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Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

In halving the fuel excise, the government was sending many signals; some that an economist’s lens simply isn’t designed to see.

03.04.2026 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

In halving the fuel excise, the government was sending many signals; some that an economist’s lens simply isn’t designed to see.

03.04.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

In halving the fuel excise, the government was sending many signals; some that an economist’s lens simply isn’t designed to see.

03.04.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

Albanese’s petrol price cut is derided as dumb populism. But it goes deeper than you think

In halving the fuel excise, the government was sending many signals; some that an economist’s lens simply isn’t designed to see.

03.04.2026 20

The Age

Waleed Aly

A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure analysis of the rise of One Nation

The South Australian election shows we’re entering a political hall of mirrors, with votes pinging wildly around our preferential voting system....

27.03.2026 20

WA Today

Waleed Aly

A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure analysis of the rise of One Nation

The South Australian election shows we’re entering a political hall of mirrors, with votes pinging wildly around our preferential voting system....

27.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure analysis of the rise of One Nation

The South Australian election shows we’re entering a political hall of mirrors, with votes pinging wildly around our preferential voting system....

27.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

A Choose-Your-Own-Adventure analysis of the rise of One Nation

The South Australian election shows we’re entering a political hall of mirrors, with votes pinging wildly around our preferential voting system....

27.03.2026 20

The Age

Waleed Aly

The world’s leaders are done with Trump’s games. America has become refusable

Whatever else America is meant to be capable of, we expect it to be able to smash things. And yet, barely a fortnight into Trump’s war on Iran,...

20.03.2026 20

WA Today

Waleed Aly

The world’s leaders are done with Trump’s games. America has become refusable

Whatever else America is meant to be capable of, we expect it to be able to smash things. And yet, barely a fortnight into Trump’s war on Iran,...

20.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

The world’s leaders are done with Trump’s games. America has become refusable

Whatever else America is meant to be capable of, we expect it to be able to smash things. And yet, barely a fortnight into Trump’s war on Iran,...

20.03.2026 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

The world’s leaders are done with Trump’s games. America has become refusable

Whatever else America is meant to be capable of, we expect it to be able to smash things. And yet, barely a fortnight into Trump’s war on Iran,...

20.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

The Iranian soccer team is a feelgood story that perfectly suits Trump

The thought of turning those women away was, rightly, intolerable. Meanwhile, Trump has sent at least three planes of Iranians back to Iran, several...

13.03.2026 30

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

The Iranian soccer team is a feelgood story that perfectly suits Trump

The thought of turning those women away was, rightly, intolerable. Meanwhile, Trump has sent at least three planes of Iranians back to Iran, several...

13.03.2026 20

WA Today

Waleed Aly

The Iranian soccer team is a feelgood story that perfectly suits Trump

The thought of turning those women away was, rightly, intolerable. Meanwhile, Trump has sent at least three planes of Iranians back to Iran, several...

13.03.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

The Iranian soccer team is a feelgood story that perfectly suits Trump

The thought of turning those women away was, rightly, intolerable. Meanwhile, Trump has sent at least three planes of Iranians back to Iran, several...

13.03.2026 30

The Age

Waleed Aly

An oppressed people are, once again, lured onto the street only to have their hopes dashed

They always celebrate. In Iraq. In Libya. In Venezuela. Now, in Iran. This is the natural response of those living under authoritarianism to news...

06.03.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

An oppressed people are, once again, lured onto the street only to have their hopes dashed

They always celebrate. In Iraq. In Libya. In Venezuela. Now, in Iran. This is the natural response of those living under authoritarianism to news...

06.03.2026 20

WA Today

Waleed Aly

An oppressed people are, once again, lured onto the street only to have their hopes dashed

They always celebrate. In Iraq. In Libya. In Venezuela. Now, in Iran. This is the natural response of those living under authoritarianism to news...

06.03.2026 40

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

An oppressed people are, once again, lured onto the street only to have their hopes dashed

They always celebrate. In Iraq. In Libya. In Venezuela. Now, in Iran. This is the natural response of those living under authoritarianism to news...

06.03.2026 20

The Age

Waleed Aly

Why the scandal of the royal formerly known as Prince won’t remove Australia’s King

If you’re an Australian republican, you might see this scandal involving the man Anthony Albanese has called a “grub” as a pivotal moment.

26.02.2026 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Why the scandal of the royal formerly known as Prince won’t remove Australia’s King

If you’re an Australian republican, you might see this scandal involving the man Anthony Albanese has called a “grub” as a pivotal moment.

26.02.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Why the scandal of the royal formerly known as Prince won’t remove Australia’s King

If you’re an Australian republican, you might see this scandal involving the man Anthony Albanese has called a “grub” as a pivotal moment.

26.02.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Why the scandal of the royal formerly known as Prince won’t remove Australia’s King

If you’re an Australian republican, you might see this scandal involving the man Anthony Albanese has called a “grub” as a pivotal moment.

26.02.2026 20

The Age

Waleed Aly

No good Muslims? Pauline Hanson has removed her racism fig leaf and mulched it

This story is not merely about the possibility of the Coalition moving to the right. It’s about One Nation outbidding them by moving even further...

19.02.2026 20

The Age

Waleed Aly

No good Muslims? Pauline Hanson has removed her racism fig leaf and mulched it

This story is not merely about the possibility of the Coalition moving to the right. It’s about One Nation outbidding them by moving even further...

19.02.2026 20

WA Today

Waleed Aly

No good Muslims? Pauline Hanson has removed her racism fig leaf and mulched it

This story is not merely about the possibility of the Coalition moving to the right. It’s about One Nation outbidding them by moving even further...

19.02.2026 60

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

No good Muslims? Pauline Hanson has removed her racism fig leaf and mulched it

This story is not merely about the possibility of the Coalition moving to the right. It’s about One Nation outbidding them by moving even further...

19.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

I’ve prayed in an MCG stairwell. Here’s the truth about that viral police video

It’s tempting in this hyper-political moment to assume everything is some kind of political confection, calculated to provoke or propagandise.

12.02.2026 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

I’ve prayed in an MCG stairwell. Here’s the truth about that viral police video

It’s tempting in this hyper-political moment to assume everything is some kind of political confection, calculated to provoke or propagandise.

12.02.2026 30

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

I’ve prayed in an MCG stairwell. Here’s the truth about that viral police video

It’s tempting in this hyper-political moment to assume everything is some kind of political confection, calculated to provoke or propagandise.

12.02.2026 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

I’ve prayed in an MCG stairwell. Here’s the truth about that viral police video

It’s tempting in this hyper-political moment to assume everything is some kind of political confection, calculated to provoke or propagandise.

12.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Brace yourself for the full-throated politics of grievance

Inflation hits poorer people harder, which creates the very worst social equation: the wealthy can continue to spend, further stoking inflation. It...

05.02.2026 9

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Brace yourself for the full-throated politics of grievance

Inflation hits poorer people harder, which creates the very worst social equation: the wealthy can continue to spend, further stoking inflation. It...

05.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Brace yourself for the full-throated politics of grievance

Inflation hits poorer people harder, which creates the very worst social equation: the wealthy can continue to spend, further stoking inflation. It...

05.02.2026 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

Brace yourself for the full-throated politics of grievance

Inflation hits poorer people harder, which creates the very worst social equation: the wealthy can continue to spend, further stoking inflation. It...

05.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Australia’s neo-Nazis are shape-shifting. And as dangerous as ever

Neo-Nazis have embraced the idea of swarms of independent cells – with no central control or direction – as a more effective way to produce chaos...

29.01.2026 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Australia’s neo-Nazis are shape-shifting. And as dangerous as ever

Neo-Nazis have embraced the idea of swarms of independent cells – with no central control or direction – as a more effective way to produce chaos...

29.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Australia’s neo-Nazis are shape-shifting. And as dangerous as ever

Neo-Nazis have embraced the idea of swarms of independent cells – with no central control or direction – as a more effective way to produce chaos...

29.01.2026 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

Australia’s neo-Nazis are shape-shifting. And as dangerous as ever

Neo-Nazis have embraced the idea of swarms of independent cells – with no central control or direction – as a more effective way to produce chaos...

29.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Sussan Ley’s Coalition wedged itself. They can’t see a rake without stepping on it

We’ve seen oppositions destroy themselves over some divisive issue. But I don’t ever recall it happening over an issue they themselves foisted on...

22.01.2026 10

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Sussan Ley’s Coalition wedged itself. They can’t see a rake without stepping on it

We’ve seen oppositions destroy themselves over some divisive issue. But I don’t ever recall it happening over an issue they themselves foisted on...

22.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Sussan Ley’s Coalition wedged itself. They can’t see a rake without stepping on it

We’ve seen oppositions destroy themselves over some divisive issue. But I don’t ever recall it happening over an issue they themselves foisted on...

22.01.2026 10

The Age

Waleed Aly

Sussan Ley’s Coalition wedged itself. They can’t see a rake without stepping on it

We’ve seen oppositions destroy themselves over some divisive issue. But I don’t ever recall it happening over an issue they themselves foisted on...

22.01.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

Too fast, too slow, too broad, too narrow... Albanese’s hate speech critics agree on one thing

Legislation is not a press conference. It has to anticipate future situations and be coherent 20 years hence.

15.01.2026 20

WA Today

Waleed Aly

Too fast, too slow, too broad, too narrow... Albanese’s hate speech critics agree on one thing

Legislation is not a press conference. It has to anticipate future situations and be coherent 20 years hence.

15.01.2026 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly

Too fast, too slow, too broad, too narrow... Albanese’s hate speech critics agree on one thing

Legislation is not a press conference. It has to anticipate future situations and be coherent 20 years hence.

15.01.2026 20

The Age

Waleed Aly

Too fast, too slow, too broad, too narrow... Albanese’s hate speech critics agree on one thing

Legislation is not a press conference. It has to anticipate future situations and be coherent 20 years hence.

15.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Waleed Aly

To make sense of the Venezuela attack, look to the hotter heads around Trump

Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump’s administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one...

08.01.2026 20

WA Today

Waleed Aly

To make sense of the Venezuela attack, look to the hotter heads around Trump

Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump’s administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one...

08.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Waleed Aly