Obstructionism combined with the full scale embrace of Palestinian activism, including a flirtation with its violent elements, is a giant turn-off to affluent middle-aged public servants in the inner cities.
There’s a realignment going on all around the English-speaking world at the moment that is seeing progressive left parties becoming increasingly the preserve of the white collar, writes James Campbell.
Nothing else except ignorance can explain the strange complacency Anthony Albanese has been exuding lately.
It will become apparent in coming days what nasties Farrell has hidden in his legislation but it’s already clear the effect of the changes will be to screw the taxpayer and the Teals.
With his elderly ears no doubt still ringing from two big gigs in two nights, how can Anthony Albanese tell voters he understands how they are doing it tough, asks James Campbell.
How to promise change without laying himself open to a scare campaign that costs him government will be one of the trickiest problems Peter Dutton must solve, writes James Campbell.
As the tax cut has gone down much better than they expected, Liberals are consoling themselves that it will be a memory by the next election while the damage to Albo’s brand will be permanent, writes James Campbell.
The seat of Dunkley is a mixture of rich, poor and aspirational suburbs, which ought to make it a good test of how things are going at the halfway point of this parliament, writes James Campbell.
While Anthony Albanese wants us to believe he’s all-in on the issues punters care about, he’s going to struggle to stay on message, writes James Campbell.
If the Albanese government wants to be re-elected and not consigned to one term much has to change in its approach to running the country and it starts from the top.
Jewish leaders have privately feared that Labor will overtly flip to an anti-Israel stance and Tony Burke’s comments to the ABC didn’t allay those concerns, writes James Campbell.
It was clear to senior Yes23 campaigners that the Voice was in trouble by the time Anthony Albanese named the polling date in August, but the government pressed ahead regardless.
At the start of the year the No campaign was in trouble but then the tide started to turn due to a number of factors but none more crucial than Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.
Politics is set to change under Jacinta Allan but the new Premier will be well aware it has been 50 years since Victorians re-elected a government that changed leader midterm.
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