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Jack WaterfordThe Sydney Morning Herald |
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...
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...
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...
The ALP is full of legends – of which many old party folk are defiantly proud – of political skullduggery. There have been stuffed ballot boxes,...
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...
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...
This week the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, let slip his last opportunity to call an election this year. With the statutory requirements of a...
This week the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, let slip his last opportunity to call an election this year. With the statutory requirements of a...
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...
Immediately after an election, journalists such as me write analysis and commentary explaining the result and what it says about the mood of the...
And the National Anti-Corruption Commission loses its appeal. Major General Paul Brereton would be doing well to plan a skilful retreat from utter...
Major General Paul Brereton would be doing well to plan a skilful retreat from utter disaster rather than gallant holding actions pending the arrival...
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has recently issued its first substantial, if highly redacted report clearing a former Department of Home...
The National Anti-Corruption Commission has recently issued its first substantial, if highly redacted report clearing a former Department of Home...
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...
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...
This ACT election is not an election about policies. Nor, by itself, about significant changes to the style of government. Andrew Barr,...
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...
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...
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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
We can all be grateful that the acting auditor general Rona Mellor has decided to take at least a sideways glance into Commonwealth speculation,...
We can all be grateful that the Acting Auditor-General Rona Mellor has decided to take at least a sideways glance into Commonwealth speculation,...
We can all be grateful that the Acting Auditor-General Rona Mellor has decided to take at least a sideways glance into Commonwealth speculation,...
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...
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....
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,...
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,...
I do not expect that there would be an outbreak of existential angst, despair, or deep public sullenness, even among committed Labor voters, if...
I do not expect that there would be an outbreak of existential angst, despair, or deep public sullenness, even among committed Labor voters, if...
I do not expect that there would be an outbreak of existential angst, despair, or deep public sullenness, even among committed Labor voters, if...
I don’t expect that Donald Trump, presidential candidate, or Trump, elected president, gives a toss whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton is...
I don't expect that Donald Trump, presidential candidate, or Trump, elected president, gives a toss whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton is prime...
I don't expect that Donald Trump, presidential candidate, or Trump, elected president, gives a toss whether Anthony Albanese or Peter Dutton is prime...
The withdrawal of Joe Biden and the selection of Kamala Harris has transformed the presidential election of November. It will now be argued on...
The withdrawal of Joe Biden and the selection of Kamala Harris has transformed the presidential election of November. Login or signup to continue...