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Frydenberg, Scott Morrison and their colleagues recognised that a demand side boost was absolutely necessary to sustain economic activity. The government was uncomfortable, though, with this approach. By Julian Butler
Now 46% of Australians (up 7.5% points since mid-February) prefer Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to lead the L-NP Government, clearly ahead of current Prime Minister Scott Morrison 28.5% (down 2.5% points) and Defence Minister Peter Dutton 14% (up 1.5% points) while 1% (down 1% point) named someone else and 10.5% (down 5.5% points) had no preference.
The polls leading up to the 2019 election, which put Labor ahead by up to four points during the campaign, turned out to be wrong - just like at the 2015 UK election and 2016 US election.
The men-only Melbourne Club will not be changing its rule anytime soon to allow women in as members, even after 142 years.
Australia will join the US and the UK in a "diplomatic boycott" of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in response to reported human rights abuses in China.