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Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Halfway through the government’s second term, how many ordinary Australians could identify what its big defining goals are?

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WA Today

Shaun Carney

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Halfway through the government’s second term, how many ordinary Australians could identify what its big defining goals are?

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Halfway through the government’s second term, how many ordinary Australians could identify what its big defining goals are?

previous day 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Who would want to be Jim Chalmers right now?

Halfway through the government’s second term, how many ordinary Australians could identify what its big defining goals are?

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

So many people are angry. It’s becoming clear where this comes from

Something powerful is going on in the way that we accept complexity, and place trust in politicians.

15.10.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

So many people are angry. It’s becoming clear where this comes from

Something powerful is going on in the way that we accept complexity, and place trust in politicians.

15.10.2026 20

WA Today

Shaun Carney

So many people are angry. It’s becoming clear where this comes from

Something powerful is going on in the way that we accept complexity, and place trust in politicians.

15.10.2026 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

So many people are angry. It’s becoming clear where this comes from

Something powerful is going on in the way that we accept complexity, and place trust in politicians.

15.10.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Extremism is all the rage. But there’s a moment that will truly test Shoebridge and Hanson

You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.

10.10.2026 20

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Extremism is all the rage. But there’s a moment that will truly test Shoebridge and Hanson

You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.

10.10.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Extremism is all the rage. But there’s a moment that will truly test Shoebridge and Hanson

You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.

10.10.2026 40

The Age

Shaun Carney

Extremism is all the rage. But there’s a moment that will truly test Shoebridge and Hanson

You don’t need to peer too far back into the past to be reminded how public sentiment can rearrange itself once an election is called.

10.10.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The radical is becoming normal under Hanson. If you’re not worried, you should be

Anthony Albanese’s hare-and-the-tortoise political strategy, built on policy incrementalism, is now on life support. Angus Taylor is a store-bought...

17.09.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The radical is becoming normal under Hanson. If you’re not worried, you should be

Anthony Albanese’s hare-and-the-tortoise political strategy, built on policy incrementalism, is now on life support. Angus Taylor is a store-bought...

17.09.2026 40

WA Today

Shaun Carney

The radical is becoming normal under Hanson. If you’re not worried, you should be

Anthony Albanese’s hare-and-the-tortoise political strategy, built on policy incrementalism, is now on life support. Angus Taylor is a store-bought...

17.09.2026 40

The Age

Shaun Carney

The radical is becoming normal under Hanson. If you’re not worried, you should be

Anthony Albanese’s hare-and-the-tortoise political strategy, built on policy incrementalism, is now on life support. Angus Taylor is a store-bought...

17.09.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Labor is set to crash. With it will go an entire Victorian era

The government has dragged the chain on issue after issue – home invasions, tobacco store firebombings, bail for youth offenders, the degradation of...

02.09.2026 40

The Age

Shaun Carney

At this point, most voters wonder why the Coalition even exists

After getting smashed at an election, the conventional expectation is that if you keep plugging away, the supporters will return over time. But what...

20.08.2026 40

WA Today

Shaun Carney

At this point, most voters wonder why the Coalition even exists

After getting smashed at an election, the conventional expectation is that if you keep plugging away, the supporters will return over time. But what...

20.08.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

At this point, most voters wonder why the Coalition even exists

After getting smashed at an election, the conventional expectation is that if you keep plugging away, the supporters will return over time. But what...

20.08.2026 30

The Age

Shaun Carney

At this point, most voters wonder why the Coalition even exists

After getting smashed at an election, the conventional expectation is that if you keep plugging away, the supporters will return over time. But what...

20.08.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese is about to overtake Keating in time as PM, but the clock is ticking

A term of leadership is an extravagantly heightened example of life in miniature, something akin to a stop-motion film of a flower growing, blooming...

06.08.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese is about to overtake Keating in time as PM, but the clock is ticking

A term of leadership is an extravagantly heightened example of life in miniature, something akin to a stop-motion film of a flower growing, blooming...

06.08.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese is about to overtake Keating in time as PM, but the clock is ticking

A term of leadership is an extravagantly heightened example of life in miniature, something akin to a stop-motion film of a flower growing, blooming...

06.08.2026 50

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese is about to overtake Keating in time as PM, but the clock is ticking

A term of leadership is an extravagantly heightened example of life in miniature, something akin to a stop-motion film of a flower growing, blooming...

06.08.2026 40

The Age

Shaun Carney

Both the Liberals and One Nation refuse to see the contemporary world as it really is

Bitter rivals? Brothers and sisters in arm? Frenemies? How best to characterise the relationship between the Coalition parties and One Nation?

23.07.2026 50

The Age

Shaun Carney

Both the Liberals and One Nation refuse to see the contemporary world as it really is

Bitter rivals? Brothers and sisters in arm? Frenemies? How best to characterise the relationship between the Coalition parties and One Nation?

23.07.2026 40

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Both the Liberals and One Nation refuse to see the contemporary world as it really is

Bitter rivals? Brothers and sisters in arm? Frenemies? How best to characterise the relationship between the Coalition parties and One Nation?

23.07.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Both the Liberals and One Nation refuse to see the contemporary world as it really is

Bitter rivals? Brothers and sisters in arm? Frenemies? How best to characterise the relationship between the Coalition parties and One Nation?

23.07.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The right-wing media is carrying the Liberal Party to its death

Unfortunately for media outlets prosecuting the case against the budget and the government with relentless vigour, the signs that their efforts are...

09.07.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The right-wing media is carrying the Liberal Party to its death

Unfortunately for media outlets prosecuting the case against the budget and the government with relentless vigour, the signs that their efforts are...

09.07.2026 40

WA Today

Shaun Carney

The right-wing media is carrying the Liberal Party to its death

Unfortunately for media outlets prosecuting the case against the budget and the government with relentless vigour, the signs that their efforts are...

09.07.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The right-wing media is carrying the Liberal Party to its death

Unfortunately for media outlets prosecuting the case against the budget and the government with relentless vigour, the signs that their efforts are...

09.07.2026 40

The Age

Shaun Carney

Pauline for PM? Don’t underestimate Albanese’s supernatural love of being in the top job

Let us project forward. It’s early 2028, and the unofficial campaign for the federal election, due in May, has well and truly begun. Pauline Hanson...

25.06.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Pauline for PM? Don’t underestimate Albanese’s supernatural love of being in the top job

Let us project forward. It’s early 2028, and the unofficial campaign for the federal election, due in May, has well and truly begun. Pauline Hanson...

25.06.2026 40

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Pauline for PM? Don’t underestimate Albanese’s supernatural love of being in the top job

Let us project forward. It’s early 2028, and the unofficial campaign for the federal election, due in May, has well and truly begun. Pauline Hanson...

25.06.2026 40

The Age

Shaun Carney

Pauline for PM? Don’t underestimate Albanese’s supernatural love of being in the top job

Let us project forward. It’s early 2028, and the unofficial campaign for the federal election, due in May, has well and truly begun. Pauline Hanson...

25.06.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Reality is coming fast for Angus Taylor. The next step for the Liberals is extinction

When a majority of voters have considered the Coalition, they’ve found it difficult to determine what it is they’d be supporting. In other words,...

11.06.2026 50

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Reality is coming fast for Angus Taylor. The next step for the Liberals is extinction

When a majority of voters have considered the Coalition, they’ve found it difficult to determine what it is they’d be supporting. In other words,...

11.06.2026 50

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Reality is coming fast for Angus Taylor. The next step for the Liberals is extinction

When a majority of voters have considered the Coalition, they’ve found it difficult to determine what it is they’d be supporting. In other words,...

11.06.2026 50

The Age

Shaun Carney

Reality is coming fast for Angus Taylor. The next step for the Liberals is extinction

When a majority of voters have considered the Coalition, they’ve found it difficult to determine what it is they’d be supporting. In other words,...

11.06.2026 40

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

There’s a reason people are voting One Nation. Those who sneer at them are missing the larger picture

The upswell in support for the polarising party is a remarkable phenomenon that threatens to destroy the two-sided political model that has endured...

28.05.2026 40

WA Today

Shaun Carney

There’s a reason people are voting One Nation. Those who sneer at them are missing the larger picture

The upswell in support for the polarising party is a remarkable phenomenon that threatens to destroy the two-sided political model that has endured...

28.05.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

There’s a reason people are voting One Nation. Those who sneer at them are missing the larger picture

The upswell in support for the polarising party is a remarkable phenomenon that threatens to destroy the two-sided political model that has endured...

28.05.2026 50

The Age

Shaun Carney

There’s a reason people are voting One Nation. Those who sneer at them are missing the larger picture

The upswell in support for the polarising party is a remarkable phenomenon that threatens to destroy the two-sided political model that has endured...

28.05.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

In these bizarre times, fury is being directed at the opposition. The Liberal legacy is collapsing

Pass the smelling salts: an Australian government has used a budget to reorganise the economic system and, by implication, society.

14.05.2026 50

WA Today

Shaun Carney

In these bizarre times, fury is being directed at the opposition. The Liberal legacy is collapsing

Pass the smelling salts: an Australian government has used a budget to reorganise the economic system and, by implication, society.

14.05.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

In these bizarre times, fury is being directed at the opposition. The Liberal legacy is collapsing

Pass the smelling salts: an Australian government has used a budget to reorganise the economic system and, by implication, society.

14.05.2026 50

The Age

Shaun Carney

In these bizarre times, fury is being directed at the opposition. The Liberal legacy is collapsing

Pass the smelling salts: an Australian government has used a budget to reorganise the economic system and, by implication, society.

14.05.2026 50

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The know-it-alls pouring scorn on Labor have easy answers. They deserve more scepticism

The Albanese government will soon deliver the most highly anticipated budget in its four years in office. But economic experts probably aren’t going...

23.04.2026 60

WA Today

Shaun Carney