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What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

With news the United States is reviewing AUKUS, fundamental questions – both old and new – have surfaced about the merits of the $368 billion...

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WA Today

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What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

With news the United States is reviewing AUKUS, fundamental questions – both old and new – have surfaced about the merits of the $368 billion...

yesterday 10

The Age

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What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

What’s the alternative? The many AUKUS questions the PM must answer

With news the United States is reviewing AUKUS, fundamental questions – both old and new – have surfaced about the merits of the $368 billion...

yesterday 9

Brisbane Times

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Albanese should remember courage on housing cuts both ways

Albanese should remember courage on housing cuts both ways

Having fought loudly for various housing measures against the opposition and the Greens, Labor now appears to be crab-walking towards the last refuge...

10.06.2025 8

The Age

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Time to pay the Deeming debt and focus on the job of opposition

Time to pay the Deeming debt and focus on the job of opposition

If the Liberal Party wants to move towards the voters it seeks to represent it may need to open its wallet.

06.06.2025 8

The Age

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Dorinda Cox’s party switch highlights the defect in political defections

Dorinda Cox’s party switch highlights the defect in political defections

If a politician jumps ship midterm, voters are more than entitled to look askance at the move, even to feel outraged.

03.06.2025 8

The Age

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Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate

The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.

30.05.2025 8

The Age

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Community right to feel Albanese having it both ways on climate

The clear sense of betrayal from some and relief from others suggests many are not sure where the government stands on carbon.

30.05.2025 3

Brisbane Times

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Sussan Ley was compared with the Liz Truss lettuce, but it’s David Littleproud who’s reduced to clear

Whether the federal opposition is a restumped Coalition, a reimagined Liberal Party or some new configuration, it won’t have much time to get its...

24.05.2025 10

WA Today

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Sussan Ley was compared with the Liz Truss lettuce, but it’s David Littleproud who’s reduced to clear

Whether the federal opposition is a restumped Coalition, a reimagined Liberal Party or some new configuration, it won’t have much time to get its...

24.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Sussan Ley was compared with the Liz Truss lettuce, but it’s David Littleproud who’s reduced to clear

Whether the federal opposition is a restumped Coalition, a reimagined Liberal Party or some new configuration, it won’t have much time to get its...

24.05.2025 20

The Age

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Sussan Ley was compared with the Liz Truss lettuce, but it’s David Littleproud who’s reduced to clear

Whether the federal opposition is a restumped Coalition, a reimagined Liberal Party or some new configuration, it won’t have much time to get its...

24.05.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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A Groundhog Day budget, without the laughs

Given the state’s massive and rising debt, Victorians might have expected that is where the budget focus would sit. Not at all.

21.05.2025 9

The Age

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State government’s building obsession could rob Peta to pay Paul

Labor should fund the Gonski education reforms and vital health programs now and delay Big Build spending as necessary to do so.

19.05.2025 10

The Age

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Truth wins in the Federal Court, but victims of Ben Roberts-Smith still await justice

Roberts-Smith has now had his day in court. But the families of murdered Afghans still await justice.

17.05.2025 10

The Age

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The Liberals have a new leader. But do they have stability?

History has shown that victory, in the case of Liberal leaders, can be a false prophet.

13.05.2025 3

The Age

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Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity

While the government may not wish to blindside the electorate, there is plenty of room for more ambitious reform in areas it has established as...

10.05.2025 7

WA Today

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Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity

While the government may not wish to blindside the electorate, there is plenty of room for more ambitious reform in areas it has established as...

10.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity

While the government may not wish to blindside the electorate, there is plenty of room for more ambitious reform in areas it has established as...

10.05.2025 20

The Age

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Labor has the mandate to think big and seize opportunity

While the government may not wish to blindside the electorate, there is plenty of room for more ambitious reform in areas it has established as...

10.05.2025 9

Brisbane Times

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They came from left and right. Albanese defeated them all. Now, for the championship bout

Labor’s enormous win is an exciting political spectacle, but not the victory that matters most.

07.05.2025 9

The Age

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Forget cost of living. Australians showed there’s another thing they care about

The Coalition and minor parties neglected the golden rule of Australian politics.

04.05.2025 10

The Age

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Disruption of dawn service was an affront to decency and values we hold dear

There are cracks appearing in our society. We must find ways of talking to one another that promote mutual respect.

25.04.2025 5

WA Today

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Disruption of dawn service was an affront to decency and values we hold dear

There are cracks appearing in our society. We must find ways of talking to one another that promote mutual respect.

25.04.2025 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Disruption of dawn service was an affront to decency and values we hold dear

There are cracks appearing in our society. We must find ways of talking to one another that promote mutual respect.

25.04.2025 6

The Age

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Disruption of dawn service was an affront to decency and values we hold dear

There are cracks appearing in our society. We must find ways of talking to one another that promote mutual respect.

25.04.2025 3

Brisbane Times

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The Gift that decided not to keep on giving

Sprint sensation Gout Gout’s Stawell Gift result shows a rethink is needed if the event is to remain Australia’s premier footrace.

23.04.2025 10

The Age

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Silver bullet slogans are not going to fix our housing crisis

The policies put forward by Labor and the Coalition do not come close to meeting the scale and complexity of our challenge.

15.04.2025 3

The Age

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Albanese and Dutton ready to launch in campaign that lacks deep ideas

The plug-and-play debate performances, the formulaic photo ops, the tightly controlled press conferences all lend an air of shallowness to the...

11.04.2025 5

The Age

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Calm, yet primed: Australia’s economic leaders must walk a narrow path

This is a time for cool heads and deliberate action. The economic waters are moving too swiftly and turbulently for knee-jerk reactions.

08.04.2025 5

The Age

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Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

04.04.2025 9

WA Today

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Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

04.04.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

04.04.2025 10

The Age

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Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking

The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.

04.04.2025 7

Brisbane Times

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Victorians are tied to the tracks in a shameless game of chicken

Billions of dollars are being bandied about but with little agreement on how they should be spent.

01.04.2025 10

The Age

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We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 7

WA Today

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We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

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We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 6

The Age

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We’re prepared for election of small targets, which is deeply disappointing

Australians deserve better than the kind of visionless politics being dished up by the major parties.

29.03.2025 6

Brisbane Times

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Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 5

WA Today

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Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

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Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 9

The Age

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Ugly reality of beauty industry demands urgent makeover

It is clear that cosmetic injectables businesses have galloped ahead of regulators. It’s time to put the patients back in focus.

25.03.2025 8

Brisbane Times

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Premier Jacinta Allan’s CFMEU rorts response isn’t enough

The Big Build has been on Premier Jacinta Allan’s CV for some years. Any credit for its implementation also comes with responsibility when things go...

21.03.2025 9

The Age

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Those in charge as Big Build rorts flourished must do three things – or quit

Whether we look at the police, the public service or their political masters, this sorry saga has been marked by failures of accountability.

18.03.2025 9

The Age

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Western Australia’s political ransom over GST rort must end

Australia’s continuing failure to divide federal funds equitably looks even more ridiculous in light of WA running budget surpluses of $3.5 billion...

14.03.2025 8

The Age

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The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

Voters have repeatedly rejected Clive Palmer’s attempts to buy electoral success. Now, his Trumpet of Patriots party is parroting the policies of...

11.03.2025 10

WA Today

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The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

Voters have repeatedly rejected Clive Palmer’s attempts to buy electoral success. Now, his Trumpet of Patriots party is parroting the policies of...

11.03.2025 10

The Age

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The recurring irritant of Australian politics has returned

Voters have repeatedly rejected Clive Palmer’s attempts to buy electoral success. Now, his Trumpet of Patriots party is parroting the policies of...

11.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

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Trump’s Russia-Ukraine approach brings uncertainty to all nations

An end to the war on the terms proposed by Donald Trump’s administration would give Vladimir Putin a victory and change the calculus in conflicts...

07.03.2025 8

WA Today

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