depending on sunshine or wind to make electricity. But we have them in great abundance. To firm them we need flexible, despatchable sources of zero emission energy such as pumped hydro, batteries or

Given that all the media companies’ financial deals with Google have been the consequence of the Government’s media bargaining code, the public are entitled to know precisely how much is being paid. Look forward to full disclosure.

Every hour somebody disagrees or contradicts another in public life. But why is it standard journalistic practise to describe almost any contradiction as a “slap down” which denotes a violent & humiliating blow. Why characterise normal discourse in violent, or abusive terms?

My account is accurate. Confirmed by a contemporaneous written record. His account is untrue.

At the risk of repeating myself…nuclear energy is NOT the answer to the variability of renewable generation from wind and solar. You make renewables into 24/7 power with storage (pumped hydro, batteries) or in extremis with green hydrogen which can be used to power a gas peaker

Lucy and I are voting YES because it's fair. Make sure you have your say too by returning your survey form.

Can a person exercise the statutory powers of a Minister under a statute if their appointment to that ministry is secret? Doesn’t our fundamental democratic values mean that in order for a person to exercise the power of “the Minister” they must be publicly declared as such?

Mary-Louise, your calm, wise and informed voice has helped all of us understand and navigate this pandemic. Lots of love to you for a swift recovery.

Australia mourns with America tonight after shocking senseless attack in Las Vegas.

Attribution bias - blaming others for the consequences of your own actions is a common symptom of paranoia. Imagining “invisible” people are out to get you is also a classic symptom. Not often on the front page of course...

Kevin that’s nothing. There is a Dangerous Warmist Green-Left move to rename Qld’s greatest culinary invention - the lamington- because of its connection with Andrew Laming.

Farewell Prince Philip - always charming to this republican. But never more so than at Malta 2015 when he relived his young life with his young wife not yet a Queen. He spoke of love, adventure, eyes sparkling, he banished time. And we could see how he won Elizabeth’s heart.

So my previous tweet - a simple statement of fact has been described in the media as “lashing out” (the Oz) or as a “public rebuke” (SMH). Neither characterisation is reasonable, but is objective reporting unadorned by sensationalism a thing of the past?

It’s a big call, lots of competition, but the public bullying of Christine Holgate is one of the worst episodes of brutish misogyny I have seen in politics. The PM should apologise, Australia Post should do the same and Holgate should be reinstated.

Tell us what you really think 😉 Happy New Year Laura!

And, as the regular Liberal voters shrink in numbers, the need to reach beyond the "base" (however defined) to the centre is greater than ever. The angertainment media can monetise narrow audiences with divisive hate filled bile - but it is too narrow for electoral success

Jeff. Wake up. Read the speech. The costs did not blow out.

Congratulations to Victorians - a long haul (and a contentious one) but your endurance has been repaid today with relief from lockdown and one of the only times a 0-0 result is welcome. 👏👏👏

I have just been provided with a request for a meeting of the Parliamentary Liberal Party. It has 43 signatures. As soon as they are verified by the Whips, which should not take long, the meeting will be called.

Entirely agree. How remarkable is it that in the UK, the home of Edmund Burke, Thatcher and Churchill, there is consensus on the reality of global warming and the need to act. A reminder that there is nothing “conservative” about climate denialism.

I don’t think that is acceptable in public life. But Porter’s case is much worse than a conventional blind trust because we don’t even know where the money came from. It is so wrong.

How did all these experienced people allow Morrison to do this. If any of them had dug their heels in, pushed back, and done so in writing it is hard to believe even the self described bulldozer would have persisted. If they did not push back then they, and the system, failed.

A brilliant 730 tonight. A tough forensic examination of the covid testing debacle followed by a really uplifting story on the Yazidi refugees settled in Armidale. 🙏

It’s pretty obvious really but following someone on Instagram or Twitter does not imply support approval or endorsement - simply that you are for whatever reason currently interested in seeing the followed person’s posts in your feed. 1/2

Nuclear reactors do not “firm up” renewables. Solar and wind are intermittent- depending on sunshine or wind to make electricity. But we have them in great abundance. To firm them we need flexible, despatchable sources of zero emission energy such as pumped hydro, batteries or green hydrogen. Nuclear reactors cannot turn on and off, ramp up and down like hydro or batteries can. Nuclear reactors generate continuously. This rerun of the climate wars is yet another example of history repeating itself , first as tragedy and then, as we see today, as farce.