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

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.

previous day 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

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

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.

previous day 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

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

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.

previous day 30

The Age

Waleed Aly

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

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.

previous day 8

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

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 10

The Age

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

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Segal’s antisemitism plan takes us down a path we should fear to tread

What if the proposals made by Australia’s antisemitism envoy were made in the name of a range of other prejudices: transphobia, homophobia,...

24.07.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Segal’s antisemitism plan takes us down a path we should fear to tread

What if the proposals made by Australia’s antisemitism envoy were made in the name of a range of other prejudices: transphobia, homophobia,...

24.07.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Segal’s antisemitism plan takes us down a path we should fear to tread

What if the proposals made by Australia’s antisemitism envoy were made in the name of a range of other prejudices: transphobia, homophobia,...

24.07.2025 7

The Age

Waleed Aly

Segal’s antisemitism plan takes us down a path we should fear to tread

What if the proposals made by Australia’s antisemitism envoy were made in the name of a range of other prejudices: transphobia, homophobia,...

24.07.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

What the death of two soccer stars says about how – and who – we grieve

These are very different stories: Diogo Jota was a player on the world stage, while Muhannad Fadl Al-Lili lived in a war zone. But actually, that’s...

10.07.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

What the death of two soccer stars says about how – and who – we grieve

These are very different stories: Diogo Jota was a player on the world stage, while Muhannad Fadl Al-Lili lived in a war zone. But actually, that’s...

10.07.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

What the death of two soccer stars says about how – and who – we grieve

These are very different stories: Diogo Jota was a player on the world stage, while Muhannad Fadl Al-Lili lived in a war zone. But actually, that’s...

10.07.2025 8

The Age

Waleed Aly

What the death of two soccer stars says about how – and who – we grieve

These are very different stories: Diogo Jota was a player on the world stage, while Muhannad Fadl Al-Lili lived in a war zone. But actually, that’s...

10.07.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

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...

12.06.2025 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

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...

12.06.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

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...

12.06.2025 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

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...

12.06.2025 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 5

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