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Is Dutton a ‘strong’ leader? Is Albanese a ‘weak’ leader?

Is Dutton a ‘strong’ leader? Is Albanese a ‘weak’ leader?
18.03.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Allan Patience

Dutton may be the tip of a Trumpist foreign policy

Dutton may be the tip of a Trumpist foreign policy
14.03.2025 60

The New Daily

Allan Patience

Is Peter Dutton the tip of a Trumpist foreign policy for Australia?

Is Peter Dutton the tip of a Trumpist foreign policy for Australia?
13.03.2025 10

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Allan Patience

Trump 2.0 and the crisis in Australia’s delusional middle power imagining

01.03.2025 10

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Allan Patience

Australia’s hard culture and Great Replacement Theory

26.02.2025 10

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Allan Patience

The problem of God

16.02.2025 10

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Allan Patience

Strong leaders versus inspiring leaders: Australia’s current dilemma

05.02.2025 10

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Allan Patience

Australian society is in danger of unravelling

29.01.2025 40

The New Daily

Allan Patience

The unravelling of Australian society

27.01.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

Allan Patience

How will Trump reshape our foreign policy? Here's three possibilities

12.01.2025 20

Canberra Times

Allan Patience

The disruptions to come: Australian foreign policy in the Trump era

10.01.2025 6

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Allan Patience

On the gravy train: Venality and a misplaced sense of entitlement are corrupting democratic institutions in contemporary Australia

Crikey’s recent revelation that some 170 politicians and media commentators have had overseas trips fully or partly funded by particular interest...

22.10.2024 4

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Allan Patience

The hollowing-out of governance in contemporary Australia

Despite claims to the contrary, Australia is not a well governed country. At all levels of politics, in businesses large and small, and in the...

18.10.2024 4

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Allan Patience

Australia’s unfinished multiculturalism

Large-scale immigration programs have contributed substantially to Australia since 1947, bringing much needed skills and demand into the economy....

06.10.2024 4

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Allan Patience

Good teachers: how to ensure they remain within the system

The American poet e.e. cummings once observed that good teachers provide a mirror for their students, reflecting back to them valuable attributes...

06.09.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Allan Patience