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Brisbane Times

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The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

For now, Australia’s democracy has Peter Dutton as the main voice of opposition. America’s system allows for no such powerful voice.

13.03.2025 10

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

For now, Australia’s democracy has Peter Dutton as the main voice of opposition. America’s system allows for no such powerful voice.

13.03.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

For now, Australia’s democracy has Peter Dutton as the main voice of opposition. America’s system allows for no such powerful voice.

13.03.2025 10

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

The Democrats can’t lay a glove on Trump – because they lack what Australia has

For now, Australia’s democracy has Peter Dutton as the main voice of opposition. America’s system allows for no such powerful voice.

13.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Expect Trump, Musk and Vance to meddle in Australia’s election

They have form when it comes to intervening in foreign election campaigns – and Peter Dutton might welcome that more than Anthony Albanese.

28.02.2025 5

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Expect Trump, Musk and Vance to meddle in Australia’s election

They have form when it comes to intervening in foreign election campaigns – and Peter Dutton might welcome that more than Anthony Albanese.

28.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Expect Trump, Musk and Vance to meddle in Australia’s election

They have form when it comes to intervening in foreign election campaigns – and Peter Dutton might welcome that more than Anthony Albanese.

28.02.2025 9

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Expect Trump, Musk and Vance to meddle in Australia’s election

They have form when it comes to intervening in foreign election campaigns – and Peter Dutton might welcome that more than Anthony Albanese.

28.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Trump’s on a roll but the main game’s about to begin – and he may lose it

It appears the president is getting his own way on many fronts, but a storm is brewing in Congress which may derail his momentum.

10.02.2025 2

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Trump’s on a roll but the main game’s about to begin – and he may lose it

It appears the president is getting his own way on many fronts, but a storm is brewing in Congress which may derail his momentum.

10.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Trump’s on a roll but the main game’s about to begin – and he may lose it

It appears the president is getting his own way on many fronts, but a storm is brewing in Congress which may derail his momentum.

10.02.2025 20

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Trump’s on a roll but the main game’s about to begin – and he may lose it

It appears the president is getting his own way on many fronts, but a storm is brewing in Congress which may derail his momentum.

10.02.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

21.01.2025 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

21.01.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

21.01.2025 4

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Trump 2.0 means what he says. His delirious base expects nothing else

President Donald Trump knows exactly what he is doing. And so do his fervent supporters. He intends to do it all. And they want him to.

21.01.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

If Trump dismantles American democracy, Australia must answer a tough question.

10.01.2025 7

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

10.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

If Trump dismantles American democracy, Australia must answer a tough question.

10.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Term-limited and immune from accountability, Trump’s power is unprecedented

10.01.2025 10

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 4

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 10

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Jimmy Carter: a challenged presidency, a life of moral courage

A few days after losing re-election in 1980, president Jimmy Carter attended a tribute to Aaron Copland that included the composer’s Fanfare for...

30.12.2024 5

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 6

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 4

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

He’s Person Of The Year, again! But Trump’s most powerful years are ahead

Every December, as it has since 1927 with Charles Lindbergh, Time magazine selects and features the most consequential Person of the Year (13...

13.12.2024 7

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 4

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Joe Biden can be pardoned as a parent, but not as a politician

My instinctive reaction to news of the pardon given to Hunter Biden by his father, President Joe Biden, was that here is a father in complete,...

02.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 40

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 2

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Here’s why Trumpism is the new Reaganism, without the virtues

In 2016, we could always say that the United States did not go completely nuts – because Donald Trump did not win the popular vote for president....

07.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

What each candidate needs to win the US election

On election eve in the United States, the presidential race is deadlocked. The polls are exceptionally close across the country and in all the...

06.11.2024 3

The New Daily

Bruce Wolpe

Will it be Kamala Harris or Donald Trump? Here’s what each needs to win the US election

On election eve in the United States, the presidential race is deadlocked. The polls are exceptionally close across the country and in all the...

04.11.2024 4

The Conversation

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 1

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 4

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

‘Fascist’ Trump’s Garden party has echoes of America’s Nazi moment

It was clear, as soon as Donald Trump announced his rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden, that to Make America Great Again he would have a...

25.10.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 3

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Trump is the Titanic, but is Harris the iceberg? The polling says full steam ahead

Three weeks out from the US election, the polling preferences in the key swing states that will decide the presidency are stuck, all within the...

14.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 3

WA Today

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 5

The Age

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Bruce Wolpe

Vance wasn’t weird in the VP debate – and that will infuriate Trump

With the selection of J.D. Vance to be his vice president, Donald Trump wanted to double down on his America First agenda to make sure that he –...

02.10.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Bruce Wolpe