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Australia is not in a vibe-cession, but that doesn’t mean we’re not vulnerable to one

Australia is not in a vibe-cession, but that doesn’t mean we’re not vulnerable to one
21.01.2025 10

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Australians are gripped by feelings of doom about the state of the world. It’s time to throw the phone away

As 2024 approaches end of days, I’m taking comfort in a piece of old technology called a book. I’m not sure it’s a great book but it’s got me...

17.12.2024 4

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Trade, tech and Trump: how looming battles in the US will set the tone for Australia’s election

As Donald Trump raids the Fox News desk to staff his Addams Family of a second administration, we await with bated breath for how the latest season...

03.12.2024 4

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Let’s not waste another summer debating climate science – Australia’s energy transition can work for everyone

Australia is facing the extreme risk of dangerous concentrations of high pressure and hot air this summer. There is also a strong likelihood of...

19.11.2024 5

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Australians horrified at the US election circus shouldn’t be lulled into thinking it’s just something that happens over there

As the schlock horror show that is the 2024 US presidential election campaign reaches its perilous endgame, the world is on a knife edge, like...

05.11.2024 30

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Enough with the ribbon-cutting: it’s time King Charles bore witness to the true history of the Aussie gang

King Charles III – or as Tony Abbott no doubt now calls him, “Sir” King – is gracing our humble shores this week marking, in no particular...

22.10.2024 2

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Is there a radical solution to the cost-of-living crisis?

08.10.2024 1

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Across the west, the right is rebranding itself as champions of the common folk. Will it work in Australia?

The political poles are moving – and that’s not a typo. The stark class divides of 20th century politics are flipping, with once conservative...

08.10.2024 5

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Australian voters want children banned from social media. But they want stronger privacy rules even more

The push to ban children from social media is gathering steam, but it’s an idea as footloose as the eponymous big-haired 1980s musical about the...

24.09.2024 3

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Australia could be a smart nation that values education – instead it is riding the latest wave of dumb luck

It was the historian Donald Horne who dubbed Australia a “lucky country run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck”. The nation...

10.09.2024 10

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Peter Dutton’s opponents cast him as a divisive figure. What if they tried the Tim Walz approach instead?

Peter Dutton’s “cunning plan” to “divide” his way into power is gaining traction with last week’s relentless attack on Palestinians...

27.08.2024 10

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Australians have lost so much faith in government that just being heard feels like special treatment

The great silence that has enveloped our nation since last year’s referendum is lifting, as those who issued the invitation to walk together for...

13.08.2024 2

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

While the world looks on aghast at Donald Trump, Peter Dutton can take inspiration

While the world watches agog, preparing for an increasingly plausible second coming of Donald Trump, our own opposition leader is paying more...

30.07.2024 10

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

Australians are losing faith in democracy – most of us look at politics and recoil in horror or sullenly disengage

In just over a week Australians shall break from our tribal hostilities to cheer as one under the glow of the Olympic flame as our quest for...

16.07.2024 20

The Guardian

Peter Lewis