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Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

The National Party should be placed in its proper context. Out of the nation’s 226 federal parliamentarians, only 18 identify as National Party MPs....

12.03.2026 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

The National Party should be placed in its proper context. Out of the nation’s 226 federal parliamentarians, only 18 identify as National Party MPs....

12.03.2026 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

The National Party should be placed in its proper context. Out of the nation’s 226 federal parliamentarians, only 18 identify as National Party MPs....

12.03.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

Enter Canavan, hyper-nationalist, coal enthusiast and protector of jokes around the barbie

The National Party should be placed in its proper context. Out of the nation’s 226 federal parliamentarians, only 18 identify as National Party MPs....

12.03.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Australia is demanding bold changes. If Albanese doesn’t deliver, he will have failed us

If the government doesn’t seize this opportunity, take a big risk and invest its political capital in fixing the generational inequity diminishing...

25.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Australia is demanding bold changes. If Albanese doesn’t deliver, he will have failed us

If the government doesn’t seize this opportunity, take a big risk and invest its political capital in fixing the generational inequity diminishing...

25.02.2026 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Australia is demanding bold changes. If Albanese doesn’t deliver, he will have failed us

If the government doesn’t seize this opportunity, take a big risk and invest its political capital in fixing the generational inequity diminishing...

25.02.2026 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Australia is demanding bold changes. If Albanese doesn’t deliver, he will have failed us

If the government doesn’t seize this opportunity, take a big risk and invest its political capital in fixing the generational inequity diminishing...

25.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The rise of Taylor and Hume is improbable. It’s also farcical

As the opposition’s chief economic policymakers and advocates in the lead-up to the election just nine months ago, Taylor and Hume contributed...

18.02.2026 9

The Age

Shaun Carney

The rise of Taylor and Hume is improbable. It’s also farcical

As the opposition’s chief economic policymakers and advocates in the lead-up to the election just nine months ago, Taylor and Hume contributed...

18.02.2026 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

The rise of Taylor and Hume is improbable. It’s also farcical

As the opposition’s chief economic policymakers and advocates in the lead-up to the election just nine months ago, Taylor and Hume contributed...

18.02.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The rise of Taylor and Hume is improbable. It’s also farcical

As the opposition’s chief economic policymakers and advocates in the lead-up to the election just nine months ago, Taylor and Hume contributed...

18.02.2026 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

If the Liberals think Angus Taylor will save them they’re in for a shock

Polls suggest support for the Liberals is disturbingly close to the level of backing for the Greens, which consistently hovers around 12 per cent....

11.02.2026 2

WA Today

Shaun Carney

If the Liberals think Angus Taylor will save them they’re in for a shock

Polls suggest support for the Liberals is disturbingly close to the level of backing for the Greens, which consistently hovers around 12 per cent....

11.02.2026 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

If the Liberals think Angus Taylor will save them they’re in for a shock

Polls suggest support for the Liberals is disturbingly close to the level of backing for the Greens, which consistently hovers around 12 per cent....

11.02.2026 2

The Age

Shaun Carney

If the Liberals think Angus Taylor will save them they’re in for a shock

Polls suggest support for the Liberals is disturbingly close to the level of backing for the Greens, which consistently hovers around 12 per cent....

11.02.2026 2

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The problem at the heart of this Coalition shambles? These are not serious people

Sussan Ley’s attempts to politicise the Bondi tragedy worked in the short term, but were ultimately an act of political self-sabotage.

29.01.2026 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

The problem at the heart of this Coalition shambles? These are not serious people

Sussan Ley’s attempts to politicise the Bondi tragedy worked in the short term, but were ultimately an act of political self-sabotage.

29.01.2026 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The problem at the heart of this Coalition shambles? These are not serious people

Sussan Ley’s attempts to politicise the Bondi tragedy worked in the short term, but were ultimately an act of political self-sabotage.

29.01.2026 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

The problem at the heart of this Coalition shambles? These are not serious people

Sussan Ley’s attempts to politicise the Bondi tragedy worked in the short term, but were ultimately an act of political self-sabotage.

29.01.2026 20

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Howard has gone too far. His comments about Albanese tear us apart

Slagging off the man entrusted with trying to steer the nation through this powerfully difficult moment will not help John Howard’s side of politics.

17.12.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Howard has gone too far. His comments about Albanese tear us apart

Slagging off the man entrusted with trying to steer the nation through this powerfully difficult moment will not help John Howard’s side of politics.

17.12.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Howard has gone too far. His comments about Albanese tear us apart

Slagging off the man entrusted with trying to steer the nation through this powerfully difficult moment will not help John Howard’s side of politics.

17.12.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Howard has gone too far. His comments about Albanese tear us apart

Slagging off the man entrusted with trying to steer the nation through this powerfully difficult moment will not help John Howard’s side of politics.

17.12.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

The Coalition has done Australia a favour – now we have to decide who we really are

Despite being tagged as a moderate in recent times, Sussan Ley has always been a political shapeshifter, never appearing to come from an identifiable...

19.11.2025 9

WA Today

Shaun Carney

The Coalition has done Australia a favour – now we have to decide who we really are

Despite being tagged as a moderate in recent times, Sussan Ley has always been a political shapeshifter, never appearing to come from an identifiable...

19.11.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

The Coalition has done Australia a favour – now we have to decide who we really are

Despite being tagged as a moderate in recent times, Sussan Ley has always been a political shapeshifter, never appearing to come from an identifiable...

19.11.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

The Coalition has done Australia a favour – now we have to decide who we really are

Despite being tagged as a moderate in recent times, Sussan Ley has always been a political shapeshifter, never appearing to come from an identifiable...

19.11.2025 9

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Australia is now watching the Coalition break down in real time

Anthony Albanese understood that most voters, as they came out of the pandemic, wanted a cooler form of politics. The Coalition didn’t get the...

05.11.2025 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Australia is now watching the Coalition break down in real time

Anthony Albanese understood that most voters, as they came out of the pandemic, wanted a cooler form of politics. The Coalition didn’t get the...

05.11.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Australia is now watching the Coalition break down in real time

Anthony Albanese understood that most voters, as they came out of the pandemic, wanted a cooler form of politics. The Coalition didn’t get the...

05.11.2025 4

The Age

Shaun Carney

Australia is now watching the Coalition break down in real time

Anthony Albanese understood that most voters, as they came out of the pandemic, wanted a cooler form of politics. The Coalition didn’t get the...

05.11.2025 5

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese is a politician who has relied on luck. Finally he seems to be making his own

Getting the breaks going your way is an often-underappreciated factor in a politician’s success or failure.

22.10.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese is a politician who has relied on luck. Finally he seems to be making his own

Getting the breaks going your way is an often-underappreciated factor in a politician’s success or failure.

22.10.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese is a politician who has relied on luck. Finally he seems to be making his own

Getting the breaks going your way is an often-underappreciated factor in a politician’s success or failure.

22.10.2025 9

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese is a politician who has relied on luck. Finally he seems to be making his own

Getting the breaks going your way is an often-underappreciated factor in a politician’s success or failure.

22.10.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Her behaviour is bonkers, but the Liberal Party’s rank and file can’t get enough of Jacinta Price

Price’s political persona is built entirely on her grim-faced certainty about everything. Her rapid rise since entering the Senate in 2022 owes much...

10.09.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Her behaviour is bonkers, but the Liberal Party’s rank and file can’t get enough of Jacinta Price

Price’s political persona is built entirely on her grim-faced certainty about everything. Her rapid rise since entering the Senate in 2022 owes much...

10.09.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Her behaviour is bonkers, but the Liberal Party’s rank and file can’t get enough of Jacinta Price

Price’s political persona is built entirely on her grim-faced certainty about everything. Her rapid rise since entering the Senate in 2022 owes much...

10.09.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Her behaviour is bonkers, but the Liberal Party’s rank and file can’t get enough of Jacinta Price

Price’s political persona is built entirely on her grim-faced certainty about everything. Her rapid rise since entering the Senate in 2022 owes much...

10.09.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Sussan Ley’s efforts are in vain. The Coalition is grimly marching towards doom

The chilling thing in observing the Coalition in this second term of opposition is to see how resistant it is to the conclusions most voters reach...

28.08.2025 10

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Sussan Ley’s efforts are in vain. The Coalition is grimly marching towards doom

The chilling thing in observing the Coalition in this second term of opposition is to see how resistant it is to the conclusions most voters reach...

28.08.2025 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Sussan Ley’s efforts are in vain. The Coalition is grimly marching towards doom

The chilling thing in observing the Coalition in this second term of opposition is to see how resistant it is to the conclusions most voters reach...

28.08.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Sussan Ley’s efforts are in vain. The Coalition is grimly marching towards doom

The chilling thing in observing the Coalition in this second term of opposition is to see how resistant it is to the conclusions most voters reach...

28.08.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 8

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 9

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese is ignoring Trump’s demands – it will change our place in the world

The prime minister goes out of his way not to make a big deal of it and never wants to look like he’s undermining Donald Trump, but the signs of the...

13.08.2025 8

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese can make roundtable work for him, no matter where he sits on it

The government needs to seize the opportunity given to it by the 8,553,231 Australians who voted for it. Doing so once before paid dividends for the...

09.08.2025 7

The Age

Shaun Carney

Their founder now calls them unlikeable and authoritarian. Can the Greens change their spots?

The Greens have 10 senators and the balance of power. But leader Larissa Waters has a task ahead of her with a party split over transgender rights and...

30.07.2025 9

WA Today

Shaun Carney