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This is the column I never wanted to have to write

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

As an industry stares into the abyss, there are bigger things at stake than the fate of this or that television show. What’s concerning is the...

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WA Today

Waleed Aly

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

As an industry stares into the abyss, there are bigger things at stake than the fate of this or that television show. What’s concerning is the...

previous day 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

As an industry stares into the abyss, there are bigger things at stake than the fate of this or that television show. What’s concerning is the...

previous day 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

This is the column I never wanted to have to write

As an industry stares into the abyss, there are bigger things at stake than the fate of this or that television show. What’s concerning is the...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

For the Liberals to survive, the Nationals need to get tealed

The break-up and reunification of the Coalition isn’t a moment or a reaction to the past election. Instead, it represents decades of contradictory...

29.05.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

For the Liberals to survive, the Nationals need to get tealed

The break-up and reunification of the Coalition isn’t a moment or a reaction to the past election. Instead, it represents decades of contradictory...

29.05.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

For the Liberals to survive, the Nationals need to get tealed

The break-up and reunification of the Coalition isn’t a moment or a reaction to the past election. Instead, it represents decades of contradictory...

29.05.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

For the Liberals to survive, the Nationals need to get tealed

The break-up and reunification of the Coalition isn’t a moment or a reaction to the past election. Instead, it represents decades of contradictory...

29.05.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Trump’s luxury jet ‘gift’ shows world leaders how easily the deal-lover can be pacified

It’s said the cover-up is worse than the crime. For Trump, there is no cover-up because there’s no sense of the original crime.

15.05.2025 7

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Trump’s luxury jet ‘gift’ shows world leaders how easily the deal-lover can be pacified

It’s said the cover-up is worse than the crime. For Trump, there is no cover-up because there’s no sense of the original crime.

15.05.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Trump’s luxury jet ‘gift’ shows world leaders how easily the deal-lover can be pacified

It’s said the cover-up is worse than the crime. For Trump, there is no cover-up because there’s no sense of the original crime.

15.05.2025 9

The Age

Waleed Aly

Trump’s luxury jet ‘gift’ shows world leaders how easily the deal-lover can be pacified

It’s said the cover-up is worse than the crime. For Trump, there is no cover-up because there’s no sense of the original crime.

15.05.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Dutton’s last-minute pivot on Welcome to Country reveals his One Nation problem

The Coalition’s move away from cost of living issues on the election’s eve reveals how savagely the political winds have swung these past few months.

01.05.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Dutton’s last-minute pivot on Welcome to Country reveals his One Nation problem

The Coalition’s move away from cost of living issues on the election’s eve reveals how savagely the political winds have swung these past few months.

01.05.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Dutton’s last-minute pivot on Welcome to Country reveals his One Nation problem

The Coalition’s move away from cost of living issues on the election’s eve reveals how savagely the political winds have swung these past few months.

01.05.2025 9

The Age

Waleed Aly

Dutton’s last-minute pivot on Welcome to Country reveals his One Nation problem

The Coalition’s move away from cost of living issues on the election’s eve reveals how savagely the political winds have swung these past few months.

01.05.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Is an unremarkable election campaign really a bad thing? Not this time around

Due to the cost of living crisis, politicians cannot shape the election agenda. Instead, the agenda is in charge of them.

17.04.2025 7

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Is an unremarkable election campaign really a bad thing? Not this time around

Due to the cost of living crisis, politicians cannot shape the election agenda. Instead, the agenda is in charge of them.

17.04.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Is an unremarkable election campaign really a bad thing? Not this time around

Due to the cost of living crisis, politicians cannot shape the election agenda. Instead, the agenda is in charge of them.

17.04.2025 5

The Age

Waleed Aly

Is an unremarkable election campaign really a bad thing? Not this time around

Due to the cost of living crisis, politicians cannot shape the election agenda. Instead, the agenda is in charge of them.

17.04.2025 4

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline

05.04.2025 30

Pearls and Irritations

Waleed Aly

Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline

Trump is famously unpredictable, but his unifying theme is utterly consistent: the retrieval of national power. It is to make America great again.

03.04.2025 9

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline

Trump is famously unpredictable, but his unifying theme is utterly consistent: the retrieval of national power. It is to make America great again.

03.04.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline

Trump is famously unpredictable, but his unifying theme is utterly consistent: the retrieval of national power. It is to make America great again.

03.04.2025 8

The Age

Waleed Aly

Brexit for the US: Trump’s tariffs are the sign of a nation in decline

Trump is famously unpredictable, but his unifying theme is utterly consistent: the retrieval of national power. It is to make America great again.

03.04.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Gazans are trapped in a forever war designed around Netanyahu’s impossible aims

Nobody should be shocked by the ceasefire breakdown between Israel and Hamas. Those with power see no incentive to end this war.

20.03.2025 7

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Gazans are trapped in a forever war designed around Netanyahu’s impossible aims

Nobody should be shocked by the ceasefire breakdown between Israel and Hamas. Those with power see no incentive to end this war.

20.03.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Gazans are trapped in a forever war designed around Netanyahu’s impossible aims

Nobody should be shocked by the ceasefire breakdown between Israel and Hamas. Those with power see no incentive to end this war.

20.03.2025 8

The Age

Waleed Aly

Gazans are trapped in a forever war designed around Netanyahu’s impossible aims

Nobody should be shocked by the ceasefire breakdown between Israel and Hamas. Those with power see no incentive to end this war.

20.03.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Two words from a teenager finally exposed the daily reality for Australian Muslims

Muslim Australia has a deeply entrenched conviction that the country simply doesn’t care about anything that happens to them.

06.03.2025 9

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Two words from a teenager finally exposed the daily reality for Australian Muslims

Muslim Australia has a deeply entrenched conviction that the country simply doesn’t care about anything that happens to them.

06.03.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Two words from a teenager finally exposed the daily reality for Australian Muslims

Muslim Australia has a deeply entrenched conviction that the country simply doesn’t care about anything that happens to them.

06.03.2025 7

The Age

Waleed Aly

Two words from a teenager finally exposed the daily reality for Australian Muslims

Muslim Australia has a deeply entrenched conviction that the country simply doesn’t care about anything that happens to them.

06.03.2025 6

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

We’re right to be outraged about the Sydney nurses – but let’s be careful about why

Outrage, when misdirected, veers off into brutality. Outrage properly directed, reinforces to us the things that are most precious.

20.02.2025 5

WA Today

Waleed Aly

We’re right to be outraged about the Sydney nurses – but let’s be careful about why

Outrage, when misdirected, veers off into brutality. Outrage properly directed, reinforces to us the things that are most precious.

20.02.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

We’re right to be outraged about the Sydney nurses – but let’s be careful about why

Outrage, when misdirected, veers off into brutality. Outrage properly directed, reinforces to us the things that are most precious.

20.02.2025 5

The Age

Waleed Aly

We’re right to be outraged about the Sydney nurses – but let’s be careful about why

Outrage, when misdirected, veers off into brutality. Outrage properly directed, reinforces to us the things that are most precious.

20.02.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Taunts, a brawl, men in tears: A wild Merseyside Derby through Australian eyes

This was the last Everton-Liverpool clash at Goodison Park, which stands to be demolished. Something serious is being lost.

14.02.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Taunts, a brawl, men in tears: A wild Merseyside Derby through Australian eyes

This was the last Everton-Liverpool clash at Goodison Park, which stands to be demolished. Something serious is being lost.

14.02.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Taunts, a brawl, men in tears: A wild Merseyside Derby through Australian eyes

This was the last Everton-Liverpool clash at Goodison Park, which stands to be demolished. Something serious is being lost.

14.02.2025 9

The Age

Waleed Aly

Taunts, a brawl, men in tears: A wild Merseyside Derby through Australian eyes

This was the last Everton-Liverpool clash at Goodison Park, which stands to be demolished. Something serious is being lost.

14.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Even better than real estate is Trump’s ability to spin a tall tale

For the developer in the White House, every problem looks like it can be solved with hotels and casinos, but can we really take Trump’s words...

06.02.2025 7

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Even better than real estate is Trump’s ability to spin a tall tale

For the developer in the White House, every problem looks like it can be solved with hotels and casinos, but can we really take Trump’s words...

06.02.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Even better than real estate is Trump’s ability to spin a tall tale

For the developer in the White House, every problem looks like it can be solved with hotels and casinos, but can we really take Trump’s words...

06.02.2025 4

The Age

Waleed Aly

Even better than real estate is Trump’s ability to spin a tall tale

For the developer in the White House, every problem looks like it can be solved with hotels and casinos, but can we really take Trump’s words...

06.02.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

This Thursday, we’ll see sporting pandemonium. The AFL and NRL should follow suit

At 7am on Thursday, 36 teams will play at the same time across Europe. It promises to be the most glorious chaos – and Australian football...

28.01.2025 5

WA Today

Waleed Aly

This Thursday, we’ll see sporting pandemonium. The AFL and NRL should follow suit

At 7am on Thursday, 36 teams will play at the same time across Europe. It promises to be the most glorious chaos – and Australian football...

28.01.2025 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

This Thursday, we’ll see sporting pandemonium. The AFL and NRL should follow suit

At 7am on Thursday, 36 teams will play at the same time across Europe. It promises to be the most glorious chaos – and Australian football...

28.01.2025 3

The Age

Waleed Aly

This Thursday, we’ll see sporting pandemonium. The AFL and NRL should follow suit

At 7am on Thursday, 36 teams will play at the same time across Europe. It promises to be the most glorious chaos – and Australian football...

28.01.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

When violence becomes a commodity, there’s no telling where it will end

With so little known about the spate of antisemitic attacks being carried out in Australia, terrorism and espionage are beginning to look increasingly...

24.01.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly