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.
Anthony Albanese has found out the hard way, in an election campaign you don’t get to pick and choose what you’re asked about. So why hasn’t he learned from it?, asks James Campbell.
There is a growing recognition from all sides of politics that something needs to be done about the property boom the experts didn’t see coming. Self-interest will see to that, writes James Campbell.
Whether it is federal or state governments providing services like the NDIS, they still have to be paid for. Either way, the taxpayer pays, writes James Campbell.
History is going to judge Albo, Wong and Marles for what Australia does or does not do for Ukraine – and we are doing as little as we can get away with. We should feel ashamed, writes James Campbell.
Given the failure to stop black market cigarettes you might have thought governments would be wary of opening a second front in the nicotine war by trying to eliminate vaping, writes James Campbell.
If we accept the next election is going to be all about the cost-of-living crisis, then nuclear power is too far off to be much of a help to the Coalition, writes James Campbell.
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.
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