Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly is author of The Game: A Portrait of Scott Morrison, a regular columnist and a former adviser to Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd.
Opinion
Productivity
America and Australia tell a tale of two pandemics, and their political outcomes
While Australians challenged fireworks cancellations last week, the richest man in the world was busy lobbying America’s president-elect for a shutdown.
- by Sean Kelly
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Opinion
Political leadership
Labor can’t make a thing stick to Dutton, the Mr Teflon of empty politics
Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy is riddled with holes. But it may be that credibility on the details is simply not what matters about Dutton: his image is of toughness, not policy smarts.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Child safety
Too young for TikTok, old enough for jail: How a meaner Australia treats its kids
Two worrying but contradictory laws affecting children passed last week in Queensland and Canberra. Both arose despite a lack of evidence to support them.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Political leadership
Election battlelines are being drawn – and not by Albanese
Unexpected events may yet determine the outcome of next year’s federal election, but Peter Dutton is getting sharper at picking his battles, even if he’s borrowing tactics from Donald Trump.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Political leadership
A ‘good life’ can be ours: The curious common ground between Labor and Coalition
The major parties may seem bitterly divided, but we might be entering a new era of political consensus about the way we should be living.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Political leadership
Dutton can learn from Trump’s success, but so can Albanese
Peter Dutton is not Donald Trump, but the US election result means any complacency that remains in Labor ranks should vanish.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Political leadership
The Albanese narrative risks crashing, from earnest worker to frivolous flyer
The perceptions may be unfair, but the problem for the Albanese government is that it has no overwhelming policy achievements to point to, no story to tell.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
US Votes 2024
What haunted Gillard stalks Harris, and it’s not just sexism
Julia Gillard confronted unfair criticism throughout her prime ministership. Now a similar strain of judgment is being attached to Kamala Harris.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Political leadership
Albanese wants to hit us where we live. It’s a do-or-die strategy
The prime minister is banking on his faith that voters will value Labor’s strategies to help them financially.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Political leadership
Are we heading for minority government? We could do a lot worse
You can understand Albanese’s desire for a majority government. But this is different from saying that a minority government would be bad.
- by Sean Kelly
Opinion
Political leadership
The real Albo? PM does not need to convince us he’s something he’s not
To win the next election, Anthony Albanese needs to accept both his shortcomings and his strengths.
- by Sean Kelly
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