Julie Bishop
State of US vote system puts ours in good light
The only upside of watching US elections and electoral processes is, as Peter Hartcher says, to develop or renew one’s own appreciation of Australia’s electoral system
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Labor attack ad claims Dutton won’t support WA’s $36.5b GST share
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited WA as his Labor government released an attack ad claiming Peter Dutton and the Coalition don’t support the state’s GST deal.
- by Alex Condon
Pride of place for grace and values in our lives
Dutton is no Trump and his party are not MAGA idiots, yet the Coalition and Labor have different views on values.
Jobs, costs cut at MinRes’ luxury HQ as Chris Ellison takes the biscuit
There will no pay rises for senior employees this year and fewer perks for office workers ahead of a massive reduction in the miner’s remote workforce.
- by Peter Milne
Multiple frock changes seal Julie Bishop’s role as style ambassador
While her former political colleagues were trudging into freezing Canberra for a gruelling Budget week, Julie Bishop was stepping out in style.
- by Colin Kruger and Noel Towell
Julie Bishop named United Nations special envoy for Myanmar
Myanmar has been locked in civil war since the army took power from Aung Suu Kyi’s elected government in 2021.
- by Michael Mehr and John Kidman
Dick Smith has a true blue 80th birthday bash
The entrepreneur celebrated his 80th birthday at an event dripping with cheesy Australiana on Monday evening.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
Former Telstra boss David Thodey named new Sydney University chancellor
Thodey is best known as the former boss of the telco giant and currently chairs Ramsay Health Care and technology company Xero.
- by Daniella White
Editorial
Editorial
Public servant who thought himself an influencer should be cancelled
Secret efforts by a top bureaucrat to build his power while reshaping Coalition governments and Australia’s national security regime illustrates the shrinking influence of the Westminster system.
- The Herald's View
Exclusive
Power player
Five years. A thousand messages. How a top public servant tried to influence governments
Our reporters have uncovered a cache of messages, sent by Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo to a Liberal powerbroker, where he tried to protect his allies and denigrate his enemies.
- by Nick McKenzie, Michael Bachelard and Amelia Ballinger
When Julie Bishop told her father she was leaving her legal career for politics, ‘he was horrified’
“But over time he became my biggest supporter,” says the former deputy leader of the Liberal Party.
- by Jane Rocca
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