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Amy RemeikisThe Guardian |
There was a marked shift in Australian media in the past week, after Pauline Hanson released One Nation’s new gas policy. The headlines were all...
There is a running theme among Anthony Albanese’s missteps. His latest, appearing in an interview on Hobart radio to dismiss calls for a royal...
There has been a lot said about trust and honesty in politics in the days since Labor handed down its budget, but not a lot has had to do with...
There has been a viral question racing around social media lately, which has become known as the “red/blue button dilemma”. The thought experiment...
Anger is one of our foundational emotions. We can instantly recognise it in another human. And in politics we love to let it drive the drama of...
An Indigenous woman gave birth to twins in a tent last week. She and her partner had been living in a makeshift tent on the banks of the Murrumbidgee...
The market and financial traders are fairly confident the RBA will raise interest rates again at its meeting on Tuesday, meaning workers are about to...
“The only thing I am concentrating on when it comes to fuel is supply,” said Anthony Albanese when pushed on gas taxes at a mining breakfast on...
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...