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Terry Barnes

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Jacinta Allan is on the nose. But does Jess Wilson have the right stuff?

Jacinta Allan is on the nose. But does Jess Wilson have the right stuff?

With desperate Labor and One Nation breathing down their neck, the Coalition simply cannot wait until the election campaign itself to spell out...

10.06.2026 10

Financial Review

Terry Barnes

I helped create the seniors’ PHI rebate. Scrapping it is a false economy

What Mark Butler announced has major implications for the demand for public hospital services. He shouldn’t have been surprised at the NSW...

29.04.2026 20

Financial Review

Terry Barnes

Mental health is too important to be healthcare’s poor relation

Governments can influence the evolution of affordable services through policy and funding, but they inevitably are playing catch-up.

29.03.2026 30

Financial Review

Terry Barnes

Can Jess Wilson save Victoria from more Labor debt?

If she really wants to convert good first impressions into climbing an electoral Everest of at least 16 lower house seats, Wilson needs to do much...

17.02.2026 60

Financial Review

Terry Barnes

The centre-right is going extinct as a political species

Ley leads a hopelessly divided Liberal party at war with itself. She’s had more positions on combating hate speech than the Kama Sutra, and none as...

19.01.2026 30

Financial Review

Terry Barnes

Will Jess Wilson close down Victoria’s Liberal clown show?

The circus also known as the Victorian division of the Liberal Party has just got its first ringmistress. She will have to undo the mess created under...

18.11.2025 10

Financial Review

Terry Barnes

Time for the Victorian Liberal clown show to get serious

The dysfunctional opposition can’t “do a Dutton” and go to the polls with a bare policy cupboard: it needs to spell out what it will do and how...

22.06.2025 10

Financial Review

Terry Barnes

Defending private hospitals is essential to “saving Medicare”

At Monday’s AFR Healthcare Summit, Mark Butler and Anne Ruston should rule in urgent reform that better balances needs of hospital operators and...

06.04.2025 10

Financial Review

Terry Barnes