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Jack Waterford

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Albo is breaking the moral contract with voters

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Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

After promising a more honest government, Albanese is breaking moral contract with voters

After promising a more honest government, Albanese is breaking moral contract with voters
previous day 6

Canberra Times

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When spying is subcontracted to gangsters

When spying is subcontracted to gangsters
01.09.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

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Why we're not getting the full story on the Iran terror plot

Why we're not getting the full story on the Iran terror plot
30.08.2025 3

The Examiner

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Why we're not getting the full story on the Iran terror plot

Why we're not getting the full story on the Iran terror plot
30.08.2025 20

Canberra Times

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Peace in Gaza needs a full accounting by both sides

25.08.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

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History may remember Albo as weak. Beats being known as a monster

22.08.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Finance’s bleeding hearts think PwC has suffered enough

18.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Has Finance lost the plot? Perhaps the Audit Office should look at them

15.08.2025 6

Canberra Times

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The long hand of your country of origin

11.08.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

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Burgess's hysterics are only making ASIO's work harder

09.08.2025 9

Canberra Times

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The time has come for a Palestinian nation

04.08.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Israel made an embarrassing mistake and its supporters are walking away

01.08.2025 9

Canberra Times

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Ley must be saved from drowning over net zero

28.07.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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If these climate extremists win, the Coalition can forget about getting into power ever again

25.07.2025 10

The Examiner

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If these climate extremists win, the Coalition can forget about getting into power ever again

25.07.2025 10

Canberra Times

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Trump’s negotiation position diminishes as Albo sits him out

21.07.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

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Trump's negotiation position diminishes as Albo sits him out

19.07.2025 9

The Examiner

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Trump's negotiation position diminishes as Albo sits him out

19.07.2025 40

Canberra Times

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The politics of a police criminal organisation

14.07.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Every now and again, for decades, the same issue gets a big headline

11.07.2025 8

The Examiner

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Every now and again, for decades, the same issue gets a big headline

11.07.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Engulfed in a moral panic about childcare assaults

08.07.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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People getting into a moral panic about childcare need to get real. This is a bigger problem

04.07.2025 10

Canberra Times

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Bunker busters shook us all

30.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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The reverberations of these bunker busters could shake some long-held beliefs

28.06.2025 7

Canberra Times

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Is Albo reverting to compulsive secrecy?

23.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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One wouldn't want to deprive Albanese of any credit he deserved, but...

21.06.2025 9

The Examiner

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One wouldn't want to deprive Albanese of any credit he deserved, but...

21.06.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Nuclear subs taking on water

16.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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This deal was bad from the start. Now is our chance to get out

13.06.2025 10

The Examiner

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This deal was bad from the start. Now is our chance to get out

13.06.2025 10

Canberra Times

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Political parties are failing to attract new members. Not only women

09.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Yes, Libs have a problem with women. But Labor's problem is much more insidious

06.06.2025 9

Canberra Times

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Time again for stewards to do a moral health check-up

02.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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Was there ever anything more predictable, and more shameful, than the North West Shelf project decision?

30.05.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Not many splashed in the short-lived teacup revolt

26.05.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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This Coalition spat was overdue. And there's a good reason to extend the barney

23.05.2025 10

Canberra Times

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The US Supremes, not its critics, are trashing the rule of law

19.05.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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We do not want nor need the US, where the Supremes are trashing the rule of law

17.05.2025 9

The Examiner

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We do not want nor need the US, where the Supremes are trashing the rule of law

17.05.2025 9

Canberra Times

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Labor stops apologising for its social commitments

12.05.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Albanese's mask has slipped. Now he's at risk of showing some passion and defiance

09.05.2025 3

The Examiner

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Albanese's mask has slipped. Now he's at risk of showing some passion and defiance

09.05.2025 10

Canberra Times

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Dutton defeated in unexciting and uninspiring battlefield scrap

05.05.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

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This campaign has been an insult to voters and the major parties have disgraced themselves

03.05.2025 10

The Examiner

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This campaign has been an insult to voters and the major parties have disgraced themselves

02.05.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Aussie cardinals in short supply at papal conclave

28.04.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

The head-on conflict driving one of recent history's most consequential votes

25.04.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Crossbench pressure will lift and improve Albo’s game

22.04.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford