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Paul Kelly

The Australian

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Warning signals flash as Albanese and Trump head in different directions

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PM’s Palestine pitch to Labor faithful an assault on realism

wednesday 4

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Labor in a state of fraud and fantasy

12.08.2025 30

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Liberal elders declare: what paralysed party must do now

09.08.2025 10

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Netanyahu is running out of options as tide of opinion turns

06.08.2025 10

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The politics of climate are turning into a wild ride

02.08.2025 7

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Rejecting net zero will condemn Libs to electoral oblivion

29.07.2025 6

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Home truths of universal childcare

26.07.2025 10

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New ideas, not Labor orthodoxy, are the key to PM’s success

23.07.2025 7

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Xi’s charm offensive traps Albanese between an old ally and a new friend

18.07.2025 8

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PM’s stubborn, almost self-defeating mindset towards Trump poses a big risk

09.07.2025 30

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Netanyahu is strong in war, but when does the peace come?

08.06.2025 20

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Mountains to climb: challenge of the Albanese ascendancy

10.05.2025 8

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Liberals must revive ‘broad church’ and reject false demons

07.05.2025 10

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‘This is the most extraordinary election I have seen in 50 years as a journalist’

06.05.2025 30

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The flawed legacy of a pope of the people

30.04.2025 10

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Nation faces brutal reckoning over defence decisions

23.04.2025 6

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Dutton running out of time to win voters

19.04.2025 10

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Dutton finally flicks the switch

17.04.2025 9

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The spectre of its 2022 election loss still haunts the Coalition in 2025

16.04.2025 10

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Bidding war sinks policy to dismal low

13.04.2025 10

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Albanese, Dutton: Time to tell the truth about Trump

13.04.2025 9

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Trumpian turmoil sets decisive challenge for Dutton

09.04.2025 8

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‘Devastating blow’: Trump goes rogue before the world

05.04.2025 9

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President Trump means ‘rethink’ of US alliance

02.04.2025 10

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Who do you distrust the least – Albanese or Dutton?

30.03.2025 10

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When poll chips are down, hold the reform

26.03.2025 20

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Trump can dismantle … but he cannot build

23.03.2025 10

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Australia faces coming conflict with Trump’s ‘tech bros’

19.03.2025 30

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Trump’s disruption rocks US alliance

15.03.2025 9

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Choice of two evils: beware the looming mediocre contest

08.03.2025 10

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Trump’s strongman tactics serve to diminish America

05.03.2025 20

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Trump’s strategic blunders threaten US authority

26.02.2025 50

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‘It’s the culture, stupid’: How the West can be re-won

22.02.2025 10

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Elite’s long march scuttled by hubris and overreach

19.02.2025 30

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Beware Trump, the global peacemaker

16.02.2025 10

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US tariff crisis: the issue here is Trump, not Albanese

12.02.2025 10

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Trump’s Gaza gambit is brazen and naive

08.02.2025 10

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Trump’s tariff strategy is built on quicksand

05.02.2025 20

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Stand back, it’s the President as king

29.01.2025 7

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Note to Labor: Beware the ‘unpopular’ Liberal leader

18.12.2024 8

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Albanese is a master tactician, but where’s the strategic vision?

04.12.2024 20

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Trump’s revolution leaves Albanese deeply exposed

17.11.2024 30

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Australia’s Trump follies: denial and appeasement

13.11.2024 10

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Trump will be suspicious of Albanese — but there are risks for Dutton, too

09.11.2024 10

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Trump Mark II’s shock and awe mandate

06.11.2024 3

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Albanese ignites survival strategy with high risks attached

06.11.2024 4

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Flawed report safeguards two of the worst state governments in decades

03.11.2024 7

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Queensland’s dismal leaders lack resolve and inspiration

30.10.2024 5

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Australia’s depressing retreat from big-picture politics

20.10.2024 4

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