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Brisbane Times

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Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

If Anthony Albanese’s really lucky, historians will come to see his first term as his worst.

20.01.2025 8

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

If Anthony Albanese’s really lucky, historians will come to see his first term as his worst.

20.01.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

If Anthony Albanese’s really lucky, historians will come to see his first term as his worst.

20.01.2025 10

The Age

Sean Kelly

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

Albanese once called John Howard the worst PM ever. Now he’s trying to emulate him

Six months before the 1998 election, Anthony Albanese reminded the parliament of claims John Howard, then in his first term, was the worst prime...

20.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?

If the move alters the campaign environment here, it’s likely to benefit Peter Dutton more than Anthony Albanese.

12.01.2025 6

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?
12.01.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?
12.01.2025 7

The Age

Sean Kelly

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?

Social media’s taken a giant leap to the right. Will it sway Australian voters?

If the move alters the campaign environment here, it’s likely to benefit Peter Dutton more than Anthony Albanese.

12.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

America and Australia tell a tale of two pandemics, and their political outcomes

On Friday, one of the biggest stories in Australia was the possible cancellation of New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydney, as the result of a...

22.12.2024 2

WA Today

Sean Kelly

America and Australia tell a tale of two pandemics, and their political outcomes

On Friday, one of the biggest stories in Australia was the possible cancellation of New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydney, as the result of a...

22.12.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

America and Australia tell a tale of two pandemics, and their political outcomes

On Friday, one of the biggest stories in Australia was the possible cancellation of New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydney, as the result of a...

22.12.2024 3

The Age

Sean Kelly

America and Australia tell a tale of two pandemics, and their political outcomes

On Friday, one of the biggest stories in Australia was the possible cancellation of New Year’s Eve fireworks in Sydney, as the result of a...

22.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Labor can’t make a thing stick to Dutton, the Mr Teflon of empty politics

On Friday, the head of the Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood, published an opinion piece in The Australian. Wood was appointed by the...

15.12.2024 4

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Labor can’t make a thing stick to Dutton, the Mr Teflon of empty politics

On Friday, the head of the Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood, published an opinion piece in The Australian. Wood was appointed by the...

15.12.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

Labor can’t make a thing stick to Dutton, the Mr Teflon of empty politics

On Friday, the head of the Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood, published an opinion piece in The Australian. Wood was appointed by the...

15.12.2024 5

The Age

Sean Kelly

Labor can’t make a thing stick to Dutton, the Mr Teflon of empty politics

On Friday, the head of the Productivity Commission, Danielle Wood, published an opinion piece in The Australian. Wood was appointed by the...

15.12.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids

At the end of year 4, I said goodbye to my classmates and my teacher. I was a little sad, a little excited: the next year, I was to change schools....

01.12.2024 3

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids

At the end of year 4, I said goodbye to my classmates and my teacher. I was a little sad, a little excited: the next year, I was to change schools....

01.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids

At the end of year 4, I said goodbye to my classmates and my teacher. I was a little sad, a little excited: the next year, I was to change schools....

01.12.2024 5

The Age

Sean Kelly

Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids

At the end of year 4, I said goodbye to my classmates and my teacher. I was a little sad, a little excited: the next year, I was to change schools....

01.12.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Election battlelines are being drawn – and not by Albanese

One of the interesting facts about Scott Morrison’s period as prime minister is that he managed to squander public approval twice. The second came...

24.11.2024 2

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Election battlelines are being drawn – and not by Albanese

One of the interesting facts about Scott Morrison’s period as prime minister is that he managed to squander public approval twice. The second came...

24.11.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

Election battlelines are being drawn – and not by Albanese

One of the interesting facts about Scott Morrison’s period as prime minister is that he managed to squander public approval twice. The second came...

24.11.2024 4

The Age

Sean Kelly

A ‘good life’ can be ours: The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition

A month ago, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said her proposed changes to social media laws would help parents decide what they should...

17.11.2024 1

WA Today

Sean Kelly

A ‘good life’ can be ours: The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition

A month ago, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said her proposed changes to social media laws would help parents decide what they should...

17.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

A ‘good life’ can be ours: The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition

A month ago, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said her proposed changes to social media laws would help parents decide what they should...

17.11.2024 3

The Age

Sean Kelly

A ‘good life’ can be ours: The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition

A month ago, Communications Minister Michelle Rowland said her proposed changes to social media laws would help parents decide what they should...

17.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Dutton can learn from Trump’s success, but so can Albanese

One of the great vanities of a country is to think its politics is its own. The United States, Britain and Australia are all governed by...

10.11.2024 3

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Dutton can learn from Trump’s success, but so can Albanese

One of the great vanities of a country is to think its politics is its own. The United States, Britain and Australia are all governed by...

10.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

Dutton can learn from Trump’s success, but so can Albanese

One of the great vanities of a country is to think its politics is its own. The United States, Britain and Australia are all governed by...

10.11.2024 3

The Age

Sean Kelly

Dutton can learn from Trump’s success, but so can Albanese

One of the great vanities of a country is to think its politics is its own. The United States, Britain and Australia are all governed by...

10.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

The Albanese narrative risks crashing, from earnest worker to frivolous flyer

Last week, something happened in the UK that has never happened here: a female treasurer (or chancellor of the exchequer) handed down a budget....

04.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

The Albanese narrative risks crashing, from earnest worker to frivolous flyer

Last week, something happened in the UK that has never happened here: a female treasurer (or chancellor of the exchequer) handed down a budget....

04.11.2024 10

The Age

Sean Kelly

The Albanese narrative risks crashing, from earnest worker to frivolous flyer

Last week, something happened in the UK that has never happened here: a female treasurer (or chancellor of the exchequer) handed down a budget....

04.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

The Albanese narrative risks crashing, from earnest worker to frivolous flyer

Last week, something happened in the UK that has never happened here: a female treasurer (or chancellor of the exchequer) handed down a budget....

04.11.2024 10

WA Today

Sean Kelly

What haunted Gillard stalks Harris, and it’s not just sexism

Two weeks into the 2010 election campaign, Labor was in trouble. Partly as a circuit-breaker, Julia Gillard announced that from then on, voters...

28.10.2024 40

WA Today

Sean Kelly

What haunted Gillard stalks Harris, and it’s not just sexism

Two weeks into the 2010 election campaign, Labor was in trouble. Partly as a circuit-breaker, Julia Gillard announced that from then on, voters...

28.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

What haunted Gillard stalks Harris, and it’s not just sexism

Two weeks into the 2010 election campaign, Labor was in trouble. Partly as a circuit-breaker, Julia Gillard announced that from then on, voters...

28.10.2024 10

The Age

Sean Kelly

What haunted Gillard stalks Harris, and it’s not just sexism

Two weeks into the 2010 election campaign, Labor was in trouble. Partly as a circuit-breaker, Julia Gillard announced that from then on, voters...

28.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy

When Dan Andrews was premier of Victoria, there was a lot of talk about how important removing level crossings was to his success. Those of us who...

21.10.2024 1

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy

When Dan Andrews was premier of Victoria, there was a lot of talk about how important removing level crossings was to his success. Those of us who...

21.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy

When Dan Andrews was premier of Victoria, there was a lot of talk about how important removing level crossings was to his success. Those of us who...

21.10.2024 6

The Age

Sean Kelly

Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy

When Dan Andrews was premier of Victoria, there was a lot of talk about how important removing level crossings was to his success. Those of us who...

21.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Are we heading for minority government? We could do a lot worse

To many observers, the Coalition’s 2017 budget looked odd. Banks copped a tax hike. Schools got more cash. Medicare funding was boosted and...

13.10.2024 7

WA Today

Sean Kelly

Are we heading for minority government? We could do a lot worse

To many observers, the Coalition’s 2017 budget looked odd. Banks copped a tax hike. Schools got more cash. Medicare funding was boosted and...

13.10.2024 3

The Age

Sean Kelly

Are we heading for minority government? We could do a lot worse

To many observers, the Coalition’s 2017 budget looked odd. Banks copped a tax hike. Schools got more cash. Medicare funding was boosted and...

13.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Sean Kelly

Are we heading for minority government? We could do a lot worse

To many observers, the Coalition’s 2017 budget looked odd. Banks copped a tax hike. Schools got more cash. Medicare funding was boosted and...

13.10.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

The real Albo? PM does not need to convince us he’s something he’s not

Around May last year, a veteran political strategist suggested to me that the Albanese government’s apparent strategy of avoiding fights carried...

06.10.2024 4

WA Today

Sean Kelly

The real Albo? PM does not need to convince us he’s something he’s not

Around May last year, a veteran political strategist suggested to me that the Albanese government’s apparent strategy of avoiding fights carried...

06.10.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Sean Kelly

The real Albo? PM does not need to convince us he’s something he’s not

Around May last year, a veteran political strategist suggested to me that the Albanese government’s apparent strategy of avoiding fights carried...

06.10.2024 1

The Age

Sean Kelly