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Jack Waterford

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This looming result should scare this weak, shell of a party into meaningful action

This looming result should scare this weak, shell of a party into meaningful action
friday 6

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Federal election: A different type of beauty contest

Federal election: A different type of beauty contest
14.04.2025 4

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Fighting this election like it's a ... certain kind of measuring competition

Fighting this election like it's a ... certain kind of measuring competition
11.04.2025 6

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Fighting this election like it's a ... certain kind of measuring competition

Fighting this election like it's a ... certain kind of measuring competition
11.04.2025 3

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

We should walk away — quickly — from Trump’s America

07.04.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

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We should walk away - and quickly - from Trump's America

We should walk away - and quickly - from Trump's America
04.04.2025 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Here's the measure of both Labor and the Coalition's ineptitude

29.03.2025 6

Canberra Times

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We can’t unscramble the AUKUS and ANZUS eggs

24.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

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The baggage Albanese and Dutton bring to repairing Australia's defence

21.03.2025 8

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

ANZUS and NATO are kaput and Trump doesn’t care

17.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Albanese and Dutton both need to do something unfamiliar: find some guts and trust the public

14.03.2025 6

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Albanese and Dutton both need to do something unfamiliar: find some guts and trust the public

14.03.2025 5

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Are America’s values our values anymore?

10.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

YOUR SAY: If ensuring a fair justice system is not a priority, what is?

07.03.2025 10

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Trump's tariffs show he sees Australia as a US freeloader

07.03.2025 10

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Trump's tariffs show he sees Australia as a US freeloader

07.03.2025 3

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

The public is slow to believe the best of politicians

03.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Peter Dutton deserves a little sympathy. This time, I actually believe him

28.02.2025 8

Canberra Times

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Silence is golden for a smart independent

24.02.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Whether Labor or Liberals, independents must put boot on neck of the next government

21.02.2025 2

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Whether Labor or Liberals, independents must put boot on neck of the next government

21.02.2025 2

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Teals should hammer unfinished integrity agenda 

17.02.2025 5

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Teals have the perfect formula for giving Labor a great big kick in the bum

14.02.2025 6

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Yes, let’s have an inquiry into the smelly Dural caravan affair

10.02.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Yes, let's have an inquiry into the smelly Dural caravan affair

07.02.2025 9

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Who’s tough enough not to pull the AUKUS trigger?

03.02.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

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Dutton's desire for a vote on toughness is a well-laid trap

31.01.2025 5

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Will public servants become agents of the party rather than the state?

27.01.2025 5

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

The APS has never been in as parlous a state, and the problem is infectious

24.01.2025 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Laurel-less Biden limps for the exit. Will Albanese be next?

20.01.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Biden limps to exit. He was unimpressive and unpersuasive like one of our contenders

17.01.2025 9

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

A clear and present danger to the peace of the world

13.01.2025 40

Pearls and Irritations

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A clear and present danger to the peace of the world

10.01.2025 10

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

A clear and present danger to the peace of the world

10.01.2025 8

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Steering without a compass or a map

In 1971, Time magazine decided that it might do a friendly cover story on newly installed Liberal prime minister, Billy McMahon, and asked for co-...

06.01.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

People want to be led, but they want to know where they're going

In 1971, Time magazine decided it might do a friendly cover story on newly installed Liberal prime minister Billy McMahon, and asked for...

03.01.2025 2

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Whipping up Aboriginal enthusiasm

Here’s a sad prediction for 2025. By the end of next year, more states and territories will have dropped the age of criminal responsibility to 10,...

30.12.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Here's a sad prediction for 2025. It'll be very popular, but it simply won't work

Here's a sad prediction for 2025. By the end of next year, more states and territories will have dropped the age of criminal responsibility to 10...

27.12.2024 5

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Few voters think they have benefitted much from Labor in government

It goes almost without saying that much of the ordinary economic commentary ahead of the election, whether in the Murdoch media, the Fairfax media...

23.12.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

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Achoo! The economy's caught a cold and splashing the cash can't fix it

During the recent presidential election, Donald Trump invited Americans to ask themselves whether they felt better off now, after four years of Joe...

20.12.2024 3

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Achoo! The economy's caught a cold and splashing the cash can't fix it

During the recent presidential election, Donald Trump invited Americans to ask themselves whether they felt better off now, after four years of Joe...

20.12.2024 5

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

To defeat Dutton, Labor needs inspiration and leadership from its ‘mortal enemy’ – the Greens

Dutton’s nuclear plans provide an opportunity for a campaign Labor could win. But it won’t be won without girding for war. The need for some...

16.12.2024 3

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

We now have the election's defining issue. Here's how Labor will stuff it up

The release of some Opposition nuclear policy detail, such as it is, will define the federal election. It represents an opportunity for an...

13.12.2024 5

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Albo’s pre-emptive kowtow to an imagined Westminster

The Labor Party would like it to be understood that they would prefer that voters give their second preference to the Liberal Party or the National...

09.12.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

This is a damn-fool idea and it puts Labor on the road to electoral suicide

The Labor Party would like it to be understood that it would prefer that voters give their second preference to the Liberal Party or the National...

06.12.2024 6

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Does Albo even deserve to win?

Not since Alaska has the US won a nation so cheaply. A friend joked to me recently that the best news Labor has had this week was being told that I...

02.12.2024 4

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

At this point, does Albo even deserve to win?

A friend joked to me recently that the best news Labor has had this week was being told that I was thinking that Anthony Albanese could very well...

29.11.2024 4

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

At this point, does Albo even deserve to win?

A friend joked to me recently that the best news Labor has had this week was being told that I was thinking that Anthony Albanese could very well...

29.11.2024 3

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Distorting elections: Australia’s professional politicians feather their own nests

The ALP is full of legends – of which many old party folk are defiantly proud – of political skullduggery. There have been stuffed ballot boxes,...

25.11.2024 2

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

We can't trust bipartisan hands in our pockets

The ALP is full of legends - of which many old party folk are defiantly proud - of political skullduggery. There have been stuffed ballot boxes,...

22.11.2024 4

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford