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It's about time Australia stood up to Uncle Sam

It's about time Australia stood up to Uncle Sam

Opposing American lawlessness is a patriotic act with less downside than the government realises. Just ask voters. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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The Examiner

Mark Kenny

It's about time Australia stood up to Uncle Sam

It's about time Australia stood up to Uncle Sam

Opposing American lawlessness is a patriotic act with less downside than the government realises. Just ask voters. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

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Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Race to the bottom on migration is more politics than policy

Race to the bottom on migration is more politics than policy

Australia's inwardly focused immigration debate is a tawdry exercise heaving with more politics than policy. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

21.09.2026 20

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Race to the bottom on migration is more politics than policy

Race to the bottom on migration is more politics than policy

Australia's inwardly focused immigration debate is a tawdry exercise heaving with more politics than policy. Subscribe now for unlimited access....

20.09.2026 20

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

It was the end of history. Then, it started again

At this time, 25 years ago, traumatised emergency services personnel were still working an enormous pile of glass, concrete and torn metal, with its...

14.09.2026 20

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

It was the end of history. Then, it started again

At this time, 25 years ago, traumatised emergency services personnel were still working an enormous pile of glass, concrete and torn metal, with its...

13.09.2026 20

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

It was the end of history. Then, it started again

At this time, 25 years ago, traumatised emergency services personnel were still working an enormous pile of glass, concrete and torn metal, with its...

13.09.2026 30

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Australia is on a collision course with US big tech. Could it cause Trump to turn on his ‘mate’?

New risks to a deftly managed personal relationship with Donald Trump have not slowed the Australian prime minister’s plans for a showdown with...

10.09.2026 20

The Guardian

Mark Kenny

From TV to TikTok: A troubling tale of how two tragedies were told, 25 years apart

This Friday will mark the day 25 years ago when time itself appeared to stop dead. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

07.09.2026 30

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

From TV to TikTok: A troubling tale of how two tragedies were told, 25 years apart

This Friday will mark the day 25 years ago when time itself appeared to stop dead. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue...

06.09.2026 30

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Why voters rage against the machine, and how the majors can win them back

Several surveys now have pegged the typical person crossing the Rubicon to One Nation as a white outer-suburban male, in his 50s. Subscribe now for...

30.08.2026 30

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Why voters rage against the machine, and how the majors can win them back

Several surveys now have pegged the typical person crossing the Rubicon to One Nation as a white outer-suburban male, in his 50s. Subscribe now for...

30.08.2026 30

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Today's populists are just recycling ancient political tricks

Suddenly, we are awash with classical references and those blank-eyed marble statues are talking through the millennia. Subscribe now for unlimited...

23.08.2026 30

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Today's populists are just recycling ancient political tricks

Suddenly, we are awash with classical references and those blank-eyed marble statues are talking through the millennia. Subscribe now for unlimited...

23.08.2026 30

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Trump's adventurism exposes Australia, too

Critics of the comforting hope that America would go to war for Australia cite the competing national interests weighing on the White House at the...

16.08.2026 50

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Trump's adventurism exposes Australia, too

Critics of the comforting hope that America would go to war for Australia cite the competing national interests weighing on the White House at the...

16.08.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Katter's 'beast' never materialised, but maybe it was just decades too early

Two decades ago, Bob Katter began warning of an upwelling against the political mainstream's affection for privatisation, free trade, and...

09.08.2026 40

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Katter's 'beast' never materialised, but maybe it was just decades too early

Two decades ago, Bob Katter began warning of an upwelling against the political mainstream's affection for privatisation, free trade, and...

09.08.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

We used to trust each other. What happened?

You see a lot walking a dog at dawn - magnificent sunrises, stunning frosts, hot-air balloons and the occasional kangaroo. Subscribe now for unlimited...

02.08.2026 40

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Has common civility gone the way of the dodo?

You see a lot walking a dog at dawn - magnificent sunrises, stunning frosts, hot-air balloons and the occasional kangaroo. Subscribe now for unlimited...

02.08.2026 30

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Where did it all go wrong for the Liberal Party?

Implicitly at least, a landmark new book, The Twilight of Exceptionalism: The Liberal and Conservative Era, might equally have been titled,...

26.07.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Is the Liberal era done?

Implicitly at least, a landmark new book, The Twilight of Exceptionalism: The Liberal and Conservative Era, might equally have been titled,...

26.07.2026 40

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Truth used to be a matter of fact. Now it comes down to affiliation

There are two crises afflicting late-stage democracy - one, empirical, and the other, "umpirical" - a term I have taken the liberty of...

19.07.2026 40

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Truth used to be a matter of fact. Now it comes down to affiliation

There are two crises afflicting late-stage democracy - one, empirical, and the other, "umpirical" - a term I have taken the liberty of...

19.07.2026 30

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Why the tide may be turning against global political intolerance

Call me naive, but might there be a correction coming - a global renaissance of the human heart? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...

12.07.2026 40

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Why the tide may be turning against global political intolerance

Call me naive, but might there be a correction coming - a global renaissance of the human heart? Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup...

12.07.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Dutton was high risk. Now Taylor wants to do something even crazier

Remember the pious hand-wringing a few years back as Liberals and their media friends warned that electing community independents meant the end of the...

05.07.2026 50

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Dutton was high risk. Now Taylor wants to do something even crazier

Remember the pious hand-wringing a few years back as Liberals and their media friends warned that electing community independents meant the end of the...

05.07.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Is Angus Taylor leading the Liberals into political oblivion?

The good grace with which Peter Dutton exited politics in 2025 explained much about why his colleagues had stayed true. Subscribe now for unlimited...

28.06.2026 50

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Is Angus Taylor leading the Liberals into political oblivion?

The good grace with which Peter Dutton exited politics in 2025 explained much about why his colleagues had stayed true. Subscribe now for unlimited...

28.06.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

This is the moment it all came crashing down for Hanson and her ilk

The brash anti-establishment mood sweeping Western democracies showed its first real fragility last week, just as its hubristic leader in this country...

21.06.2026 50

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

This is the moment it all came crashing down for Hanson and her ilk

The brash anti-establishment mood sweeping Western democracies showed its first real fragility last week, just as its hubristic leader in this country...

21.06.2026 80

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Hanson channelled Trump and the media complied

Pauline Hanson's first ever appearance at the National Press Club settled some questions - although not many - and invited several more....

17.06.2026 50

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Will we heed the warning signs from other countries?

The lucky country continues to ride its good fortune. Violent unrest in Britain has given us a window into a still avoidable future which promises our...

14.06.2026 40

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Will we heed the warning signs from other countries?

The lucky country continues to ride its good fortune. Violent unrest in Britain has given us a window into a still avoidable future which promises our...

14.06.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

How would Hanson actually work as PM? She barely works as a senator

For all the confidence vested in laws, liberal democracy turns out to be uncannily like an honour system - it relies on good faith and mutual...

07.06.2026 50

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

How would Hanson actually work as PM? She barely works as a senator

For all the confidence vested in laws, liberal democracy turns out to be uncannily like an honour system - it relies on good faith and mutual...

07.06.2026 50

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Why deferring to artificial intelligence might prove to be biblically stupid

Did you know you can bet on 2027 being the year of the second coming of Jesus Christ? Many people reportedly have - Americans probably. Subscribe now...

31.05.2026 50

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Why deferring to artificial intelligence might prove to be biblically stupid

Did you know you can bet on 2027 being the year of the second coming of Jesus Christ? Many people reportedly have - Americans probably. Subscribe now...

31.05.2026 60

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Is this Australia's smartest politician? Get ready for more to follow his lead

24.05.2026 50

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Is this Australia's smartest politician? Get ready for more to follow his lead

Jim Chalmers is wrestling a conundrum right now. Subscribe now for unlimited access. Login or signup to continue reading One minute he is on top, the...

24.05.2026 40

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

Parties warming to big-swinging politics

Ever since the industrial age spawned unions and their political arm, centre-left parties have understood that gaining power required them to park...

17.05.2026 50

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

Parties warming to big-swinging politics

Ever since the industrial age spawned unions and their political arm, centre-left parties have understood that gaining power required them to park...

17.05.2026 60

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

When interest rates become too interesting

Australia's hands-off method for setting monetary policy relies, solely, on the wisdom and independence of the Reserve Bank. Subscribe now for...

10.05.2026 40

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

When interest rates become too interesting

Australia's hands-off method for setting monetary policy relies, solely, on the wisdom and independence of the Reserve Bank. Subscribe now for...

10.05.2026 50

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

The major players are in big trouble over in little Farrer

04.05.2026 60

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

The major players are in big trouble over in little Farrer

The Australian literary giant, David Malouf - who died just a fortnight ago at 92 - once described his task as "going to an ordinary or familiar...

03.05.2026 60

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

There is a palpable sense that we might be on the cusp of a serious political fracture

Among the many conceits of political discourse are the words used to explain outcomes as if they are temporary aberrations. Subscribe now for...

26.04.2026 60

The Examiner

Mark Kenny

There is a palpable sense that we might be on the cusp of a serious political fracture

Among the many conceits of political discourse are the words used to explain outcomes as if they are temporary aberrations. Subscribe now for...

26.04.2026 60

Canberra Times

Mark Kenny

While it wasn’t his idea, Medicare helped make the mythos of Bob Hawke

John Howard was fond of saying good policy is good politics. Medicare’s survival through his government and others, seems to prove that point.

22.04.2026 60

The Conversation

Mark Kenny