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Peter Lewis

Brisbane Times

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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 7

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 20

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 2

The Guardian

Peter Lewis

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