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Our democracy’s not working as it should. Here are some good ideas to fix it

This is a limp, uninspiring election campaign. A minority government may usher in new thinking.

yesterday 5

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Our democracy’s not working as it should. Here are some good ideas to fix it

This is a limp, uninspiring election campaign. A minority government may usher in new thinking.

yesterday 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Our democracy’s not working as it should. Here are some good ideas to fix it

This is a limp, uninspiring election campaign. A minority government may usher in new thinking.

yesterday 6

The Age

Ross Gittins

Our democracy’s not working as it should. Here are some good ideas to fix it

This is a limp, uninspiring election campaign. A minority government may usher in new thinking.

yesterday 6

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

previous day 9

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

When politicians are no longer game to appeal to the better angels of our nature, you know we’ve got a problem.

sunday 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

When politicians are no longer game to appeal to the better angels of our nature, you know we’ve got a problem.

sunday 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

When politicians are no longer game to appeal to the better angels of our nature, you know we’ve got a problem.

sunday 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

My Easter sermon: How we Trump-proof our society

When politicians are no longer game to appeal to the better angels of our nature, you know we’ve got a problem.

sunday 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

The major parties can’t hope to win the election without having promises that seem to help would-be home owners. Pity they aren’t more sincere...

15.04.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

The major parties can’t hope to win the election without having promises that seem to help would-be home owners. Pity they aren’t more sincere...

15.04.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

The major parties can’t hope to win the election without having promises that seem to help would-be home owners. Pity they aren’t more sincere...

15.04.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

Home truths: Housing policies are for show, but one side at least gets the problem

The major parties can’t hope to win the election without having promises that seem to help would-be home owners. Pity they aren’t more sincere...

15.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters
15.04.2025 8

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

In his response to last week’s mayhem on financial markets, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton flunked a key test.

13.04.2025 9

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

In his response to last week’s mayhem on financial markets, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton flunked a key test.

13.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

In his response to last week’s mayhem on financial markets, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton flunked a key test.

13.04.2025 8

The Age

Ross Gittins

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

Memo Dutton: Good economic managers don’t try to panic the punters

In his response to last week’s mayhem on financial markets, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton flunked a key test.

13.04.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Energy’s a big part of living costs, but fixing it won’t be cheap

Energy’s a big part of living costs, but fixing it won’t be cheap

Voters seem permanently obsessed with energy prices, and they’ve figured in most election campaigns for decades. But it’s mainly been smoke and...

09.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Energy’s a big part of living costs, but fixing it won’t be cheap

Energy’s a big part of living costs, but fixing it won’t be cheap

Voters seem permanently obsessed with energy prices, and they’ve figured in most election campaigns for decades. But it’s mainly been smoke and...

09.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Energy’s a big part of living costs, but fixing it won’t be cheap

Voters seem permanently obsessed with energy prices, and they’ve figured in most election campaigns for decades. But it’s mainly been smoke and...

08.04.2025 5

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Energy’s a big part of living costs, but fixing it won’t be cheap

Voters seem permanently obsessed with energy prices, and they’ve figured in most election campaigns for decades. But it’s mainly been smoke and...

08.04.2025 6

The Age

Ross Gittins

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

07.04.2025 5

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.

06.04.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.

06.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.

06.04.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

Trump’s trade war is bad, but how bad is up to the rest of us

What matters most is the indirect effect on Australia from Trump’s attempts to start a trade war with the other big economies.

06.04.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

03.04.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts
03.04.2025 20

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

The opposition leader’s question is so seductive to people who don’t follow politics and the economy, and don’t want to use their grey matter.

01.04.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

The opposition leader’s question is so seductive to people who don’t follow politics and the economy, and don’t want to use their grey matter.

01.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

The opposition leader’s question is so seductive to people who don’t follow politics and the economy, and don’t want to use their grey matter.

01.04.2025 8

The Age

Ross Gittins

Dutton wants to know if you’re better off now. It’s a trick question

The opposition leader’s question is so seductive to people who don’t follow politics and the economy, and don’t want to use their grey matter.

01.04.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

When it comes to the budget, there’s been an element of good management as well as good luck, for which Chalmers and Albanese deserve some credit.

31.03.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

When it comes to the budget, there’s been an element of good management as well as good luck, for which Chalmers and Albanese deserve some credit.

31.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

When it comes to the budget, there’s been an element of good management as well as good luck, for which Chalmers and Albanese deserve some credit.

30.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

Debt and deficit: Labor’s budget naysayers ignore the cold hard facts

When it comes to the budget, there’s been an element of good management as well as good luck, for which Chalmers and Albanese deserve some credit.

30.03.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

The government is timid, uninspired and uninspiring. This budget fits it perfectly

26.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject

25.03.2025 6

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

The government is timid, uninspired and uninspiring. This budget fits it perfectly

When Jim Chalmers says Labor’s new tax cuts are “modest”, he’s not exaggerating. However, this is a budget we’ve wished on ourselves.

25.03.2025 8

WA Today

Ross Gittins

The government is timid, uninspired and uninspiring. This budget fits it perfectly

When Jim Chalmers says Labor’s new tax cuts are “modest”, he’s not exaggerating. However, this is a budget we’ve wished on ourselves.

25.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

The government is timid, uninspired and uninspiring. This budget fits it perfectly

When Jim Chalmers says Labor’s new tax cuts are “modest”, he’s not exaggerating. However, this is a budget we’ve wished on ourselves.

25.03.2025 20

The Age

Ross Gittins

The government is timid, uninspired and uninspiring. This budget fits it perfectly

When Jim Chalmers says Labor’s new tax cuts are “modest”, he’s not exaggerating. However, this is a budget we’ve wished on ourselves.

25.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject

Neither the Labor government nor the opposition are truly interested in shutting down price gouging by the big two supermarkets – they would rather...

23.03.2025 10

WA Today

Ross Gittins

It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject

Neither the Labor government nor the opposition are truly interested in shutting down price gouging by the big two supermarkets – they would rather...

23.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Ross Gittins

It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject

Neither the Labor government nor the opposition are truly interested in shutting down price gouging by the big two supermarkets – they would rather...

23.03.2025 10

The Age

Ross Gittins

It’s official – supermarkets are overcharging. Quick, change the subject

Neither the Labor government nor the opposition are truly interested in shutting down price gouging by the big two supermarkets – they would rather...

23.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Ross Gittins

The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told

21.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

Much argy-bargy on the way to next week’s off-again, on-again budget

19.03.2025 10

Pearls and Irritations

Ross Gittins

The outlook for house insurance is much worse than we’re being told

Insurance companies, the banks and the government know what’s coming, but they don’t want to talk about it before it happens, mainly because they...

18.03.2025 8

WA Today

Ross Gittins