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Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing a test of his government’s capacity. Business figures say Australians need to know “how real this could...

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WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Albanese tore strips off former prime minister Scott Morrison for elements of his pandemic response. He should be starting to understand what a global...

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The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing a test of his government’s capacity. Business figures say Australians need to know “how real this could...

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The Age

Paul Sakkal

Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Why this fuel crisis could jolt politics just like COVID did

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing a test of his government’s capacity. Business figures say Australians need to know “how real this could...

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Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can’t stop Australians filling up jerrycans with petrol and selling it on Facebook Marketplace at a premium. He can...

13.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can’t stop Australians filling up jerrycans with petrol and selling it on Facebook Marketplace at a premium. He can...

13.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can’t stop Australians filling up jerrycans with petrol and selling it on Facebook Marketplace at a premium. He can...

13.03.2026 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Why the Albanese government is struggling to calm a precarious fuel crisis

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can’t stop Australians filling up jerrycans with petrol and selling it on Facebook Marketplace at a premium. He can...

13.03.2026 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Ley’s leadership is in mortal danger but so is Littleproud’s

The Liberal and Nationals leaders conceal their lack of authority by deferring to the demands of their right factions.

22.01.2026 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Ley’s leadership is in mortal danger but so is Littleproud’s

The Liberal and Nationals leaders conceal their lack of authority by deferring to the demands of their right factions.

22.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Ley’s leadership is in mortal danger but so is Littleproud’s

The Liberal and Nationals leaders conceal their lack of authority by deferring to the demands of their right factions.

22.01.2026 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

Ley’s leadership is in mortal danger but so is Littleproud’s

The Liberal and Nationals leaders conceal their lack of authority by deferring to the demands of their right factions.

22.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Albanese’s capitulation is embarrassing, but at least it avoids moment of national shame

Stripping out controversial anti-vilification laws from a sprawling bill to counter antisemitism represents the PM’s second backdown in 10 days.

17.01.2026 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Albanese’s capitulation is embarrassing, but at least it avoids moment of national shame

Stripping out controversial anti-vilification laws from a sprawling bill to counter antisemitism represents the PM’s second backdown in 10 days.

17.01.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Albanese’s capitulation is embarrassing, but at least it avoids moment of national shame

Stripping out controversial anti-vilification laws from a sprawling bill to counter antisemitism represents the PM’s second backdown in 10 days.

17.01.2026 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

Albanese’s capitulation is embarrassing, but at least it avoids moment of national shame

Stripping out controversial anti-vilification laws from a sprawling bill to counter antisemitism represents the PM’s second backdown in 10 days.

17.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Once untouchable, Albanese ends the year under siege

Anthony Albanese appeared untouchable in November, when Canberra was consumed by conversations about the Coalition’s internal feuds. But the...

19.12.2025 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Once untouchable, Albanese ends the year under siege

Anthony Albanese appeared untouchable in November, when Canberra was consumed by conversations about the Coalition’s internal feuds. But the...

19.12.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Once untouchable, Albanese ends the year under siege

Anthony Albanese appeared untouchable in November, when Canberra was consumed by conversations about the Coalition’s internal feuds. But the...

19.12.2025 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

Once untouchable, Albanese ends the year under siege

Anthony Albanese appeared untouchable in November, when Canberra was consumed by conversations about the Coalition’s internal feuds. But the...

19.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Albanese, at crucial moment for his leadership, steps up to the plate on antisemitism

The prime minister faced days of criticism from Jewish leaders and the Coalition that he had not taken antisemitism seriously. He finally stepped up...

18.12.2025 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Albanese, at crucial moment for his leadership, steps up to the plate on antisemitism

The prime minister faced days of criticism from Jewish leaders and the Coalition that he had not taken antisemitism seriously. He finally stepped up...

18.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Albanese, at crucial moment for his leadership, steps up to the plate on antisemitism

The prime minister faced days of criticism from Jewish leaders and the Coalition that he had not taken antisemitism seriously. He finally stepped up...

18.12.2025 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

Albanese, at crucial moment for his leadership, steps up to the plate on antisemitism

The prime minister faced days of criticism from Jewish leaders and the Coalition that he had not taken antisemitism seriously. He finally stepped up...

18.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

What Albanese could do to prove he isn’t dithering on terror

Albanese’s normal political tactics only go so far when something more profound is required.

17.12.2025 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

What Albanese could do to prove he isn’t dithering on terror

Albanese’s normal political tactics only go so far when something more profound is required.

17.12.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

What Albanese could do to prove he isn’t dithering on terror

Albanese’s normal political tactics only go so far when something more profound is required.

17.12.2025 20

The Age

Paul Sakkal

What Albanese could do to prove he isn’t dithering on terror

Albanese’s normal political tactics only go so far when something more profound is required.

17.12.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Liberal contenders share Thai dinner as Ley’s leadership is tested

Angus Taylor, Andrew Hastie and a group of conservatives met last night at the Kingston Foreshore precinct, where Malcolm Turnbull once met allies to...

04.11.2025 7

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Liberal contenders share Thai dinner as Ley’s leadership is tested

Angus Taylor, Andrew Hastie and a group of conservatives met last night at the Kingston Foreshore precinct, where Malcolm Turnbull once met allies to...

04.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Liberal contenders share Thai dinner as Ley’s leadership is tested

Angus Taylor, Andrew Hastie and a group of conservatives met last night at the Kingston Foreshore precinct, where Malcolm Turnbull once met allies to...

04.11.2025 9

The Age

Paul Sakkal

Liberal contenders share Thai dinner as Ley’s leadership is tested

Angus Taylor, Andrew Hastie and a group of conservatives met last night at the Kingston Foreshore precinct, where Malcolm Turnbull once met allies to...

04.11.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

His maverick ego makes him a hero to some. Can One Nation give Barnaby what he wants?

You could see Barnaby Joyce’s break-up with the Nationals coming. What he does next – and if he can pull it off – is much less clear.

19.10.2025 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

His maverick ego makes him a hero to some. Can One Nation give Barnaby what he wants?

You could see Barnaby Joyce’s break-up with the Nationals coming. What he does next – and if he can pull it off – is much less clear.

19.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

His maverick ego makes him a hero to some. Can One Nation give Barnaby what he wants?

You could see Barnaby Joyce’s break-up with the Nationals coming. What he does next – and if he can pull it off – is much less clear.

19.10.2025 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

His maverick ego makes him a hero to some. Can One Nation give Barnaby what he wants?

You could see Barnaby Joyce’s break-up with the Nationals coming. What he does next – and if he can pull it off – is much less clear.

19.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

‘Radio silence for days’: The uneasy calm before Hastie’s bombshell resignation

The former SAS captain has always been a lone wolf, but his colleagues are confused about whether he is laying the groundwork for a challenge or...

03.10.2025 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

‘Radio silence for days’: The uneasy calm before Hastie’s bombshell resignation

The former SAS captain has always been a lone wolf, but his colleagues are confused about whether he is laying the groundwork for a challenge or...

03.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

‘Radio silence for days’: The uneasy calm before Hastie’s bombshell resignation

The former SAS captain has always been a lone wolf, but his colleagues are confused about whether he is laying the groundwork for a challenge or...

03.10.2025 8

The Age

Paul Sakkal

‘Radio silence for days’: The uneasy calm before Hastie’s bombshell resignation

The former SAS captain has always been a lone wolf, but his colleagues are confused about whether he is laying the groundwork for a challenge or...

03.10.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Ley had little choice, but sacking Price could cost her

What started as a clumsy statement from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price last week has through political mismanagement spiralled into a test of Sussan Ley’s...

10.09.2025 10

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Ley had little choice, but sacking Price could cost her

What started as a clumsy statement from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price last week has through political mismanagement spiralled into a test of Sussan Ley’s...

10.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

Ley had little choice, but sacking Price could cost her

What started as a clumsy statement from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price last week has through political mismanagement spiralled into a test of Sussan Ley’s...

10.09.2025 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

Ley had little choice, but sacking Price could cost her

What started as a clumsy statement from Jacinta Nampijinpa Price last week has through political mismanagement spiralled into a test of Sussan Ley’s...

10.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

As Ley tried to tear strips off Chalmers, more than half her MPs weren’t even listening

A remarkable 22 Coalition politicians - more than half of all opposition MPs - were on a phone or laptop as Treasurer Jim Chalmers was on his feet in...

25.08.2025 7

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

As Ley tried to tear strips off Chalmers, more than half her MPs weren’t even listening

A remarkable 22 Coalition politicians, more than half of all opposition MPs, were on a phone or laptop as Treasurer Jim Chalmers was on his feet in...

25.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal

As Ley tried to tear strips off Chalmers, more than half her MPs weren’t even listening

A remarkable 22 Coalition politicians, more than half of all opposition MPs, were on a phone or laptop as Treasurer Jim Chalmers was on his feet in...

25.08.2025 10

The Age

Paul Sakkal

As Ley tried to tear strips off Chalmers, more than half her MPs weren’t even listening

A remarkable 22 Coalition politicians - more than half of all opposition MPs - were on a phone or laptop as Treasurer Jim Chalmers was on his feet in...

25.08.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Paul Sakkal

Does Chalmers really have the appetite to fight for big changes?

A cautious treasurer has dipped his toe into the often toxic waters of tax reform. Whether he decides to go all the way in will define his legacy.

22.08.2025 7

WA Today

Paul Sakkal

Does Chalmers really have the appetite to fight for big changes?

A cautious treasurer has dipped his toe into the often toxic waters of tax reform. Whether he decides to go all the way in will define his legacy.

22.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Paul Sakkal