What Australia still doesn’t get about Queensland
As hard as they try, southerners will never understand what makes Queenslanders tick. And the federal election was the perfect example, writes Michael Madigan.
Analysis
ScoMo’s got the strongest hand since Howard
Scott Morrison returns to Canberra in the strongest position any Liberal leader has enjoyed since John Howard left the scene in 2007.
In Pantheon of Liberal heroes, Morrison’s right up there
Scott Morrison would correct anyone who referred to the “Morrison Government” – but now, after his crushing win, he’s ensured it will always be referred to as such, Christopher Pyne writes.
Why Labor lost the unlosable election
Bill Shorten’s lifelong dream of leading the country is in tatters. But how did he and Labor get it so wrong? The answer is simple, writes Susie O’Brien.
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Taxing questions must not be evaded
OPINION: Offshore tax evasion — and avoidance — should be a frontline issue at this federal election. Ask your local candidate what he or she thinks.
Turn back the boats … and the hairlines
OPINION: It has gained little attention until now. But this particular part of our political landscape is telling. It clearly signals some forme of secret society — the hirsute equivalent of the Masonic handshake.
It’s the ‘come to daddy effect’
OPINION: A sombre feature of modern election campaigns is the presence of national security. Here it inevitably involves the Coalition standing tall next to its established “trustworthiness” on handling terror matters.
Company tax cuts create jobs in Australia
Generating jobs and higher economic growth are the key objectives of my government’s economic plan, says Malcolm Turnbull.
Hot issue could be steel trap for Labor
DENNIS ATKINS: IT’S the potent political issue that has Bill Shorten treading cautiously – but Labor may yet have something up its sleeve.
Memories of PMs past end up Fadden fast
OPINION: Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten may think a win on July 2 will transform them into immortals. But they should ask themselves this question: “Who remembers Artie Fadden?’’
Left holding the Bill: Lucky Country a fool’s paradise
IN this campaign, Bill Shorten’s embrace of Leftist tax-and-spend economics has turned Labor into a party of deficits in perpetuity, says Mark Latham.
Why Bill can dash the Greens’ dreams
PARTY GAMES: Bill Shorten says the Greens are “dreaming” if they think they can form a coalition with Labor. Here’s why there can be only one true king of the castle.
Abbott cuddly towards PM – but for how long?
WILL former Prime Minister Tony Abbott cause the kind of destructive mayhem for Malcolm Turnbull’s election campaign as Kevin Rudd did for Julia Gillard in 2010?
Polls point to battle
EDITORIAL: POLLS are instructive of voter intentions. They rarely tell the full story. But the numbers which came out over the weekend are illuminating.
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