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The Coalition believed it was Australia’s anointed leader - now it has no plan B

The Nationals may have pulled the trigger on ending the Coalition arrangement, but the Liberals had helped fashion the bullet.

22.05.2025 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

The Coalition believed it was Australia’s anointed leader - now it has no plan B

The Nationals may have pulled the trigger on ending the Coalition arrangement, but the Liberals had helped fashion the bullet.

22.05.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The Coalition believed it was Australia’s anointed leader - now it has no plan B

The Nationals may have pulled the trigger on ending the Coalition arrangement, but the Liberals had helped fashion the bullet.

22.05.2025 8

The Age

Shaun Carney

The Coalition believed it was Australia’s anointed leader - now it has no plan B

The Nationals may have pulled the trigger on ending the Coalition arrangement, but the Liberals had helped fashion the bullet.

22.05.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton captained a ship of fools – and they let him sink it

When he assumed the Liberal leadership in 2022, Peter Dutton told his MPs exactly what they wanted to hear: there was no need for a serious internal...

07.05.2025 5

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Dutton captained a ship of fools – and they let him sink it

When he assumed the Liberal leadership in 2022, Peter Dutton told his MPs exactly what they wanted to hear: there was no need for a serious internal...

07.05.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Dutton captained a ship of fools – and they let him sink it

When he assumed the Liberal leadership in 2022, Peter Dutton told his MPs exactly what they wanted to hear: there was no need for a serious internal...

07.05.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Dutton captained a ship of fools – and they let him sink it

When he assumed the Liberal leadership in 2022, Peter Dutton told his MPs exactly what they wanted to hear: there was no need for a serious internal...

07.05.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton’s angry-man mistakes leave Albanese looking the better devil

The Coalition’s reliance on anger and resentment at the government’s inadequacies looks to have backfired. With every day of the campaign, poll...

23.04.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Dutton’s angry-man mistakes leave Albanese looking the better devil

The Coalition’s reliance on anger and resentment at the government’s inadequacies looks to have backfired. With every day of the campaign, poll...

23.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Dutton’s angry-man mistakes leave Albanese looking the better devil

The Coalition’s reliance on anger and resentment at the government’s inadequacies looks to have backfired. With every day of the campaign, poll...

23.04.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Dutton’s angry-man mistakes leave Albanese looking the better devil

The Coalition’s reliance on anger and resentment at the government’s inadequacies looks to have backfired. With every day of the campaign, poll...

23.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The Allan key: Has the state government unlocked fortress Victoria for the Libs?

Victoria has long been Labor’s progressive citadel, an electoral stronghold across state and federal politics. But the red wall may be crumbling.

19.04.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Is the Coalition ready to lead Australia? All evidence suggests not

Sure, tenderising your opponents with vigorous critiques is satisfying. But as Peter Dutton is finding out, it ultimately makes for empty calories.

09.04.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Is the Coalition ready to lead Australia? All evidence suggests not

Sure, tenderising your opponents with vigorous critiques is satisfying. But as Peter Dutton is finding out, it ultimately makes for empty calories.

09.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Is the Coalition ready to lead Australia? All evidence suggests not

Sure, tenderising your opponents with vigorous critiques is satisfying. But as Peter Dutton is finding out, it ultimately makes for empty calories.

09.04.2025 8

The Age

Shaun Carney

Is the Coalition ready to lead Australia? All evidence suggests not

Sure, tenderising your opponents with vigorous critiques is satisfying. But as Peter Dutton is finding out, it ultimately makes for empty calories.

09.04.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton says he’s ‘on the cusp’ of power. Time for his close-up

Dutton prospered mightily by leading the No case at the Voice referendum. But it’s not the same as an election, where everything is at stake.

26.03.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Dutton says he’s ‘on the cusp’ of power. Time for his close-up

Dutton prospered mightily by leading the No case at the Voice referendum. But it’s not the same as an election, where everything is at stake.

26.03.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Dutton says he’s ‘on the cusp’ of power. Time for his close-up

Dutton prospered mightily by leading the No case at the Voice referendum. But it’s not the same as an election, where everything is at stake.

26.03.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Dutton says he’s ‘on the cusp’ of power. Time for his close-up

Dutton prospered mightily by leading the No case at the Voice referendum. But it’s not the same as an election, where everything is at stake.

26.03.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

13.03.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

13.03.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

13.03.2025 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

13.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 5

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 5

The Age

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 20

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 3

WA Today

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 3

The Age

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

28.11.2024 20

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

28.11.2024 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

28.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

27.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese says he knows what it is to struggle. As PM, he’s been coasting

Every expert under the sun seems to have a view about the implications of the American election for Australian politics. I have nothing to offer on...

14.11.2024 5

WA Today

Shaun Carney