George Brandis
George Brandis is a former high commissioner to the UK, and a former Liberal senator and federal attorney-general. He is now a professor at ANU.
Opinion
Political leadership
Where have all the liberal Libs gone? This is Dutton’s cue to learn from Howard
The Liberal Party, said John Howard, was a “broad church”, at its best when it embraced both its conservative and liberal traditions.
- by George Brandis
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Opinion
Australia votes
Demonising Dutton will backfire for Labor, just as it did for Harris with Trump
I expect Anthony Albanese’s Labor will do it just the same, all the way until Peter Dutton is elected.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Political leadership
Dutton can’t win by aping Trump – and he knows it
Some conservatives are tempted, but few things would do more damage to the Coalition’s chances at the next federal election than taking the wrong lessons from Donald Trump’s success.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Trump dodged a bullet. Let’s hope the world does, too – and he loses
Never before have so many alarm bells been rung about a Republican candidate by so many conservatives. I hope against hope that Donald Trump is not elected this week.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
King Charles III
The King loves Australia but his next stop’s the big one (and China will be watching)
In Samoa, assembled nations will decide the Commonwealth’s next secretary-general. It will be one of three Africans whose countries are beneficiaries of China’s largesse
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Protests
The timing is shameful, but the pro-Palestinians have a right to protest
You can only be taken seriously as a defender of free speech if you are willing to defend the right to free expression of views which you oppose and, at times, despise.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
Australia treats world’s most important conflict with indifference
It is profoundly misguided for Australia to see the Ukraine war as a faraway conflict in which we do not have a direct interest.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Family Court
Coalition reforms have fixed the family court system. Labor should leave it be
The results of the streamlined new arrangement speak for themselves. But Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has announced a review.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Democracy
Australia’s a democratic wonderland. A vote of thanks to one rather strange man
Curiouser and curiouser. How did the author of Alice in Wonderland influence Australia’s electoral system?
- by George Brandis
Opinion
US Votes 2024
If Trump wins, it’s because he’s called out ‘the last acceptable prejudice’
The narrative of victimhood – one of the main tropes of identity politics – has been increasingly adopted by the right. Donald Trump has appointed himself victim-in-chief.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
National security
‘Judgment was sacrificed to ambition’: Malcolm Turnbull’s ASIO folly rightly reversed
Despite the warnings of Australia’s most senior national security professionals, Peter Dutton and Mike Pezzullo convinced Turnbull to act in error.
- by George Brandis
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