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Joe Hildebrand is a columnist for news.com.au and The Daily Telegraph and the host of Summer Afternoons on Radio 2GB. He is also a commentator on the Seven Network, Sky News, 2GB, 3AW and 2CC Canberra.Prior to this, he was co-host of the Channel Ten morning show Studio 10, co-host of the Triple M drive show The One Percenters, and the presenter of two ABC documentary series: Dumb, Drunk & Racist and Sh*tsville Express.He is also the author of the memoir An Average Joe: My Horribly Abnormal Life.

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The private dinner that sparked Labor’s political fightback

A small gathering of the Labor Party faithful came together for a dinner. The tone that night was grim, but the party has come a long way since then, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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AnalysisFederal Election

zNCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION LIBERAL BUS - 03/05/2025: Pictured is Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton while on the 2025 federal election campaign as it comes to a conclusion at the W Hotel in Brisbane. Peter Dutton arrives at the official LNP Election night function. Picture: Adam Head / NewsWire

Dutton and the Libs should’ve seen this bloodbath coming

The writing was on the wall even before the polls opened, but while the election result is a catastrophe for the Coalition, it is a resounding win for democracy, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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Peter Dutton and nuclear power

Too late: Dutton’s ‘winning argument’ was never tested

Any policy that hasn’t been inoculated with exposure to all possible threats will simply have zero immunity during an election campaign – and that is what happened to Peter Dutton and the Coalition, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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Peter Dutton has been a classic victim of his own echo chamber

Peter Dutton believed he was on a winning streak and nobody told him he was wrong until it was all too late. It was echo chamber politics, pure and simple, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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Peter Dutton and the Voice

Voice, Welcome to Country? No, this is what Dutton got so wrong

Usually when you conduct a post-mortem the courteous thing to do is wait until the patient is dead – but it’s easy to see what went wrong for the Coalition, Joe Hildebrand explains.

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Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong is seen at the National Press Club during Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's address in Canberra on April 30, 2025, in the final week of the election campaign. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Wong’s appalling Voice own goal as stupid and smug as it gets

Penny Wong’s Voice comments have dunked Labor headfirst into the Indigenous culture wars that Peter Dutton and the Coalition have been obsessed by, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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James Morrow and Joe Hildebrand on The Voice

‘The stupidest thing to have happened during the election campaign’

The debate around the Voice to Parliament has been reignited after Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong’s comments on a recent podcast. Joe Hildebrand and James Morrow share their thoughts.

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Mat Damon stars in the trailer for the movie Jason Bourne.

Jason Bourne is the secret to election success – and One Nation knows it

This campaign has had plenty of life in it so far but is it now being haunted by the living dead? Joe Hildebrand asks.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 28: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits Freedom Plaza in the suburb of Cabramatta in the electorate of Fowler on April 28, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Albanese hit the campaign trail again for the final week leading into the election on Monday, after he was declared the narrow winner of the final leaders' debate, securing the support of 50 percent of the studio's undecided voters, compared to Peter Dutton's 25 percent, while the remainder stayed undecided. Albanese's performance was marked by a positive closing message focused on optimism and investment in Australia's future, though he faced criticism for stumbling over a key question on cost-of-living relief. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

It’s not lying if you answer a question no one asked

One of the golden rules of politics is never answer the question you are asked, only the question you want to be asked. Enter the Russian air base fiasco, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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NCA 2025 FEDERAL ELECTION LIBERAL BUS. 27/04/2025Pictured is Opposition Leader Peter Dutton as he attended a Liberal Party rally at Melton Entertainment Park at Melton in the electorate of Hawke outside Melbourne in Victoria.Picture: Richard Dobson / NewsWire

Anger. Denial. Bargaining. It’s starting to feel a lot like the Voice

Remember the Voice campaign? First came anger, then denial, then the bargaining. Stop me if this is starting to sound familiar, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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