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Achoo! The economy's caught a cold and splashing the cash can't fix it

yesterday 7

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Achoo! The economy's caught a cold and splashing the cash can't fix it

yesterday 5

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

To defeat Dutton, Labor needs inspiration and leadership from its ‘mortal enemy’ – the Greens

16.12.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

We now have the election's defining issue. Here's how Labor will stuff it up

13.12.2024 7

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Albo’s pre-emptive kowtow to an imagined Westminster

09.12.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

This is a damn-fool idea and it puts Labor on the road to electoral suicide

06.12.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Does Albo even deserve to win?

Not since Alaska has the US won a nation so cheaply. A friend joked to me recently that the best news Labor has had this week was being told that I...

02.12.2024 20

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

At this point, does Albo even deserve to win?

A friend joked to me recently that the best news Labor has had this week was being told that I was thinking that Anthony Albanese could very well lose...

29.11.2024 20

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

At this point, does Albo even deserve to win?

A friend joked to me recently that the best news Labor has had this week was being told that I was thinking that Anthony Albanese could very well lose...

29.11.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Distorting elections: Australia’s professional politicians feather their own nests

The ALP is full of legends – of which many old party folk are defiantly proud – of political skullduggery. There have been stuffed ballot boxes,...

25.11.2024 20

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

We can't trust bipartisan hands in our pockets

The ALP is full of legends - of which many old party folk are defiantly proud - of political skullduggery. There have been stuffed ballot boxes, and...

22.11.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Labor, party of the comfortably housed, needs the Greens

Labor needs the Greens. It seems to calculate that the Greens have no choice about preferencing them. That might once have seemed logical, but it is...

18.11.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

What Albo could learn from the Greens as he drags his feet on next election

This week the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, let slip his last opportunity to call an election this year. With the statutory requirements of a...

15.11.2024 10

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

What Albo could learn from the Greens as he drags his feet on next election

This week the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, let slip his last opportunity to call an election this year. With the statutory requirements of a...

15.11.2024 8

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Like Kamala, Albanese doesn’t seem to get it

This was a mood election; It was not a referendum about Kamala Harris. Nor was it a referendum of Donald Trump’s character. Immediately after an...

11.11.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

The big lesson for Albo if he doesn't want to suffer the same fate as Harris

Immediately after an election, journalists such as me write analysis and commentary explaining the result and what it says about the mood of the...

08.11.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Albanese’s limp self-defence aggravated the damage of Qantas allegations

And the National Anti-Corruption Commission loses its appeal. Major General Paul Brereton would be doing well to plan a skilful retreat from utter...

04.11.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Anti-corruption commission now so weak, pathetic that Dutton is its biggest fan

Major General Paul Brereton would be doing well to plan a skilful retreat from utter disaster rather than gallant holding actions pending the arrival...

01.11.2024 8

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Keeping the public in the dark: Is it time to scrap the NACC and start again?

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has recently issued its first substantial, if highly redacted report clearing a former Department of Home...

28.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

I'm beginning to think we should just scrap the current NACC and start again

The National Anti-Corruption Commission has recently issued its first substantial, if highly redacted report clearing a former Department of Home...

25.10.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

ACT Labor holds on, but are wheels coming off the Albanese re-election campaign?

Albanese once said his purpose in life was to “fight Tories.” In government he has done little more than surrender to them. The menu for...

21.10.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

This series of elections will only bring bad news for Labor

The menu for Anthony Albanese over the next few weeks provides good examples of Labor's problems in controlling the agenda and sticking to the...

18.10.2024 7

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

ACT’s Barr will struggle to overcome belief he has been in power too long

This ACT election is not an election about policies. Nor, by itself, about significant changes to the style of government. Andrew Barr,...

14.10.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Barr might lose this election simply because Labor's been in power so long

Andrew Barr, long-serving ACT Chief Minister is perfectly right in saying that it is not Labor's fault that Labor has been in power for such a long...

11.10.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Australia poised to enter another US-led Middle East war

With less than two months to go, voters may go to the American polls while their nation is at war. If they do, there is a significant chance that...

07.10.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

War would change the whole dynamic of the US presidential election

With less than two months to go, voters may go to the American polls while their nation is at war. Login or signup to continue reading If they do,...

04.10.2024 5

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

War would change the whole dynamic of the US presidential election

With less than two months to go, voters may go to the American polls while their nation is at war. Login or signup to continue reading If they do,...

04.10.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

If we can’t have vision, let’s have boldness and strength of purpose

One should never feel sympathy for a politician caught in a rule-in rule-out game. Perhaps the period should be after the eighth word, but there is...

30.09.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

If Albo is going to make any lasting impression, this could be his last chance

One should never feel sympathy for a politician caught in a rule-in rule-out game. Perhaps the period should be after the eighth word, but there is...

27.09.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Public Service Commission is an enemy of the public and the public interest

Irony does not seem to be the strong point of the Public Service Commissioner, Gordon de Brouwer. During the very moments while explaining why Kathryn...

23.09.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

They were sold as coming to fix the APS and restore integrity. They failed

Irony does not seem to be the strong point of the Public Service Commissioner, Gordon de Brouwer. During the very moments while explaining why Kathryn...

20.09.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Kamala still facing electoral college hurdles

Kamala Harris was, to my mind, a clear winner of the first debate between herself and Donald Trump. As things stand, however, I reckon that Trump must...

16.09.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Kamala Harris clearly won the debate, but it likely won't matter

Kamala Harris was, to my mind, a clear winner of the first debate between herself and Donald Trump. As things stand, however, I reckon that Trump must...

13.09.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

It’s now too late for Labor to fix its re-election problems

This week I was practising my argument about a feeling that Albanese Labor has by now left it too late to retrieve its position before the next...

09.09.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Labor looks well due for a kick in the pants

This week I was practising my argument about a feeling that Albanese Labor has by now left it too late to retrieve its position before the next...

06.09.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Stewards should have an early look at this roughie racehorse

We can all be grateful that the acting auditor general Rona Mellor has decided to take at least a sideways glance into Commonwealth speculation,...

02.09.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Is this when Albanese finally picks a winner?

We can all be grateful that the Acting Auditor-General Rona Mellor has decided to take at least a sideways glance into Commonwealth speculation,...

30.08.2024 10

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Is this when Albanese finally picks a winner?

We can all be grateful that the Acting Auditor-General Rona Mellor has decided to take at least a sideways glance into Commonwealth speculation,...

30.08.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Labor on the AUKUS battleground

One of Lyndon Johnson’s sage pieces of political advice was that one should never get into a piss fight with a skunk. Kamala Harris should take...

26.08.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Here's some advice for Albo: Never get into a fight with a skunk

One of Lyndon Johnson's sage pieces of political advice was that one should never get into a piss fight with a skunk. Kamala Harris should take note....

23.08.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Labor makes industry by embracing its gambling mates

History has too stately a progress to be the guide to tactics. But those who make history that does not fit logically into a pattern of principle,...

19.08.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

This may end up being Albanese's primary legacy, and not in a good way

History has too stately a progress to be the guide to tactics. But those who make history that does not fit logically into a pattern of principle,...

16.08.2024 10

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Albo may struggle to enthuse his followers

I do not expect that there would be an outbreak of existential angst, despair, or deep public sullenness, even among committed Labor voters, if...

12.08.2024 9

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Govt has succumbed to same old, same old methods of morally wrong shortcuts

I do not expect that there would be an outbreak of existential angst, despair, or deep public sullenness, even among committed Labor voters, if...

09.08.2024 9

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Govt has succumbed to same old, same old methods of morally wrong shortcuts

I do not expect that there would be an outbreak of existential angst, despair, or deep public sullenness, even among committed Labor voters, if...

09.08.2024 3

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Slogans masquerading as policies – the Dutton playbook?

I don’t expect that Donald Trump, presidential candidate, or Trump, elected president, gives a toss whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton is...

05.08.2024 7

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Slogans masquerading as policies - is that the Trump or Dutton playbook?

I don't expect that Donald Trump, presidential candidate, or Trump, elected president, gives a toss whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton is prime...

02.08.2024 9

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

Slogans masquerading as policies - is that the Trump or Dutton playbook?

I don't expect that Donald Trump, presidential candidate, or Trump, elected president, gives a toss whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton is prime...

02.08.2024 8

Canberra Times

Jack Waterford

Kamala is still the underdog

The withdrawal of Joe Biden and the selection of Kamala Harris has transformed the presidential election of November. It will now be argued on...

29.07.2024 10

Pearls and Irritations

Jack Waterford

Harris remains the underdog in this fight

The withdrawal of Joe Biden and the selection of Kamala Harris has transformed the presidential election of November. Login or signup to continue...

26.07.2024 7

The Examiner

Jack Waterford

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