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Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

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WA Today

Shaun Carney

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

previous day 20

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

previous day 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

Australians feeling political despair need only remember one thing … it could always be worse

To see Albanese and Dutton’s futile performative dance in response to the US tariffs is to be forced into a choice between holding your head in your...

previous day 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 7

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese could boldly go where no first-term government has gone before (for a century)

As prime minister, Albanese has been reluctant to change. For some reason, his colleagues don’t intervene. It’s like the charge of the Light Brigade.

26.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 5

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Trump is the US president Australia had to have

Donald Trump is brazenly upending the world order and threatening mostly America’s friends. Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will need to confront...

12.02.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 8

WA Today

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 3

The Age

Shaun Carney

You can dress Dutton as ham, but that doesn’t make him PM material

The Liberal Party has been attempting to soften or just plain humanise Peter Dutton’s public image by showing him as a nice, thoughtful, caring...

29.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 20

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese now realises he’s on a rescue mission to save the sinking ship

The prime minister has finally switched into gear. But with at most four months to go until we vote, there’s a decent chance that he has moved too...

23.01.2025 10

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 3

WA Today

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 3

The Age

Shaun Carney

As Dutton goes low, Albanese goes nowhere. We’re trapped in an era of one-and-done PMs

What a strange period of Australian politics the nation is experiencing. It really does look like politics is eating itself. A first-term...

11.12.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

28.11.2024 20

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

28.11.2024 20

The Age

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

28.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton can say and do whatever he chooses, knowing he’ll always be given cover

For a very long time, the worst job in federal politics has been opposition leader immediately after the fall of a government. Take that gig and...

27.11.2024 5

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese says he knows what it is to struggle. As PM, he’s been coasting

Every expert under the sun seems to have a view about the implications of the American election for Australian politics. I have nothing to offer on...

14.11.2024 1

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese says he knows what it is to struggle. As PM, he’s been coasting

Every expert under the sun seems to have a view about the implications of the American election for Australian politics. I have nothing to offer on...

14.11.2024 10

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese says he knows what it is to struggle. As PM, he’s been coasting

Every expert under the sun seems to have a view about the implications of the American election for Australian politics. I have nothing to offer on...

14.11.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese says he knows what it is to struggle. As PM, he’s been coasting

Every expert under the sun seems to have a view about the implications of the American election for Australian politics. I have nothing to offer on...

13.11.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albo’s Qantas perks might not break any rules, but they sure don’t pass the pub test

Every prime minister, if they have any sense, will do all they can to avoid a question mark fixing itself above their head. The question mark, once...

30.10.2024 3

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albo’s Qantas perks might not break any rules, but they sure don’t pass the pub test

Every prime minister, if they have any sense, will do all they can to avoid a question mark fixing itself above their head. The question mark, once...

30.10.2024 10

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albo’s Qantas perks might not break any rules, but they sure don’t pass the pub test

Every prime minister, if they have any sense, will do all they can to avoid a question mark fixing itself above their head. The question mark, once...

30.10.2024 5

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albo’s Qantas perks might not break any rules, but they sure don’t pass the pub test

Every prime minister, if they have any sense, will do all they can to avoid a question mark fixing itself above their head. The question mark, once...

30.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Albanese holds so much power over his MPs they’re scared to rein him in

As Labor MPs schemed against or simply deserted their prime minister Kevin Rudd in June 2010, few would have thought their actions would be...

23.10.2024 3

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Albanese holds so much power over his MPs they’re scared to rein him in

As Labor MPs schemed against or simply deserted their prime minister Kevin Rudd in June 2010, few would have thought their actions would be...

23.10.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Albanese holds so much power over his MPs they’re scared to rein him in

As Labor MPs schemed against or simply deserted their prime minister Kevin Rudd in June 2010, few would have thought their actions would be...

23.10.2024 2

The Age

Shaun Carney

Albanese holds so much power over his MPs they’re scared to rein him in

As Labor MPs schemed against or simply deserted their prime minister Kevin Rudd in June 2010, few would have thought their actions would be...

23.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Has everyman Albo reached the limit of his talents?

Anthony Albanese wanted to appeal to voters beset with “conflict fatigue”. Now they are unconvinced that he is fighting for them.

18.10.2024 3

Financial Review

Shaun Carney

Nearly one term in, just what is the point of the Albanese government?

For several years half a lifetime ago, I was involved in designing questions and writing up the results of opinion polling for this masthead. Most...

09.10.2024 2

The Age

Shaun Carney

Nearly one term in, just what is the point of the Albanese government?

For several years half a lifetime ago, I was involved in designing questions and writing up the results of opinion polling for this masthead. Most...

09.10.2024 2

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Nearly one term in, just what is the point of the Albanese government?

For several years half a lifetime ago, I was involved in designing questions and writing up the results of opinion polling for this masthead. Most...

09.10.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Nearly one term in, just what is the point of the Albanese government?

For several years half a lifetime ago, I was involved in designing questions and writing up the results of opinion polling for this masthead. Most...

09.10.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Dutton has a peculiar obsession with details. Perhaps he could offer some of his own

Peter Dutton is a details guy. But he’s not your usual details guy. He likes details, for sure. As far back as 2022 he said there was...

25.09.2024 2

WA Today

Shaun Carney

Dutton has a peculiar obsession with details. Perhaps he could offer some of his own

Peter Dutton is a details guy. But he’s not your usual details guy. He likes details, for sure. As far back as 2022 he said there was...

25.09.2024 2

The Sydney Morning Herald

Shaun Carney

Dutton has a peculiar obsession with details. Perhaps he could offer some of his own

Peter Dutton is a details guy. But he’s not your usual details guy. He likes details, for sure. As far back as 2022 he said there was...

25.09.2024 2

The Age

Shaun Carney

Dutton has a peculiar obsession with details. Perhaps he could offer some of his own

Peter Dutton is a details guy. But he’s not your usual details guy. He likes details, for sure. As far back as 2022 he said there was...

25.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Shaun Carney

Chalmers has every right to comment on what the Reserve Bank is doing to the economy

In the collective memory of the Australian political and economic classes, one of the most golden of golden periods of days gone by were the years...

11.09.2024 2

WA Today

Shaun Carney