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.
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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.
Campbell: The Liberal leadership time bomb isn’t set to explode next week
Sam Groth may have wanted to blow John Pesutto’s leadership up by resigning from the frontbench on Friday, but nothing is going to happen next week.
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Campbell: ‘Sneak’ Lib may have lost colleagues’ trust for good
The Moira Deeming-John Pesutto defamation case is living up to its billing as a show for the ages and already there are political ramifications.
Campbell: Trumpian politics a certainty for Australia if we don’t get migration under control
The Left is always fretting about the threat of Trumpian politics landing in Australia. But if we don’t get our record migration under control, we’re asking for it.
Campbell: Anti-war rally scenes reveal Greens happy to hang out with thugs
The fact that NSW Senator Greens David Shoebridge thinks it’s a good idea to front a mob of anti-war protesters shows how far the party has drifted from the Bob Brown era of the 1990s.
Campbell: Ditz or dissident? Plibersek under fire over EPA deal
Is Tanya Plibersek out of her depth or fuming with the PM? That is the question doing the rounds after the Environment Minister appeared to blow up her own legislation earlier in the week.
Campbell: Peas in a pod – TV and politics akin in problems and solutions
The best way to think about the forthcoming “reforms” to the nation’s electoral laws is to compare the plight of the major parties to the free-to-air TV networks, James Campbell writes.
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.
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.
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