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Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 7

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 8

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese can make roundtable work for him, no matter where he sits on it

Albanese can make roundtable work for him, no matter where he sits on it

The government needs to seize the opportunity given to it by the 8,553,231 Australians who voted for it. Doing so once before paid dividends for the...

09.08.2025 6

The Age

Shaun Carney

Their founder now calls them unlikeable and authoritarian. Can the Greens change their spots?

The Greens have 10 senators and the balance of power. But leader Larissa Waters has a task ahead of her with a party split over transgender rights and...

30.07.2025 7

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Their founder now calls them unlikeable and authoritarian. Can the Greens change their spots?

The Greens have 10 senators and the balance of power. But leader Larissa Waters has a task ahead of her with a party split over transgender rights and...

30.07.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Their founder now calls them unlikeable and authoritarian. Can the Greens change their spots?

The Greens have 10 senators and the balance of power. But leader Larissa Waters has a task ahead of her with a party split over transgender rights and...

30.07.2025 8

The Age

Shaun Carney

Their founder now calls them unlikeable and authoritarian. Can the Greens change their spots?

The Greens have 10 senators and the balance of power. But leader Larissa Waters has a task ahead of her with a party split over transgender rights and...

30.07.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese is being pressured to choose Trump or Xi. Why not both?

It’s shocking to consider that as awful as the Chinese government is, at least we know what we are dealing with. Can we really say the same about...

17.07.2025 20

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese is being pressured to choose Trump or Xi. Why not both?

It’s shocking to consider that as awful as the Chinese government is, at least we know what we are dealing with. Can we really say the same about...

17.07.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese is being pressured to choose Trump or Xi. Why not both?

It’s shocking to consider that as awful as the Chinese government is, at least we know what we are dealing with. Can we really say the same about...

17.07.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese is being pressured to choose Trump or Xi. Why not both?

It’s shocking to consider that as awful as the Chinese government is, at least we know what we are dealing with. Can we really say the same about...

17.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese is the conservative who mugged the Liberals. Let’s hope he seizes the moment

Labor’s landslide success has opened up an opportunity for the government to advocate and implement more substantial and transformative policies...

03.07.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese is the conservative who mugged the Liberals. Let’s hope he seizes the moment

Labor’s landslide success has opened up an opportunity for the government to advocate and implement more substantial and transformative policies...

03.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese is the conservative who mugged the Liberals. Let’s hope he seizes the moment

Labor’s landslide success has opened up an opportunity for the government to advocate and implement more substantial and transformative policies...

03.07.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese is the conservative who mugged the Liberals. Let’s hope he seizes the moment

Labor’s landslide success has opened up an opportunity for the government to advocate and implement more substantial and transformative policies...

03.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese is pulling away from the US – and Australians seem to love it

When the prime minister talks about “an Australian way” of doing things and highlights his deeper engagement with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,...

19.06.2025 9

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese is pulling away from the US – and Australians seem to love it

When the prime minister talks about “an Australian way” of doing things and highlights his deeper engagement with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,...

19.06.2025 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese is pulling away from the US – and Australians seem to love it

When the prime minister talks about “an Australian way” of doing things and highlights his deeper engagement with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,...

19.06.2025 50

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese is pulling away from the US – and Australians seem to love it

When the prime minister talks about “an Australian way” of doing things and highlights his deeper engagement with Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,...

19.06.2025 20

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The Liberals are not just going through a phase – this is a full-blown identity crisis

The party is not in good health. Sussan Ley’s main challenge is to ensure the party understands just how much trouble it is in.

04.06.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

The Liberals are not just going through a phase – this is a full-blown identity crisis

The party is not in good health. Sussan Ley’s main challenge is to ensure the party understands just how much trouble it is in.

04.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The Liberals are not just going through a phase – this is a full-blown identity crisis

The party is not in good health. Sussan Ley’s main challenge is to ensure the party understands just how much trouble it is in.

04.06.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

The Liberals are not just going through a phase – this is a full-blown identity crisis

The party is not in good health. Sussan Ley’s main challenge is to ensure the party understands just how much trouble it is in.

04.06.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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

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 10

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 10

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 20

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 10

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 20

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 10

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 10

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