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Amy Remeikis

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Running on empty: Hard truths on security

Running on empty: Hard truths on security

Energy security is national security. And for all the posturing from conservatives about “seeing Mad Max levels around the country right now”...

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Soaring petrol prices have exposed a 'rotten core'

Soaring petrol prices have exposed a 'rotten core'

So much of what passes for Australian political discourse relies on existential threats. It’s easy to make grandiose statements and take positions...

22.03.2026 20

The New Daily

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Lost, disconnected or wrong? It's a leadership fail

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...

15.03.2026 30

The New Daily

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Grievance politics is easy. Dignity is often missing

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...

08.03.2026 20

The New Daily

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Howard's legacy: Fear and misdirected compassion

Early on in his prime ministership, John Howard stood in front of Australia’s Indigenous leaders and told them he would not apologise for...

28.02.2026 20

The New Daily

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When justice is like this, the real cost is prohibitive

21.02.2026 100

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Lightweight Libs have Labor thinking early election

In five days, Anthony Albanese will become Australia’s longest-serving prime minister since John Howard. He will equal Scott Morrison’s record of...

14.02.2026 200

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'Social cohesion'? No, it's just a net to trap us all

12.02.2026 60

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'Disunity is death' – but a cowed caucus also costs

08.02.2026 40

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Liberals are already history – and ALP should worry

05.02.2026 50

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Clowns to left, jokers on right – pity the poor voters

02.02.2026 30

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Beware new 'normal', it might be about to bite us

29.01.2026 80

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Coalition shambles has origins in exactly one spot

To understand what’s happening in the Coalition, you have to understand Queensland – and “it’s strange spot in Australian power structure”,...

28.01.2026 40

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Coalition shambles has origins in exactly one spot

25.01.2026 20

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Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Why we’re all the losers from the hate speech fracas

22.01.2026 10

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Heat rises in Coalition's summer of discontent

18.01.2026 50

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Some leaders are stomping on our shattered hearts

21.12.2025 250

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When rules and reality collide, there’s only one winner – and it’s not us

14.12.2025 30

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Welfare isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control

11.12.2025 60

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First hints of Labor discontent from within

07.12.2025 40

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'Common sense' cuts are code for a cruel con job

04.12.2025 10

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Turnbull was right – but it's govt that really matters

30.11.2025 20

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Power for its own sake: How Labor has lost its way

23.11.2025 10

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Facts the biggest casualties in war on renewables

20.11.2025 20

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No saving the Coalition, and a warning for Labor

16.11.2025 10

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We mustn't mistake loudest voices for a majority

13.11.2025 10

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Politics 101: Learning the wrong lesson every time

10.11.2025 10

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Lib woes are about winning – but not at elections

05.11.2025 10

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Good intentions won't save us on this slippery slope

01.11.2025 10

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No Joy, only Division: Just the stupidest stupid of all

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...

31.10.2025 20

InDaily

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No Joy, only Division: Just the stupidest stupid of all

29.10.2025 10

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Craven, ill-advised and wedged, it's too late for Ley

26.10.2025 10

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Sensible? That's the giants of The Rocks, Eureka

23.10.2025 10

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JobSeeker: Shame, and now with added AI slop

12.10.2025 10

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With the housing crisis, we’ve hit the trifecta

09.10.2025 20

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It's quite simple: We need hope, not more of the same

04.10.2025 10

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Amy Remeikis

More tinkering that will worsen our housing crisis

02.10.2025 10

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Heed lessons of history when dealing with Trump

28.09.2025 10

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It's time our politicians kicked their US habit

25.09.2025 10

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Coalition loves a 'cruel hoax' – and now it is one

21.09.2025 20

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Pacific gives smackdown – Australia must listen

18.09.2025 10

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World we knew is gone – and we must shift with it

11.09.2025 20

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We're trapped between the craven and the unwilling

07.09.2025 20

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Amy Remeikis

Govt’s lies and half-truths burn through our trust

31.08.2025 10

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Coalition’s Iran fail is proof of its intellectual malaise

Robert Menzies once said: “A man may be a tough, concentrated, successful money maker and never contribute to his country anything more than a...

29.08.2025 20

InDaily

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Coalition’s Iran fail is proof of its intellectual malaise

28.08.2025 10

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Gung-ho won't do as we rush towards an AI future

24.08.2025 10

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'Back on track' is the wrong question on Israel

Anthony Albanese was recently asked how to get the “relationship with Israel back on track from here”. But do we want to, asks Amy Remeikis. ...

22.08.2025 10

InDaily

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'Back on track' is the wrong question on Israel

21.08.2025 10

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'Abundance fever': We can see only red

18.08.2025 10

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