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Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

British politics seems like a strange echo of our 2010s: that era when our major parties kept axing sitting prime ministers, and asylum seekers were...

yesterday 5

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

British politics seems like a strange echo of our 2010s: that era when our major parties kept axing sitting prime ministers, and asylum seekers were...

yesterday 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

British politics seems like a strange echo of our 2010s: that era when our major parties kept axing sitting prime ministers, and asylum seekers were...

yesterday 5

The Age

Waleed Aly

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

Britain is now impersonating Australia. It’s all it can do to fend off the far right

British politics seems like a strange echo of our 2010s: that era when our major parties kept axing sitting prime ministers, and asylum seekers were...

yesterday 5

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Zohran Mamdani and Pauline Hanson are prospering on opposite sides of one of the most defining divides in modern politics: city versus country.

13.11.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Zohran Mamdani and Pauline Hanson are prospering on opposite sides of one of the most defining divides in modern politics: city versus country.

13.11.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Zohran Mamdani and Pauline Hanson are prospering on opposite sides of one of the most defining divides in modern politics: city versus country.

13.11.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Mamdani’s New York win is like One Nation’s surge here. Both offer false hope

Zohran Mamdani and Pauline Hanson are prospering on opposite sides of one of the most defining divides in modern politics: city versus country.

13.11.2025 30

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Think the government runs Triple Zero? Wrong. No wonder it’s failing

Failure, incompetence, even negligence typically occurs in a context that makes it likely. So it is with our lifesaving emergency service that keeps...

06.11.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Think the government runs Triple Zero? Wrong. No wonder it’s failing

Think the government runs Triple Zero? Wrong. No wonder it’s failing

Failure, incompetence, even negligence typically occurs in a context that makes it likely. So it is with our lifesaving emergency service that keeps...

06.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Think the government runs Triple Zero? Wrong. No wonder it’s failing

Think the government runs Triple Zero? Wrong. No wonder it’s failing

Failure, incompetence, even negligence typically occurs in a context that makes it likely. So it is with our lifesaving emergency service that keeps...

06.11.2025 5

The Age

Waleed Aly

Think the government runs Triple Zero? Wrong. No wonder it’s failing

Think the government runs Triple Zero? Wrong. No wonder it’s failing

Failure, incompetence, even negligence typically occurs in a context that makes it likely. So it is with our lifesaving emergency service that keeps...

06.11.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

I was intimidated by anti-immigration protesters. But rules can’t depend on the cause

It’s common for me to be recognised in public, and in my experience, that can go one of two ways: it can exempt me from people’s prejudice because...

23.10.2025 9

The Age

Waleed Aly

Menzies’ Liberal Party is dead. Long live ... what?

This is not simply some garden variety post-election soul-searching of the defeated. This is a party figuring out whether it can go on.

17.10.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Menzies’ Liberal Party is dead. Long live ... what?

This is not simply some garden variety post-election soul-searching of the defeated. This is a party figuring out whether it can go on.

17.10.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Menzies’ Liberal Party is dead. Long live ... what?

This is not simply some garden variety post-election soul-searching of the defeated. This is a party figuring out whether it can go on.

17.10.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

Menzies’ Liberal Party is dead. Long live ... what?

This is not simply some garden variety post-election soul-searching of the defeated. This is a party figuring out whether it can go on.

17.10.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

The housing numbers that show why we’re locked into an endless conflict

When people feel so insecure about something so essential, everything frays. The research is clear that economic distress has deep psychological...

09.10.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

The housing numbers that show why we’re locked into an endless conflict

When people feel so insecure about something so essential, everything frays. The research is clear that economic distress has deep psychological...

09.10.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

The housing numbers that show why we’re locked into an endless conflict

When people feel so insecure about something so essential, everything frays. The research is clear that economic distress has deep psychological...

09.10.2025 9

The Age

Waleed Aly

The housing numbers that show why we’re locked into an endless conflict

When people feel so insecure about something so essential, everything frays. The research is clear that economic distress has deep psychological...

09.10.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Trump has licensed Netanyahu to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza. His plan is peace, maybe – or else

Trump has shown he can, if he is so motivated, simply require Israel to do things. Why, then, won’t he make Israel let more aid into Gaza or give up...

02.10.2025 8

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Trump has licensed Netanyahu to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza. His plan is peace, maybe – or else

Trump has shown he can, if he is so motivated, simply require Israel to do things. Why, then, won’t he make Israel let more aid into Gaza or give up...

02.10.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Trump has licensed Netanyahu to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza. His plan is peace, maybe – or else

Trump has shown he can, if he is so motivated, simply require Israel to do things. Why, then, won’t he make Israel let more aid into Gaza or give up...

02.10.2025 8

The Age

Waleed Aly

Trump has licensed Netanyahu to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza. His plan is peace, maybe – or else

Trump has shown he can, if he is so motivated, simply require Israel to do things. Why, then, won’t he make Israel let more aid into Gaza or give up...

02.10.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

No need to rush, Albanese. Meeting with Trump can leave a country worse off

Donald Trump is famous for saying one thing, doing another and taking whatever path he chooses. It’s no wonder the prime minister wasn’t in a rush...

26.09.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

No need to rush, Albanese. Meeting with Trump can leave a country worse off

Donald Trump is famous for saying one thing, doing another and taking whatever path he chooses. It’s no wonder the prime minister wasn’t in a rush...

26.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

No need to rush, Albanese. Meeting with Trump can leave a country worse off

Donald Trump is famous for saying one thing, doing another and taking whatever path he chooses. It’s no wonder the prime minister wasn’t in a rush...

26.09.2025 7

The Age

Waleed Aly

No need to rush, Albanese. Meeting with Trump can leave a country worse off

Donald Trump is famous for saying one thing, doing another and taking whatever path he chooses. It’s no wonder the prime minister wasn’t in a rush...

26.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Kimmel missed the point: In America, the left and right have become one

The more politics becomes a series of do-or-die existential battles in which the ends justify all manner of means, the more it moves from democracy...

19.09.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Kimmel missed the point: In America, the left and right have become one

The more politics becomes a series of do-or-die existential battles in which the ends justify all manner of means, the more it moves from democracy...

19.09.2025 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Kimmel missed the point: In America, the left and right have become one

The more politics becomes a series of do-or-die existential battles in which the ends justify all manner of means, the more it moves from democracy...

19.09.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

Kimmel missed the point: In America, the left and right have become one

The more politics becomes a series of do-or-die existential battles in which the ends justify all manner of means, the more it moves from democracy...

19.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

How the ‘great dealmaker’ Donald Trump became impotent on the world stage

Donald Trump has sold the world the idea that he makes deals. But what purpose can he serve if no world leaders will deal with him?

11.09.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

How the ‘great dealmaker’ Donald Trump became impotent on the world stage

Donald Trump has sold the world the idea that he makes deals. But what purpose can he serve if no world leaders will deal with him?

11.09.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

How the ‘great dealmaker’ Donald Trump became impotent on the world stage

Donald Trump has sold the world the idea that he makes deals. But what purpose can he serve if no world leaders will deal with him?

11.09.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

How the ‘great dealmaker’ Donald Trump became impotent on the world stage

Donald Trump has sold the world the idea that he makes deals. But what purpose can he serve if no world leaders will deal with him?

11.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Why Albanese speaking to the ‘good people’ of the far right is his only option

The point isn’t whether those who attended Sunday’s protests really are “good people” – whatever that means. It’s to appeal to them.

05.09.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Why Albanese speaking to the ‘good people’ of the far right is his only option

The point isn’t whether those who attended Sunday’s protests really are “good people” – whatever that means. It’s to appeal to them.

05.09.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Why Albanese speaking to the ‘good people’ of the far right is his only option

The point isn’t whether those who attended Sunday’s protests really are “good people” – whatever that means. It’s to appeal to them.

05.09.2025 30

The Age

Waleed Aly

Why Albanese speaking to the ‘good people’ of the far right is his only option

The point isn’t whether those who attended Sunday’s protests really are “good people” – whatever that means. It’s to appeal to them.

05.09.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

The Rankine rule: How to close the loophole that helps a losing side

If we assume Izak Rankine’s presence boosts Adelaide’s chances on grand final day, it means the Crows will be better off having lost along the way...

24.08.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

The Rankine rule: How to close the loophole that helps a losing side

If we assume Izak Rankine’s presence boosts Adelaide’s chances on grand final day, it means the Crows will be better off having lost along the way...

24.08.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

The Rankine rule: How to close the loophole that helps a losing side

If we assume Izak Rankine’s presence boosts Adelaide’s chances on grand final day, it means the Crows will be better off having lost along the way...

24.08.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

The Rankine rule: How to close the loophole that helps a losing side

If we assume Izak Rankine’s presence boosts Adelaide’s chances on grand final day, it means the Crows will be better off having lost along the way...

24.08.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

The walkout of writers shows how promiscuous the politics of safety can be

Gaza has led lots of people to adopt principles they had previously opposed. Free speech and safetyism have been swapped like trading cards.

22.08.2025 7

WA Today

Waleed Aly

The walkout of writers shows how promiscuous the politics of safety can be

Gaza has led lots of people to adopt principles they had previously opposed. Free speech and safetyism have been swapped like trading cards.

22.08.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

The walkout of writers shows how promiscuous the politics of safety can be

Gaza has led lots of people to adopt principles they had previously opposed. Free speech and safetyism have been swapped like trading cards.

22.08.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

The walkout of writers shows how promiscuous the politics of safety can be

Gaza has led lots of people to adopt principles they had previously opposed. Free speech and safetyism have been swapped like trading cards.

22.08.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

The treasurer is telling us to stay calm, but this could be the time to panic

We are on the brink of developments that would lead to mass job losses, and worse.

07.08.2025 7

WA Today

Waleed Aly