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The cyclone that took the wind out of Peter Dutton’s sails

Cyclone Alfred was an ill wind in more ways than one. Having halted Anthony Albanese’s planned early election, it lent time to events that overtook...

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WA Today

Tony Wright

The cyclone that took the wind out of Peter Dutton’s sails

Cyclone Alfred was an ill wind in more ways than one. Having halted Anthony Albanese’s planned early election, it lent time to events that overtook...

previous day 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

The cyclone that took the wind out of Peter Dutton’s sails

Cyclone Alfred was an ill wind in more ways than one. Having halted Anthony Albanese’s planned early election, it lent time to events that overtook...

previous day 20

The Age

Tony Wright

The cyclone that took the wind out of Peter Dutton’s sails

Cyclone Alfred was an ill wind in more ways than one. Having halted Anthony Albanese’s planned early election, it lent time to events that overtook...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

Well-travelled Pope never made it to Australia - or to his home country

Francis travelled to many countries, drawing immense crowds. Despite a concerted push by Australian Catholics, he never made it here, not even on his...

21.04.2025 9

WA Today

Tony Wright

Well-travelled Pope never made it to Australia - or to his home country

Francis travelled to many countries, drawing immense crowds. Despite a concerted push by Australian Catholics, he never made it here, not even on his...

21.04.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

Well-travelled Pope never made it to Australia - or to his home country

Francis travelled to many countries, drawing immense crowds. Despite a concerted push by Australian Catholics, he never made it here, not even on his...

21.04.2025 7

The Age

Tony Wright

Well-travelled Pope never made it to Australia - or to his home country

Francis travelled to many countries, drawing immense crowds. Despite a concerted push by Australian Catholics, he never made it here, not even on his...

21.04.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

Whoever wins government on May 3, a crucial decision awaits: what do we do about the alliance with Donald Trump’s America?

17.04.2025 10

WA Today

Tony Wright

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

Whoever wins government on May 3, a crucial decision awaits: what do we do about the alliance with Donald Trump’s America?

17.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

Whoever wins government on May 3, a crucial decision awaits: what do we do about the alliance with Donald Trump’s America?

17.04.2025 10

The Age

Tony Wright

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

After the election, is it time to farewell the US protection racket?

Whoever wins government on May 3, a crucial decision awaits: what do we do about the alliance with Donald Trump’s America?

17.04.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

10.04.2025 10

WA Today

Tony Wright

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

10.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

10.04.2025 10

The Age

Tony Wright

Trump-lite dynamite: Did copying the president’s playbook blow up Dutton’s campaign?

The opposition leader clearly thought he was on a good thing when he looked to the approach of Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

10.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

One April day, when a crazy dream got two cities flying high

Con artists, scammers and the cynical know how to make the gullible suffer. But on April Fool’s Day, innocence can turn into shared mirth.

03.04.2025 10

WA Today

Tony Wright

One April day, when a crazy dream got two cities flying high

Con artists, scammers and the cynical know how to make the gullible suffer. But on April Fool’s Day, innocence can turn into shared mirth.

03.04.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

One April day, when a crazy dream got two cities flying high

Con artists, scammers and the cynical know how to make the gullible suffer. But on April Fool’s Day, innocence can turn into shared mirth.

03.04.2025 10

The Age

Tony Wright

One April day, when a crazy dream got two cities flying high

Con artists, scammers and the cynical know how to make the gullible suffer. But on April Fool’s Day, innocence can turn into shared mirth.

03.04.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat

The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.

29.03.2025 8

WA Today

Tony Wright

Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat

The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.

29.03.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat

The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.

29.03.2025 7

The Age

Tony Wright

Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat

The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.

29.03.2025 3

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

Trump for the Commonwealth? He’d make the Iron Lady seem soft-hearted

Donald Trump seems taken by the idea that he might be welcomed into the Commonwealth. Those pushing the idea must have lost their knowledge of...

27.03.2025 10

WA Today

Tony Wright

Trump for the Commonwealth? He’d make the Iron Lady seem soft-hearted

Donald Trump seems taken by the idea that he might be welcomed into the Commonwealth. Those pushing the idea must have lost their knowledge of...

27.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

Trump for the Commonwealth? He’d make the Iron Lady seem soft-hearted

Donald Trump seems taken by the idea that he might be welcomed into the Commonwealth. Those pushing the idea must have lost their knowledge of...

27.03.2025 30

The Age

Tony Wright

Trump for the Commonwealth? He’d make the Iron Lady seem soft-hearted

Donald Trump seems taken by the idea that he might be welcomed into the Commonwealth. Those pushing the idea must have lost their knowledge of...

27.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

An enchanted garden reminds us how civilisations are built on taxes

Only 3000 people lived in Melbourne when Charles La Trobe became superintendent, but he envisioned a great city, and reserved vast areas for today’s...

20.03.2025 10

The Age

Tony Wright

The tally room, like the sure thing that was Bob Hawke, is no more

As the latest federal election approaches, the sort of political certainty that once hoisted Bob Hawke to a long prime ministership is in short...

06.03.2025 8

WA Today

Tony Wright

The tally room, like the sure thing that was Bob Hawke, is no more

As the latest federal election approaches, the sort of political certainty that once hoisted Bob Hawke to a long prime ministership is in short...

06.03.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

The tally room, like the sure thing that was Bob Hawke, is no more

As the latest federal election approaches, the sort of political certainty that once hoisted Bob Hawke to a long prime ministership is in short...

06.03.2025 9

The Age

Tony Wright

The tally room, like the sure thing that was Bob Hawke, is no more

As the latest federal election approaches, the sort of political certainty that once hoisted Bob Hawke to a long prime ministership is in short...

06.03.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

Seeking sanctuary from a deranged world? Bring on the footy

The writer Henry Miller gave us the perfect prescription for escape from a tumultuous world. We still need it. The footy season might have to suffice...

27.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

Seeking sanctuary from a deranged world? Bring on the footy

The writer Henry Miller gave us the perfect prescription for escape from a tumultuous world. We still need it. The footy season might have to suffice...

27.02.2025 10

WA Today

Tony Wright

Seeking sanctuary from a deranged world? Bring on the footy

The writer Henry Miller gave us the perfect prescription for escape from a tumultuous world. We still need it. The footy season might have to suffice...

27.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

Seeking sanctuary from a deranged world? Bring on the footy

The writer Henry Miller gave us the perfect prescription for escape from a tumultuous world. We still need it. The footy season might have to suffice...

27.02.2025 10

The Age

Tony Wright

Clive Palmer, patriot parrot in search of a refuge, blows his trumpet

Clive Palmer, having misplaced his old party’s name, urgently needed a new one for his latest adventure in politics. And so, Trumpet of Patriots is...

19.02.2025 10

WA Today

Tony Wright

Clive Palmer, patriot parrot in search of a refuge, blows his trumpet

Clive Palmer, having misplaced his old party’s name, urgently needed a new one for his latest adventure in politics. And so, Trumpet of Patriots is...

19.02.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

Clive Palmer, patriot parrot in search of a refuge, blows his trumpet

Clive Palmer, having misplaced his old party’s name, urgently needed a new one for his latest adventure in politics. And so, Trumpet of Patriots is...

19.02.2025 10

The Age

Tony Wright

Clive Palmer, patriot parrot in search of a refuge, blows his trumpet

Clive Palmer, having misplaced his old party’s name, urgently needed a new one for his latest adventure in politics. And so, Trumpet of Patriots is...

19.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s

Visitors to Canberra’s sterile parliament house sometimes declared their spirits had revived once they’d seen my desk in the press gallery. Books...

07.01.2025 9

WA Today

Tony Wright

There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s

Visitors to Canberra’s sterile parliament house sometimes declared their spirits had revived once they’d seen my desk in the press gallery. Books...

07.01.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s

Visitors to Canberra’s sterile parliament house sometimes declared their spirits had revived once they’d seen my desk in the press gallery. Books...

07.01.2025 10

The Age

Tony Wright

There is literally a word for the chaos of my desk. If I could just find the Roget’s

Visitors to Canberra’s sterile parliament house sometimes declared their spirits had revived once they’d seen my desk in the press gallery. Books...

07.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright

Note to Pesutto: Don’t mention the war

John Pesutto might have done himself a favour if he’d acquainted himself with an arch law of the internet or had studied a little political...

12.12.2024 4

The Age

Tony Wright

Fantasy, comedy … or horror? Team Trump as a movie script is hard to believe

Consider the likely reaction of a big-time movie producer if a script-writer brought him a storyline that began with a US President-in-waiting...

16.11.2024 4

WA Today

Tony Wright

Fantasy, comedy … or horror? Team Trump as a movie script is hard to believe

Consider the likely reaction of a big-time movie producer if a script-writer brought him a storyline that began with a US President-in-waiting...

16.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Tony Wright

Fantasy, comedy … or horror? Team Trump as a movie script is hard to believe

Consider the likely reaction of a big-time movie producer if a script-writer brought him a storyline that began with a US President-in-waiting...

16.11.2024 6

The Age

Tony Wright

Fantasy, comedy … or horror? Team Trump as a movie script is hard to believe

Consider the likely reaction of a big-time movie producer if a script-writer brought him a storyline that began with a US President-in-waiting...

16.11.2024 8

Brisbane Times

Tony Wright