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Canada and Australia: working together – without the US

Canada and Australia: working together – without the US

Mark Carney’s blunt declaration that the rules-based international order has ruptured challenges countries like Australia to rethink their alliances...

06.03.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Solomon

Canada and Australia: working together – without the US

Canada and Australia: working together – without the US
06.03.2026 10

Pearls and Irritations

David Solomon

Liberal review explains defeat – not a path back

Liberal review explains defeat – not a path back

The leaked review of the Liberal Party’s 2025 election defeat details campaign failures and organisational problems. What it avoids is the harder...

06.03.2026 10

The New Daily

David Solomon

The Liberal review explains the defeat – but not the path back

The Liberal review explains the defeat – but not the path back

The leaked review of the Liberal Party’s 2025 election defeat details campaign failures and organisational problems. What it avoids is the harder...

04.03.2026 10

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The three big challenges facing Angus Taylor

Angus Taylor has assembled his shadow ministry, but unresolved tensions with the Nationals, policy baggage from the last election and doubts about his...

19.02.2026 10

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David Solomon

Ley's by-election to test Coalition

The looming by-election in Farrer is shaping as a four-cornered contest that could reveal how vulnerable the Coalition has become. The by-election for...

16.02.2026 10

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What Labor’s review reveals about tactical voting and the Teals

28.01.2026 10

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Libs on life support after thumping

04.05.2025 20

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Are voters really dumb?

28.04.2025 20

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The effect the Greens will have as a ginger party

14.04.2025 20

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Strong can be wrong

07.04.2025 10

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Small policy, big impact

06.04.2025 20

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Labor’s strong federal prospects in WA

14.03.2025 20

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This undemocratic law should be overturned

09.03.2025 8

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At this point, a minority government looks likely

07.02.2025 10

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A monumental hurdle stands before Dutton's nuclear plan

There is an air of unreality, and a substantial quantity of pie in the sky, about the nuclear power policy unveiled on Friday, December 13 by...

22.12.2024 10

Canberra Times

David Solomon

A nuclear fantasy?

There is an air of unreality, and a substantial quantity of pie in the sky, about the nuclear power policy unveiled on Friday the 13th of December...

18.12.2024 10

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David Solomon