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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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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 28: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese arrives at Government House to meet with the Commonwealth of Australia Governor General Sam Mostyn on March 28, 2025 in Canberra, Australia. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was expected to call the federal election on Friday, following a delay caused by Cyclone Alfred and the budget presentation. The announcement will likely set the stage for a fierce campaign period, with Australians heading to the polls in the coming weeks to decide the country's political future. (Photo by Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images)

Two things Albo can do to win the election

Voters are frustrated, and this stems from fear about the future. Peter Dutton has been the beneficiary of this. But Anthony Albanese can do two things to change it, argues Joe Hildebrand.

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Peter Dutton and Donald Trump

Why a chaotic Trump is bad for Dutton

Peter Dutton could have once read out of Donald Trump’s playbook and coasted to The Lodge – but now the latter’s Messianic veneer has started to crumble, the Opposition leader needs to pivot, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - January 25, 2025: Prime Minister of Australia Anthony Albanese and fiancÃÂ©e Jodie Haydon welcome finalists and alumni to the 2025 Australian of the Year Awards morning tea at the lodge in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Why this federal election is so important

Australian politics is chaotic and dysfunctional. This federal election is already historic before it has already begun, argues Joe Hildebrand. Here’s why.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 25: Treasurer of Australia Jim Chalmers speaks to the media as he arrives to deliver the budget at Parliament House on March 25, 2025 in Canberra, Australia. The budget is expected to return to deficit after two years of surplus, focusing on cost-of-living relief measures, including extended electricity rebates and increased healthcare spending, while addressing economic challenges and potential voter concerns ahead of the upcoming federal election. (Photo by Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images)

‘Totally not our fault’: What Jim Chalmers really meant

Totally lost in Jimnomics? Fortunately our fiscal whisperer Joe Hildebrand has translated what the Treasurer said in his Budget speech and what he really meant. See the video.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - February 3, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton during the last post ceremony at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Dutton’s ‘Me Too’ politics is bad for the Liberal brand

Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s attempt to neutralise Labor by matching them on every policy dollar for dollar only serves to undermine Coalition credibility, writes Joe Hildebrand

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he meets with Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 12, 2025. Looking on from the couch, L-R, are US Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP)

How Australia has been unfriended by bonkers Trump 2.0

America may be an ally but it is no longer our friend, and Australian flag-bearers for Trumpism might want to ask themselves where their national loyalties really lie, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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A gray-haired patient opens his mouth while slightly reclined in a blue chair at a dentist's office. A gray-haired dentist seated next to him holds an examination tool in the patient's mouth. The patient is wearing a plaid shirt, and the dentist is wearing a white coat and mask.

Decolonising dentistry puts the bite on taxpayer

The only way this can possibly be legitimised is by the leftist cultural elites offering up one big dumb target after another, writes Joe Hildebrand

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Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump

How Mal’s moral purity trumps Team Australia spirit

Malcolm Turnbull, in sharing his outrage goulash about Donald Trump, is truly guilty of geopolitical virtue signalling, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos AUGUST 13, 2024: Independent candidate for the seat of Watson Dr Ziad Basyouny announces his candidacy at a press conference in Greenacre on Tuesday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Liberal deal for Muslim votes rings hypocritical

The Coalition has picked a side in western Sydney with the Muslim Votes movement, and it is not the side they are telling people they’re on, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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(FILES) US President Donald Trump and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, February 28, 2025. US President Donald Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine on March 3, a White House official said, sharply escalating pressure on Kyiv to agree to peace negotiations with Russia. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Why Zelensky was the one who got it wrong

The person who stuffed up that all-important White House meeting wasn’t Trump or Vance – it was Zelensky, writes Joe Hildebrand.

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