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I have a confession to make about One Nation

I have a confession to make about One Nation

Four months ago, as Pauline Hanson’s party surged, I thought it would hit its limits. It kept on surging. But is it risking that by trying to appeal...

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WA Today

Parnell Palme McGuinness

I have a confession to make about One Nation

I have a confession to make about One Nation

Four months ago, as Pauline Hanson’s party surged, I thought it would hit its limits. It kept on surging. But is it risking that by trying to appeal...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme McGuinness

I have a confession to make about One Nation

I have a confession to make about One Nation

Four months ago, as Pauline Hanson’s party surged, I thought it would hit its limits. It kept on surging. But is it risking that by trying to appeal...

previous day 10

The Age

Parnell Palme McGuinness

I have a confession to make about One Nation

I have a confession to make about One Nation

Four months ago, as Pauline Hanson’s party surged, I thought it would hit its limits. It kept on surging. But is it risking that by trying to appeal...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme McGuinness

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Inside the recent federal budget was an improvised exploding economic device, in the form of a tax change.

21.06.2026 20

WA Today

Parnell Palme McGuinness

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Inside the recent federal budget was an improvised exploding economic device, in the form of a tax change.

21.06.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme McGuinness

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Inside the recent federal budget was an improvised exploding economic device, in the form of a tax change.

21.06.2026 10

The Age

Parnell Palme McGuinness

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Does Australia have the highest CGT in the world? This economist thinks so

Inside the recent federal budget was an improvised exploding economic device, in the form of a tax change.

21.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme McGuinness

The misogyny coin buys less than it used to

Allegations of sexism no longer spark political movements. Voters’ focus is on something else.

14.06.2026 10

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

The misogyny coin buys less than it used to

Allegations of sexism no longer spark political movements. Voters’ focus is on something else.

14.06.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

The misogyny coin buys less than it used to

Allegations of sexism no longer spark political movements. Voters’ focus is on something else.

14.06.2026 10

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

The misogyny coin buys less than it used to

Allegations of sexism no longer spark political movements. Voters’ focus is on something else.

14.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Women voting with their feet: This One Nation shift shouldn’t shock us

The rapid drift to Pauline Hanson’s party has been from the Coalition alone, but from Labor too – and the government should be very afraid.

07.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Women voting with their feet: This One Nation shift shouldn’t shock us

The rapid drift to Pauline Hanson’s party has been from the Coalition alone, but from Labor too – and the government should be very afraid.

07.06.2026 20

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Women voting with their feet: This One Nation shift shouldn’t shock us

The rapid drift to Pauline Hanson’s party has been from the Coalition alone, but from Labor too – and the government should be very afraid.

07.06.2026 20

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Women voting with their feet: This One Nation shift shouldn’t shock us

The rapid drift to Pauline Hanson’s party has been from the Coalition alone, but from Labor too – and the government should be very afraid.

07.06.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Labor wants to move on from the budget. Here’s why it can’t

There was a time when the major parties dictated the narrative, but the emerging order in politics is disorder.

31.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Labor wants to move on from the budget. Here’s why it can’t

There was a time when the major parties dictated the narrative, but the emerging order in politics is disorder.

31.05.2026 20

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Labor wants to move on from the budget. Here’s why it can’t

There was a time when the major parties dictated the narrative, but the emerging order in politics is disorder.

31.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Labor wants to move on from the budget. Here’s why it can’t

There was a time when the major parties dictated the narrative, but the emerging order in politics is disorder.

31.05.2026 20

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else

Anthony Albanese believes he understands the economic desires of young Australians. But what if he’s got it all wrong?

24.05.2026 30

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else

Anthony Albanese believes he understands the economic desires of young Australians. But what if he’s got it all wrong?

24.05.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else

Anthony Albanese believes he understands the economic desires of young Australians. But what if he’s got it all wrong?

24.05.2026 20

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else

Anthony Albanese believes he understands the economic desires of young Australians. But what if he’s got it all wrong?

24.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Can you believe it? Our major parties suddenly find their beliefs

From taxation to welfare for non-citizens, the lines are starkly drawn.

17.05.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Can you believe it? Our major parties suddenly find their beliefs

From taxation to welfare for non-citizens, the lines are starkly drawn.

17.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Can you believe it? Our major parties suddenly find their beliefs

From taxation to welfare for non-citizens, the lines are starkly drawn.

17.05.2026 30

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Can you believe it? Our major parties suddenly find their beliefs

From taxation to welfare for non-citizens, the lines are starkly drawn.

17.05.2026 20

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Left or right, stupid or evil? Even friendships founder in the politics of hate

The candidates in the Farrer byelection aren’t towing the party line, especially when it comes to energy.

10.05.2026 20

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Left or right, stupid or evil? Even friendships founder in the politics of hate

The candidates in the Farrer byelection aren’t towing the party line, especially when it comes to energy.

10.05.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Left or right, stupid or evil? Even friendships founder in the politics of hate

The candidates in the Farrer byelection aren’t towing the party line, especially when it comes to energy.

10.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Left or right, stupid or evil? Even friendships founder in the politics of hate

The candidates in the Farrer byelection aren’t towing the party line, especially when it comes to energy.

10.05.2026 20

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Fair dinkum, Albo, you’ve mangled the language

The prime minister assures us the budget will strive for equity, resilience and social cohesion. Something’s lost in the translation.

03.05.2026 30

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Fair dinkum, Albo, you’ve mangled the language

The prime minister assures us the budget will strive for equity, resilience and social cohesion. Something’s lost in the translation.

03.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Fair dinkum, Albo, you’ve mangled the language

The prime minister assures us the budget will strive for equity, resilience and social cohesion. Something’s lost in the translation.

03.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Fair dinkum, Albo, you’ve mangled the language

The prime minister assures us the budget will strive for equity, resilience and social cohesion. Something’s lost in the translation.

03.05.2026 20

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

The ‘fraud triangle’ crushing our trust, from gangs to the NDIS

One Herald front page contained a dismal trifecta that’s eating away at our social fabric.

26.04.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Our political foes have chosen the same outfit. Sadly, it doesn’t look good on either of them

Like hemlines, economics is subject to fashion. And protectionism, a bad fit for any serious political party, is this season’s must-have.

19.04.2026 40

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Our political foes have chosen the same outfit. Sadly, it doesn’t look good on either of them

Like hemlines, economics is subject to fashion. And protectionism, a bad fit for any serious political party, is this season’s must-have.

19.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Our political foes have chosen the same outfit. Sadly, it doesn’t look good on either of them

Like hemlines, economics is subject to fashion. And protectionism, a bad fit for any serious political party, is this season’s must-have.

19.04.2026 30

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Our political foes have chosen the same outfit. Sadly, it doesn’t look good on either of them

Like hemlines, economics is subject to fashion. And protectionism, a bad fit for any serious political party, is this season’s must-have.

19.04.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Young people need more than just handouts from the federal budget

The federal government is preparing a budget badged as "intergenerational fairness". The idea it sells is simple: young people are...

16.04.2026 40

The Examiner

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Young people need more than just handouts from the federal budget

The federal government is preparing a budget badged as "intergenerational fairness". The idea it sells is simple: young people are...

16.04.2026 40

Canberra Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Andrew Tate’s not the only man missing from Theroux’s manosphere doco

There is ongoing resistance to discussing the issue of fatherlessness – and its impact on boys – in polite society.

12.04.2026 30

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Andrew Tate’s not the only man missing from Theroux’s manosphere doco

There is ongoing resistance to discussing the issue of fatherlessness – and its impact on boys – in polite society.

12.04.2026 20

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Andrew Tate’s not the only man missing from Theroux’s manosphere doco

There is ongoing resistance to discussing the issue of fatherlessness – and its impact on boys – in polite society.

12.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Andrew Tate’s not the only man missing from Theroux’s manosphere doco

There is ongoing resistance to discussing the issue of fatherlessness – and its impact on boys – in polite society.

12.04.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Never waste a crisis, comrade. But can Albonomics meet the moment?

Labor’s strategists have laid the groundwork for this to be a most useful crisis.

05.04.2026 40

WA Today

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Never waste a crisis, comrade. But can Albonomics meet the moment?

Labor’s strategists have laid the groundwork for this to be a most useful crisis.

05.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Parnell Palme Mcguinness

Never waste a crisis, comrade. But can Albonomics meet the moment?

Labor’s strategists have laid the groundwork for this to be a most useful crisis.

05.04.2026 40

The Age

Parnell Palme Mcguinness