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Jack Waterford

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Do you know who the next non-Labor PM will be? It likely won't be a Liberal

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Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Richo’s grave should be extra deep

Richo’s grave should be extra deep
17.11.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Albanese's biggest mistake: The unforgivable truth about the funeral

Albanese's biggest mistake: The unforgivable truth about the funeral
14.11.2025 8

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Albanese's biggest mistake: The unforgivable truth about the funeral

Albanese's biggest mistake: The unforgivable truth about the funeral
14.11.2025 4

Canberra Times

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It’s Ley, or virtually certain Liberal self-immolation

It’s Ley, or virtually certain Liberal self-immolation
10.11.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

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It's Ley or bust: here's a lesson in arithmetic for the Coalition self-sabotage squad

It's Ley or bust: here's a lesson in arithmetic for the Coalition self-sabotage squad
07.11.2025 8

Canberra Times

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AFP set to fight the devil among our children

AFP set to fight the devil among our children
03.11.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

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The AFP's crusade for kids' safety sounds good. Shame it's mostly a PR exercise

The AFP's crusade for kids' safety sounds good. Shame it's mostly a PR exercise
31.10.2025 2

Canberra Times

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Albo brings peace in our time

27.10.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

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The fake smiles hide a hard truth: You can't build a house on foundations of crap

25.10.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Australia’s political parties are moving to their use-by date

20.10.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

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No courage, no guts, and no hope: how Albanese will lose the next election

17.10.2025 3

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

How Israel lost a war by not deserving to win

13.10.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

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It might seem like Israel won on paper. But it is less secure than ever

10.10.2025 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Steerage for the Australian-PNG navy?

07.10.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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This defence deal could've been a masterstroke. Unfortunately, it's riddled with flaws

03.10.2025 3

Canberra Times

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Will Hastie face his manifest destiny?

29.09.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

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Hastie is not the Messiah: Why his crusade will doom the Liberal Party

26.09.2025 8

Canberra Times

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The stars suggest Albo should stay at home

22.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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The era of mateship is over. Trump's showing Australia a new reality

20.09.2025 10

The Examiner

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The era of mateship is over. Trump's showing Australia a new reality

20.09.2025 8

Canberra Times

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AFP won’t look in the mirror of a murder of one of their own

15.09.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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AFP won't look in the mirror over a murder of one of their own

12.09.2025 9

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Albo is breaking the moral contract with voters

08.09.2025 7

Pearls and Irritations

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

06.09.2025 9

Canberra Times

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When spying is subcontracted to gangsters

01.09.2025 9

Pearls and Irritations

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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

30.08.2025 20

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

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

Jack Waterford

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

Jack Waterford

Trump’s negotiation position diminishes as Albo sits him out

21.07.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Trump's negotiation position diminishes as Albo sits him out

19.07.2025 9

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Trump's negotiation position diminishes as Albo sits him out

19.07.2025 40

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

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

Jack Waterford

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

11.07.2025 8

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

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

Jack Waterford

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

Jack Waterford

Is Albo reverting to compulsive secrecy?

23.06.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford