March 2023
Chris Minns, political Beethoven, takes the stage
The Labor leader delivered an election night many in red shirts had started to believe was impossible in NSW.
November 2021
Reset relations with Chinese Australians
Australia’s diverse Chinese community, caught in the crossfire of a policy transition as China changes under Xi Jinping, should not be treated as a monolith with suspect loyalties.
February 2021
COVID-19 vaccine no cure for pandemic mania
The nation’s politicians have damned their own efforts through their entirely overwrought response to a foreseeable vaccine overdosing.
September 2020
Michael Wooldridge a rare winner in Greg Hunt's vaping mess
Greg Hunt said he'd never countenance authorising the use of e-cigarettes in Australia. He's now doing precisely that.
June 2020
Labor scandal spreads as NSW MP quits
More Labor heads are set to roll after Victoria's industrial branch-stacking scandal spread to NSW and Labor MP Julia Finn quit the NSW shadow cabinet.
Somyurek releases explosive text messages
The Victorian ALP scandal has pivoted back to the federal parliamentary party after explosive text messages written by federal Labor MP Anthony Byrne were released.
March 2020
Sam Dastyari, Michael Wooldridge dine at Melbourne Club
Such vulgar company is rarely kept at 36 Collins Street.
September 2019
Gladys Liu, paranoia and the Chinese Communist Party
Does the extent of Beijing's influence in Australian politics provide cause for alarm, or is it vastly exaggerated?
Sinophobia creeps through Canberra cracks
Voters are increasingly worried about the extent of Chinese influence and activity in Australian politics. That provides plenty of gotcha moments as part of the political frenzy.
Labor's existential nightmare
The latest revelations emerging from the ICAC hearings in Sydney suggest Australia’s oldest political party has been coarsened by a group of spivs, time servers and mendacious mediocrities, writes Andrew Clark.