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Amy RemeikisThe Guardian |
In 2014, Noel Pearson delivered an eulogy for Gough Whitlam. Professor Tom Clark wrote about it for The Conversation and said “Pearson came to...
A couple of years ago I overheard a conversation between two well-known conservatives, who were speaking about a mutual acquaintance. I’m not going...
Isn’t it peculiar that we get to this week in April and suddenly the impossible seems so inevitable that we start hearing about all the...
Angus Taylor’s latest attempt to grasp any sort of relevance has laid bare the raw politics at the heart of Australia’s conservative movement, but...
The world is on fire and still the Liberal Party has next to nothing. A policy without numbers, data, statistics, but “observations” on how the...
Seeking to reassure the Australian public in his most recent Press Club address, Anthony Albanese borrowed from populism. “There is no security in...
There are just under 200 countries in the world and Australia is in the G20. From the department of foreign affairs own website the “G20 brings...
Energy security is national security. And for all the posturing from conservatives about “seeing Mad Max levels around the country right now”...
So much of what passes for Australian political discourse relies on existential threats. It’s easy to make grandiose statements and take positions...
What to say about the past week other than it is further evidence of how lost Australia’s leadership remains? Or, at the very least, how completely...
At the centre of most political grievance is a demand for dignity. This is easily exploited; it is easy, and, in this climate, fruitful, to claim that...
Early on in his prime ministership, John Howard stood in front of Australia’s Indigenous leaders and told them he would not apologise for...
In five days, Anthony Albanese will become Australia’s longest-serving prime minister since John Howard. He will equal Scott Morrison’s record of...
To understand what’s happening in the Coalition, you have to understand Queensland – and “it’s strange spot in Australian power structure”,...
Claims a boomer wearing a T-shirt with one of his favourite bands, which has a history of being loved in Australia, is antisemetic makes a joke of...