March 2023
- Opinion
- NSW Election
NSW election a bleak choice between flat white and a latte
In the Tweedledum/Tweedledumber proscenium arch of Australian politics we have two politicians facing each other, with nothing of substance to separate them.
November 2022
- Opinion
- Victorian election
How much paint will Dan Andrews lose?
The takeout from focus group polling is that the Victorian premier is expected to win – which leaves plenty of scope for voters to send a message.
May 2022
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Why Albo wins, and ScoMo loses, with women voters
The prime minister’s problem is not that he is a misogynist – it’s that the alpha male persona has gone out of fashion.
July 2021
- Opinion
- Olympics
Go for Olympic host city gold - and go for broke too
The Olympic business model means that host cities invariably lose out. Brisbane will need a heroic effort to avoid that fate.
June 2021
- Opinion
- Property tax
Victorian ‘windfall tax’ kicks entrepreneurs and home buyers
Other state governments should not copy this misguided tax, which will stymie development and push up house prices.
November 2020
- Opinion
- Queensland votes
Queenslanders vote for safe pair of hands
Presented with two parties offering no clear vision of the future, voters opted for certainty by voting for incumbents and voting for border closures.
October 2020
- Opinion
- Queensland votes
Queensland isn't just a COVID-19 election
The state's highly regionalised politics include the different attitudes to the pandemic in Brisbane and the bush. So border populism doesn't mean Annastacia Palaszczuk is assured of victory on Saturday.