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Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

She was arguably the most politically effective union leader in a generation, securing a historic sweep of workplace reforms. Yet Sally McManus leaves...

yesterday 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

She was arguably the most politically effective union leader in a generation, securing a historic sweep of workplace reforms. Yet Sally McManus leaves...

yesterday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

She was arguably the most politically effective union leader in a generation, securing a historic sweep of workplace reforms. Yet Sally McManus leaves...

yesterday 10

The Age

Rob Harris

Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

Sally McManus shook up the union movement. The question now is what she leaves behind

She was arguably the most politically effective union leader in a generation, securing a historic sweep of workplace reforms. Yet Sally McManus leaves...

yesterday 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

How can a governing party maintain discipline without losing the ability to listen, debate and persuade? It is a question Labor has been grappling...

previous day 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

How can a governing party maintain discipline without losing the ability to listen, debate and persuade? It is a question Labor has been grappling...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

How can a governing party maintain discipline without losing the ability to listen, debate and persuade? It is a question Labor has been grappling...

previous day 10

The Age

Rob Harris

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

Albanese’s iron grip has delivered unity, but the harder battle lies ahead

How can a governing party maintain discipline without losing the ability to listen, debate and persuade? It is a question Labor has been grappling...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

As delegates gather in Adelaide to toast a historic victory, party leaders are quietly grappling with a shifting electorate – and a rival movement...

24.07.2026 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

As delegates gather in Adelaide to toast a historic victory, party leaders are quietly grappling with a shifting electorate – and a rival movement...

24.07.2026 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

As delegates gather in Adelaide to toast a historic victory, party leaders are quietly grappling with a shifting electorate – and a rival movement...

24.07.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

The new threat haunting Labor’s record electoral dominance

As delegates gather in Adelaide to toast a historic victory, party leaders are quietly grappling with a shifting electorate – and a rival movement...

24.07.2026 10

The Age

Rob Harris

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

As Anthony Albanese smothers every debate before it begins, a union’s radical push to strip the Union Jack from the Australian flag stands out as a...

22.07.2026 10

WA Today

Rob Harris

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

As Anthony Albanese smothers every debate before it begins, a union’s radical push to strip the Union Jack from the Australian flag stands out as a...

22.07.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

As Anthony Albanese smothers every debate before it begins, a union’s radical push to strip the Union Jack from the Australian flag stands out as a...

22.07.2026 10

The Age

Rob Harris

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

Flying the flag for a fight nobody else wanted to have

As Anthony Albanese smothers every debate before it begins, a union’s radical push to strip the Union Jack from the Australian flag stands out as a...

22.07.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

For years, Barnaby Joyce was the Nationals’ resident chaos merchant. For One Nation, he’s the one putting out fires.

21.07.2026 20

WA Today

Rob Harris

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

For years, Barnaby Joyce was the Nationals’ resident chaos merchant. For One Nation, he’s the one putting out fires.

21.07.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

For years, Barnaby Joyce was the Nationals’ resident chaos merchant. For One Nation, he’s the one putting out fires.

21.07.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

Barnaby Joyce goes from the bloke who lit the fire to the bloke carrying the bucket

For years, Barnaby Joyce was the Nationals’ resident chaos merchant. For One Nation, he’s the one putting out fires.

21.07.2026 20

The Age

Rob Harris

She wasn’t slick, but Hanson’s formidable Press Club performance proved her enemies wrong

Hanson’s strategy is not really to persuade the mainstream any more, it is to bypass it.

17.06.2026 30

WA Today

Rob Harris

She wasn’t slick, but Hanson’s formidable Press Club performance proved her enemies wrong

Hanson’s strategy is not really to persuade the mainstream any more, it is to bypass it.

17.06.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

She wasn’t slick, but Hanson’s formidable Press Club performance proved her enemies wrong

Hanson’s strategy is not really to persuade the mainstream any more, it is to bypass it.

17.06.2026 40

The Age

Rob Harris

She wasn’t slick, but Hanson’s formidable Press Club performance proved her enemies wrong

Hanson’s strategy is not really to persuade the mainstream any more, it is to bypass it.

17.06.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

It took Pauline Hanson 30 years, and she’s only just getting started

The result has exposed unease about whether conservative voters are simply venting or steadily shifting allegiance.

10.05.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

It took Pauline Hanson 30 years, and she’s only just getting started

The result has exposed unease about whether conservative voters are simply venting or steadily shifting allegiance.

10.05.2026 40

WA Today

Rob Harris

It took Pauline Hanson 30 years, and she’s only just getting started

The result has exposed unease about whether conservative voters are simply venting or steadily shifting allegiance.

10.05.2026 30

The Age

Rob Harris

It took Pauline Hanson 30 years, and she’s only just getting started

The result has exposed unease about whether conservative voters are simply venting or steadily shifting allegiance.

10.05.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Why One Nation candidate David Farley’s ‘political journey’ doesn’t add up

Pauline Hanson’s man in Farrer voiced support for independent Michelle Milthorpe at the last election. He didn’t stop there.

29.04.2026 80

WA Today

Rob Harris

Why One Nation candidate David Farley’s ‘political journey’ doesn’t add up

Pauline Hanson’s man in Farrer voiced support for independent Michelle Milthorpe at the last election. He didn’t stop there.

29.04.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Why One Nation candidate David Farley’s ‘political journey’ doesn’t add up

Pauline Hanson’s man in Farrer voiced support for independent Michelle Milthorpe at the last election. He didn’t stop there.

29.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Why One Nation candidate David Farley’s ‘political journey’ doesn’t add up

Pauline Hanson’s man in Farrer voiced support for independent Michelle Milthorpe at the last election. He didn’t stop there.

29.04.2026 40

The Age

Rob Harris

Harry’s War Memorial visit carries a sharper edge than most

As the former royal stopped at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday for a moving Last Post ceremony, the instinct to dismiss his visit...

15.04.2026 50

WA Today

Rob Harris

Harry’s War Memorial visit carries a sharper edge than most

As the former royal stopped at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday for a moving Last Post ceremony, the instinct to dismiss his visit...

15.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Harry’s War Memorial visit carries a sharper edge than most

As the former royal stopped at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday for a moving Last Post ceremony, the instinct to dismiss his visit...

15.04.2026 40

The Age

Rob Harris

Harry’s War Memorial visit carries a sharper edge than most

As the former royal stopped at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra on Wednesday for a moving Last Post ceremony, the instinct to dismiss his visit...

15.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different

Angus Taylor has had his right of reply to Anthony Albanese’s address to the nation. It felt a bit like a sequel for which nobody asked.

02.04.2026 40

WA Today

Rob Harris

Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different

Angus Taylor has had his right of reply to Anthony Albanese’s address to the nation. It felt a bit like a sequel for which nobody asked.

02.04.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different

Angus Taylor has had his right of reply to Anthony Albanese’s address to the nation. It felt a bit like a sequel for which nobody asked.

02.04.2026 40

The Age

Rob Harris

Taylor said Albanese wasted the nation’s time. His reply was not much different

Angus Taylor has had his right of reply to Anthony Albanese’s address to the nation. It felt a bit like a sequel for which nobody asked.

02.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

If this crisis is serious enough to warrant a national address, the message felt thin

It’s not COVID 2.0. It’s not a national emergency. So what was the point of Anthony Albanese calling Australia to attention during prime time?

01.04.2026 40

WA Today

Rob Harris

If this crisis is serious enough to warrant a national address, the message felt thin

It’s not COVID 2.0. It’s not a national emergency. So what was the point of Anthony Albanese calling Australia to attention during prime time?

01.04.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

If this crisis is serious enough to warrant a national address, the message felt thin

It’s not COVID 2.0. It’s not a national emergency. So what was the point of Anthony Albanese calling Australia to attention during prime time?

01.04.2026 40

The Age

Rob Harris

If this crisis is serious enough to warrant a national address, the message felt thin

It’s not COVID 2.0. It’s not a national emergency. So what was the point of Anthony Albanese calling Australia to attention during prime time?

01.04.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

The Hanson paradox: How a populist surge became Labor’s best friend

Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a “gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is...

22.03.2026 50

WA Today

Rob Harris

The Hanson paradox: How a populist surge became Labor’s best friend

Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a “gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is...

22.03.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris

The Hanson paradox: How a populist surge became Labor’s best friend

Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a “gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is...

22.03.2026 80

The Age

Rob Harris

The Hanson paradox: How a populist surge became Labor’s best friend

Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a “gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is...

22.03.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Rob Harris

‘Comedy poison’: I watched the Pauline Hanson movie so you don’t have to

A Super Progressive Movie clearly wants to sit in the tradition of Australian satire. It just badly overestimates how long one joke can survive on...

03.02.2026 40

WA Today

Rob Harris

‘Comedy poison’: I watched the Pauline Hanson movie so you don’t have to

A Super Progressive Movie clearly wants to sit in the tradition of Australian satire. It just badly overestimates how long one joke can survive on...

03.02.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rob Harris