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The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

Richardson could have carried on for a few more weeks and done his best. If he felt overpaid, he could have taken a pay cut. But there’s plenty of...

12.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

Richardson could have carried on for a few more weeks and done his best. If he felt overpaid, he could have taken a pay cut. But there’s plenty of...

12.03.2026 20

The Age

Matthew Knott

The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

Richardson could have carried on for a few more weeks and done his best. If he felt overpaid, he could have taken a pay cut. But there’s plenty of...

12.03.2026 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

The royal commission already looked rushed. Now it’s ‘embarrassment all round’

Richardson could have carried on for a few more weeks and done his best. If he felt overpaid, he could have taken a pay cut. But there’s plenty of...

12.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

A political rock star comes to Canberra. Did he match the hype?

The Canadian prime minister set the foreign policy world alight with a speech early this year. He arrived in Australia on a mission to show that...

05.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

A political rock star comes to Canberra. Did he match the hype?

The Canadian prime minister set the foreign policy world alight with a speech early this year. He arrived in Australia on a mission to show that...

05.03.2026 20

The Age

Matthew Knott

A political rock star comes to Canberra. Did he match the hype?

The Canadian prime minister set the foreign policy world alight with a speech early this year. He arrived in Australia on a mission to show that...

05.03.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

A political rock star comes to Canberra. Did he match the hype?

The Canadian prime minister set the foreign policy world alight with a speech early this year. He arrived in Australia on a mission to show that...

05.03.2026 30

WA Today

Matthew Knott

The two crucial concepts the judge did not mention launching the antisemitism royal commission

Virginia Bell delivered a reality check on the royal commission’s first day. She is operating in a constrained environment and cannot make everyone...

24.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

The two crucial concepts the judge did not mention launching the antisemitism royal commission

Virginia Bell delivered a reality check on the royal commission’s first day. She is operating in a constrained environment and cannot make everyone...

24.02.2026 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

The two crucial concepts the judge did not mention launching the antisemitism royal commission

Virginia Bell delivered a reality check on the royal commission’s first day. She is operating in a constrained environment and cannot make everyone...

24.02.2026 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

The two crucial concepts the judge did not mention launching the antisemitism royal commission

Virginia Bell delivered a reality check on the royal commission’s first day. She is operating in a constrained environment and cannot make everyone...

24.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Anthony Albanese avoids tribalism and breaks with tradition with Rudd replacement

Thanks to his long career as a public servant, Greg Moriarty has no social media posts to scrub nor remarks he needs to retract. This sets him up for...

25.01.2026 20

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Anthony Albanese avoids tribalism and breaks with tradition with Rudd replacement

Thanks to his long career as a public servant, Greg Moriarty has no social media posts to scrub nor remarks he needs to retract. This sets him up for...

25.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Anthony Albanese avoids tribalism and breaks with tradition with Rudd replacement

Thanks to his long career as a public servant, Greg Moriarty has no social media posts to scrub nor remarks he needs to retract. This sets him up for...

25.01.2026 20

The Age

Matthew Knott

Anthony Albanese avoids tribalism and breaks with tradition with Rudd replacement

Thanks to his long career as a public servant, Greg Moriarty has no social media posts to scrub nor remarks he needs to retract. This sets him up for...

25.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Albanese fights back – and departs parliament with most of what he wanted

This week has showcased the prime minister’s pragmatism and command of parliamentary process. He practised the art of the possible and stabilised...

20.01.2026 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Albanese fights back – and departs parliament with most of what he wanted

This week has showcased the prime minister’s pragmatism and command of parliamentary process. He practised the art of the possible and stabilised...

20.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Albanese fights back – and departs parliament with most of what he wanted

This week has showcased the prime minister’s pragmatism and command of parliamentary process. He practised the art of the possible and stabilised...

20.01.2026 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

Albanese fights back – and departs parliament with most of what he wanted

This week has showcased the prime minister’s pragmatism and command of parliamentary process. He practised the art of the possible and stabilised...

20.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

After Bondi, time must be taken to get race hate law changes right

It would be remarkable to see the Coalition, which has argued antisemitism is a national crisis, vote against the laws while the Greens allow them to...

15.01.2026 20

WA Today

Matthew Knott

After Bondi, time must be taken to get race hate law changes right

It would be remarkable to see the Coalition, which has argued antisemitism is a national crisis, vote against the laws while the Greens allow them to...

15.01.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

After Bondi, time must be taken to get race hate law changes right

It would be remarkable to see the Coalition, which has argued antisemitism is a national crisis, vote against the laws while the Greens allow them to...

15.01.2026 30

The Age

Matthew Knott

After Bondi, time must be taken to get race hate law changes right

It would be remarkable to see the Coalition, which has argued antisemitism is a national crisis, vote against the laws while the Greens allow them to...

15.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Ambassador Rudd was always a high-reward, high-risk gamble

Choosing the former prime minister to be Australia’s US ambassador always stood out for being full of potential but laden with risk. That’s how it...

13.01.2026 20

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Ambassador Rudd was always a high-reward, high-risk gamble

Choosing the former prime minister to be Australia’s US ambassador always stood out for being full of potential but laden with risk. That’s how it...

13.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Ambassador Rudd was always a high-reward, high-risk gamble

Choosing the former prime minister to be Australia’s US ambassador always stood out for being full of potential but laden with risk. That’s how it...

13.01.2026 30

The Age

Matthew Knott

Ambassador Rudd was always a high-reward, high-risk gamble

Choosing the former prime minister to be Australia’s US ambassador always stood out for being full of potential but laden with risk. That’s how it...

13.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

As a stubborn PM dug in, one Jewish leader had his ear

When announcing the royal commission, Anthony Albanese masterfully demolished his government’s own arguments against holding one.

09.01.2026 20

WA Today

Matthew Knott

As a stubborn PM dug in, one Jewish leader had his ear

When announcing the royal commission, Anthony Albanese masterfully demolished his government’s own arguments against holding one.

09.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

As a stubborn PM dug in, one Jewish leader had his ear

When announcing the royal commission, Anthony Albanese masterfully demolished his government’s own arguments against holding one.

09.01.2026 20

The Age

Matthew Knott

As a stubborn PM dug in, one Jewish leader had his ear

When announcing the royal commission, Anthony Albanese masterfully demolished his government’s own arguments against holding one.

09.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

A moment of hope breaks the despair of the Gaza war – thanks to Donald Trump

For all his flaws, the US president is personally invested in ending this conflict, and this moment may even bring him nearer a Nobel Prize.

09.10.2025 20

WA Today

Matthew Knott

A moment of hope breaks the despair of the Gaza war – thanks to Donald Trump

For all his flaws, the US president is personally invested in ending this conflict, and this moment may even bring him nearer a Nobel Prize.

09.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

A moment of hope breaks the despair of the Gaza war – thanks to Donald Trump

For all his flaws, the US president is personally invested in ending this conflict, and this moment may even bring him nearer a Nobel Prize.

09.10.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

A moment of hope breaks the despair of the Gaza war – thanks to Donald Trump

For all his flaws, the US president is personally invested in ending this conflict, and this moment may even bring him nearer a Nobel Prize.

09.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

As Europe falls to the far right, Hastie and Ley are at odds about what it means for the Liberals

Immigration, an issue that should be problematic for a centre-left Albanese government, is instead bedevilling his conservative opponents.

08.10.2025 20

WA Today

Matthew Knott

As Europe falls to the far right, Hastie and Ley are at odds about what it means for the Liberals

Immigration, an issue that should be problematic for a centre-left Albanese government, is instead bedevilling his conservative opponents.

08.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

As Europe falls to the far right, Hastie and Ley are at odds about what it means for the Liberals

Immigration, an issue that should be problematic for a centre-left Albanese government, is instead bedevilling his conservative opponents.

08.10.2025 20

The Age

Matthew Knott

As Europe falls to the far right, Hastie and Ley are at odds about what it means for the Liberals

Immigration, an issue that should be problematic for a centre-left Albanese government, is instead bedevilling his conservative opponents.

08.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Outfoxed by Netanyahu at every turn, Trump got what he needed this time

It’s easy to be cynical about Trump’s vision for peace in our time, which includes a central role for himself as chair of a new Gaza peace board.

30.09.2025 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Outfoxed by Netanyahu at every turn, Trump got what he needed this time

It’s easy to be cynical about Trump’s vision for peace in our time, which includes a central role for himself as chair of a new Gaza peace board.

30.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

Outfoxed by Netanyahu at every turn, Trump got what he needed this time

It’s easy to be cynical about Trump’s vision for peace in our time, which includes a central role for himself as chair of a new Gaza peace board.

30.09.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

Outfoxed by Netanyahu at every turn, Trump got what he needed this time

It’s easy to be cynical about Trump’s vision for peace in our time, which includes a central role for himself as chair of a new Gaza peace board.

30.09.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

We are fighting for ‘democracy itself’, Albanese declares to UK Labour

The prime minister said the traditional parties of government had an obligation to show they can make practical improvements to people’s lives.

29.09.2025 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

We are fighting for ‘democracy itself’, Albanese declares to UK Labour

The prime minister said the traditional parties of government had an obligation to show they can make practical improvements to people’s lives.

29.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott

We are fighting for ‘democracy itself’, Albanese declares to UK Labour

The prime minister said the traditional parties of government had an obligation to show they can make practical improvements to people’s lives.

29.09.2025 10

The Age

Matthew Knott

We are fighting for ‘democracy itself’, Albanese declares to UK Labour

The prime minister said the traditional parties of government had an obligation to show they can make practical improvements to people’s lives.

29.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Matthew Knott

Albanese the Tory slayer hailed as a ‘real inspiration’ in Liverpool

For Albanese, the inevitability that he would be attacked in Australia as self-indulgent, hubristic and overly partisan for appearing at a British...

28.09.2025 10

WA Today

Matthew Knott

Albanese the Tory slayer hailed as a ‘real inspiration’ in Liverpool

For Albanese, the inevitability that he would be attacked in Australia as self-indulgent, hubristic and overly partisan for appearing at a British...

28.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Matthew Knott