Gleeso: Beware the zeal for teal, it will bring US-style mayhem
The interference of billionaire bankrollers in Australia’s electoral process cannot end well, as has been seen in the US, writes Peter Gleeson.
Analysis
Albo blindsides hostile holidaymakers
Those holidaying in Fitzroy Island were met with a nasty surprise when the Labor leader and his media pack reared their heads today.
Why we might have another federal election next year
If polls are correct, we’re headed towards a political crisis – and it’s the fault of both the major parties, writes Rex Jory. We could be about to vote again.
Morrison 1, Albanese 0 in pre-poll verbal clash
In the second of the leaders’ debates, while Anthony Albanese’s pointiest questions fell flat Scott Morrison landed zinger after zinger, writes Miranda Devine.
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Gleeso: How Mother’s Day swung the election
Senior Liberals believe the timing of Mother’s Day won them last weekend’s unwinnable election, writes Peter Gleeson. Here’s how.
Secret tactic helped ScoMo smash Labor
A simple tactic to win over voters may have given Scott Morrison a crucial advantage he needed to defeat Labor leader Bill Shorten.
Labor lost its base with extreme reforms
We were told this was the climate-change election. The Australian people rejected the sweeping climate-change polices Labor was selling in favour of more pragmatic, economically sound change, writes Caleb Bond.
Leaders need to learn to unite factions
The Shorten approach was essentially confrontational, invoking a style of class warfare. A new Labor leadership needs to use the approach of Bob Hawke – seeking consensus, writes Dean Jaensch.
Birmo an unsung hero in Liberal triumph
Many thought the role of the Coalition campaign spokesman would be a poisoned chalice. But now, Senator Simon Birmingham will be remembered as one of the heroes of the campaign.
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.
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.
Defeat, surrender and Labor’s epic failure
Grief, humiliation, and in short order, recrimination — it’s the feelings of the Labor Party on the Sunday after the horrors of the night before, writes Mark Kenny.
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