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Simon Benson

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Having nothing to say on idea doesn’t cut the mustard, PM

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Index finger points to day of reckoning for ALP

yesterday 10

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Albanese’s reasons to be cheerful may fall on deaf ears

previous day 20

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Cost-of-­living reality cruels Labor reset

27.01.2025 10

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Speech makes an early election much less likely

25.01.2025 10

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PM must define the aims of a second term

24.01.2025 8

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Anti-Semitism is now an election issue for Albanese

23.01.2025 10

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PM dropped hose on dousing flames of anti-Semitism

22.01.2025 8

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The political wedge is mandatory in opposition’s stance

21.01.2025 10

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Lack of bipartisan courage condemns us to be unproductive

06.01.2025 10

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Chalmers will want to exit this horrid 2024 as soon as he can

30.12.2024 2

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New year holds no joy for Labor as rot sets in

26.12.2024 8

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Climate wars now are economic; this political contest is one without precedent

13.12.2024 3

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Alarm for Albanese: weak, out of touch

09.12.2024 4

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Albanese is facing the consequences of his failure to protect Jews

07.12.2024 10

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Chalmers can’t walk both sides of sorry street

05.12.2024 4

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Hidden pain in Jim’s numbers grows

04.12.2024 10

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Has Albanese killed his own brand?

30.11.2024 4

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Third World style shortfall and Bowen blames it all on coal

28.11.2024 10

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Dr Jim can’t hide behind selective numbers

26.11.2024 5

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Seismic shifts could signal a new rush to an early poll

17.11.2024 5

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Labor’s deception on Middle East is its only constant

15.11.2024 4

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Slow, steady decline a worry for ALP

11.11.2024 20

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Result proves inflation is death for governments

07.11.2024 2

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Harbinger of doom for Albanese’s own re-election hopes

06.11.2024 2

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PM will be stuck between Trump rock and Harris hard place

06.11.2024 1

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Politics is now on a collision course over competing economic plans

05.11.2024 2

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No surprises the PM was not on hand to unveil Covid report

30.10.2024 10

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Labor fills electoral vacuum with any nonsense it can find

27.10.2024 2

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Albanese loses Labor Newspoll lead at worst time

13.10.2024 1

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Parties sleepwalking to election disaster

23.09.2024 4

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Business wakes up to risks of Labor

17.09.2024 3

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Ham-fisted bluff that will blow up in Labor’s face

12.09.2024 3

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Hung parliament should be miners’ worst nightmare

11.09.2024 3

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PM punches miners – then says ‘play nice’

10.09.2024 2

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Labor punches itself in the face, not RBA

07.09.2024 2

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The economy doesn’t vote, households do

04.09.2024 20

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Treasurer passes the buck on slowing economy

02.09.2024 2

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MAD theory now in play for PM, Dutton

02.09.2024 2

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ALP’s Pyrrhic victory may yet lose it the war

27.08.2024 2

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Bare-knuckle clash of leadership … or the absence of it

19.08.2024 2

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It’s the cost of living, stupid: political contest gets serious

17.08.2024 7

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Forget any early election on these numbers

12.08.2024 5

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Strategic reasons why vile diplomat got off easy

09.08.2024 3

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Inflation numbers not what good doctor ordered

08.08.2024 30

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Jim could be right, but not because he saw this coming

07.08.2024 3

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Factions add friction to Albanese’s cabinet goals

26.07.2024 3

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