Campbell: John Pesutto is finished as Liberal leader
If a screenwriter had sat in a room for a week trying to think of the worst possible scenario for John Pesutto, they’d have struggled to come up with a fiasco bigger than this.
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Campbell: Can Liberals keep it together enough to capitalise?
The state’s finances are a basketcase and Labor is labouring under the leadership of an unelected premier, but it seems things are just as messy on the other side of politics.
Campbell: Farewell Tim Pallas, we will be forever in your debt
Unlike most of the sycophants and toadies Daniel Andrews liked to keep about, the outgoing Treasurer knew how a disciplined government operated – how did it go so wrong?
Campbell: Wong has become Israel’s implacable enemy
It’s hard to pinpoint when disappointment at Penny Wong’s attitude to the Jewish state turned into the belief she is its implacable enemy, but a tipping point could be her overreaction to Zomi Frankcom’s killing.
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Campbell: Labor has just realised it has a Peter Dutton problem
The real reason Labor is trying to frame Peter Dutton as “the most divisive leader of a major political party in Australia’s modern history” is because new polling shows it has no choice.
Campbell: No pleasing activists despite Albo’s census backflip
Whether it’s Gaza, renters or gay rights, these days when it comes to dealing with the Green threat in his own backyard, Anthony Albanese doesn’t know if he’s Arthur or Martha.
Campbell: Shorten exits as great ‘nearly man’ of Australian politics
What does it say about the government’s prospects that Bill Shorten — whose ambition to reach the top job burned as brightly as anyone in Australian political history — has decided to pull the pin now?
Campbell: The 29-word polling question that sums up Albo’s predicament
You don’t get many laughs reading political polls for a living, but this cruel stat was so cruel to poor old Albo and his mates that would make even the most stone-hearted chuckle.
Campbell: Why are Australians so bloody miserable?
It’s taken a Pom to point out that we are richer – much richer – even than countries we think of as our peers. But it’s not something we really grasp let alone celebrate.
Why Labor’s chances are going south in Victoria
All of a sudden, Victoria is unexpectedly turning into a massive election headache for Anthony Albanese and Labor, writes James Campbell.
Campbell: Work from home culture a symbol of Victoria’s decline
Victoria has gone from being a rich to a poor state. Ingraining a work from home culture won’t help us catch up to Australia’s top achieving states.
A quiet word to PM — speak clearly or you’re toast
If Labor can’t quickly get Anthony Albanese speaking clearly, instead of dishing up word salads, this government is toast, writes James Campbell.
Why Dutton needs a PR rebrand
There are plenty of reasons why Peter Dutton will find it hard to win the next election, but unless the Liberals quickly define him in the public mind, he is at deadly risk of being defined by Labor, writes James Campbell.
Why we need a Plan B if the computers go down – again
The scariest thing about the global IT meltdown we have just come through is it probably won’t lead to any great change, writes James Campbell.
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