Today
- Opinion
- Federal election
Albo must copy ScoMo’s playbook and fight like hell
Consensus building is for the first 30-odd months of a government’s term or the start of a new one. Right now, it’s time for full combat, and Dutton’s fair game.
January
- Opinion
- Trump diplomacy
Dutton will wage ungentlemanly warfare on national security
Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison all ultimately failed to create their own winning ‘khaki campaign’. But it didn’t stop them from trying, and it won’t stop Dutton from trying either.
- Opinion
- Federal election
Albanese v Dutton: It’s grand slam politics time in Victoria
The prime minister will be hoping that voters can park their resentment at state Labor until after the federal campaign. But Coalition leader has his own issues down south.
December 2024
- Opinion
- Federal election
Anyone for tennis? Albanese needs to avoid the January jinx
A wander through some recent prime ministerial summers shows us that the season is stuffed with political danger.
November 2024
- Opinion
- Federal election
Don’t get upset at voters getting it wrong
As the election edges closer, there’s only one thing we know for sure – at least a few glittering political careers will end.
- Opinion
- US election
Identity politics lessons for Democrats and Dutton
The anti-incumbent message sent by the US election is primarily about economic concerns. There is a risk the opposition leader overplays the ‘war on woke’ message at the next election.
- Opinion
- US election
Why millions of Americans hold their nose and vote for Trump
Australians might wonder how this race is even close. But for voters who think they haven’t got much left to hang on to, it’s easy to feel you’ve got nothing to lose.
October 2024
- Opinion
- Federal election
Politically speaking, it’s not so easy being Green any more
Holding Labor to impossible progressive standards without having to be accountable for outcomes is no longer working for the Greens.
- Opinion
- Federal election
Rate cuts likely to save Albanese in 2025
The budget is back in the black and prices are easing. Interest rate relief in the lead-up to the election will complete the prime minister’s winning hand just as it hurt Scott Morrison in 2022.
September 2024
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Is Anthony Albanese fated to lead the last majority government?
Labor may not hold off the Greens, and the Coalition may not recapture the seats it lost to the teals. Another marriage of convenience may beckon.
February 2024
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Dutton’s stage three lesson is that wreckers have a limited shelf-life
The past few weeks have reminded us that one-trick ponies can’t keep the show going for long.
April 2023
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Why wall-to-wall Labor governments won’t be bad this time
There will be no repeat of the federal-state bickering under Kevin Rudd. The legacy of Scott Morrison is that smart political leaders know that voters are tired of bickering.
November 2022
- Opinion
- Victorian election
When Libs celebrate holding the heartland something’s seriously wrong
How does Peter Dutton fix the structural collapse of the party in Victoria when he is yet to work out how to show his face in the state?