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Simon Benson

The Australian

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‘Get Jim’: Team Taylor’s first target

21.02.2026 10

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The RBA’s grim warning has delivered Taylor his opening salvo

15.02.2026 8

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Why ASIO refuses to be made a scapegoat for Bondi massacre

09.02.2026 10

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Coalition car crash an obvious win for PM – and a big snub to voters

02.02.2026 6

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RBA’s wake-up call for Coalition of the unwilling

31.01.2026 6

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Coalition with the Greens? Just the latest act of Liberal madness

26.01.2026 10

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An existential crisis and palpable despair: inside a conservative implosion

24.01.2026 10

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PM takes big political hit over hate speech bungle

19.01.2026 30

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We need to understand history if we want to counter antisemitism

14.01.2026 20

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Resolute PM meets the popular will – and backs down

10.01.2026 30

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What is PM trying to hide by refusing royal commission?

05.01.2026 10

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Asylum-seeker policy Ley’s chance to seize momentum

14.12.2025 10

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Chalmers faces tough new inflation reality

14.12.2025 20

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Tame inflation? We’re due a strong dose of fiscal medicine

01.12.2025 10

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Liberal Party is in strife with all voters – not just women

24.11.2025 10

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Sussan Ley didn’t choose this fight – but now she must win it

15.11.2025 10

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Governor-General Mostyn dives into murky waters on Dismissal

10.11.2025 7

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Why the ‘grey zone’ keeps us on a constant war footing

03.11.2025 10

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Ley’s fate is tied to net zero and immigration settlement

27.10.2025 10

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What can an AI Maggie Thatcher teach our ailing Libs?

20.10.2025 10

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Chalmers’ ambitions take first real knock with humiliating super retreat

19.10.2025 10

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Nuclear refuseniks have turned us into a global pariah

05.10.2025 9

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Albanese’s values pitch at odds with our US ties

29.09.2025 10

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Labor gambles on hidden details of emissions ambition

22.09.2025 10

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Libs’ internal war plays into Albanese’s weak hand

15.09.2025 10

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Looming carbon tariff an existential test for listless Coalition

08.09.2025 10

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Labor’s spending splurge is far from sustainable

03.09.2025 10

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Why wasn’t Iran law in PM’s top drawer?

01.09.2025 6

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Young workers’ anxiety ominous for productivity

25.08.2025 10

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Productivity has hit a snag – we’ve simply forgotten what it is

18.08.2025 10

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ALP recognition of Palestinian state turns heat up on Ley

11.08.2025 10

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The balancing act that looms for Albanese – and Ley as well

03.08.2025 10

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PM’s strategy looks suspiciously familiar as he targets Ley

27.07.2025 8

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Icarus curse looms for high-flying PM as Libs implode

21.07.2025 10

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Albanese is rejuvenated, but his biggest threat might be his Treasurer

04.07.2025 9

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PM going right way to get Trump’s attention for all the wrong reasons

27.06.2025 8

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Off to a good start on the big sell after Libs were ‘smashed’

26.06.2025 10

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Canberra’s silence will ring out loudly in Washington

22.06.2025 6

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Jim calls spade a shovel on the road to reform

19.06.2025 7

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This is the war wake-up call the nation needs

17.06.2025 10

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Why Liberals are missing the gender gap

31.05.2025 10

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Ley circles the wagons, with potshots at party poopers

28.05.2025 10

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Coalition’s phoney war a mindless act of self-harm

25.05.2025 8

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Go your own way: Split from Nationals not viable for Ley

21.05.2025 10

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High-profile casualties, winners as PM looks to fix cabinet mistakes

13.05.2025 10

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Wrong lessons are the path to doom

11.05.2025 10

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Bandt’s loss is Albanese’s (second) sweetest victory of all

08.05.2025 10

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Labor impetus surged after Dutton dumped work from home

07.05.2025 10

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Out of touch, out of time: Libs told nation had changed but didn’t listen

05.05.2025 10

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A calamity for the Coalition and a stunning win for Anthony Albanese

03.05.2025 9

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