Julia Gillard
Voters deserve more than lightweight policy promises
Both major parties are simply spending to win votes but have no real fixes planned, writes Mark Nugent.
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- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Why our former PMs should speak up, not shut up
Julia Gillard has been praised for maintaining a dignified silence since leaving politics. But wouldn’t we like to hear more from her?
- Matthew Knott
Unified approach is best for Australia in the face of Trump’s onslaught
The global political landscape is changing, and all Australians are affected, writes Betty Green.
- Federal election campaigns
- Australia votes
‘You ignorant bastards!’ Perils of the election campaign trail
Very rarely, everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often, things go very, very wrong.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Anthony Albanese
Is Albo destined to be a one-term PM?
What is the legacy of the first (and perhaps only) term of the Albanese government? The loss of the Voice seems to have frozen his appetite for reform.
- George Brandis
Fixing hospitals should take priority over fast rail
Living on the Central Coast, I am all for the construction of a high-speed rail link to Sydney. Currently it takes approximately the same time (1.5 hours) to drive from Gosford to the CBD on an increasingly crowded M1 as a train service that is frustratingly slow in sections.
Value the independent voices in parliament
Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.
Voters laboring under gutless government
Ross Gittins may well bemoan the “era of gutless government”, but perhaps he should direct his criticism to the people responsible, the electors of Australia.
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Why Bill Shorten embodies the best, and worst, of Australian politics
As the former Labor leader leaves the political stage, he admits to having regrets but “too few to mention”. He should reconsider.
- Peter Hartcher
- Exclusive
- Political leadership
‘I’ve evolved from factional operative’: Shorten says retirement is not retreat
Bill Shorten, for six years leader of the Labor Party before being denied the nation’s leadership, muses about life in politics and his future in academia.
- Tony Wright
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