Margot Saville
Margot Saville is The Sydney Morning Herald’s deputy letters editor and the author of The Teal Revolution.
Opinion
Political leadership
Working-class voters are swinging right. But can Dutton win the battle for the battlers?
Polling indicates that Australia’s working class – as in America and Europe – is turning more conservative. What will it mean for the next election?
- by Margot Saville
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Opinion
Cars
Monster utes have taken over the roads. Now they’re coming for our car parks
I love my local supermarket, but these days the car park terrifies me.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
General insurance
Who’d pay $3440 to insure my tiny car? My ex-insurer thought I would
My Kia Picanto is worth about as much as a Taylor Swift ticket. Check out the swifty my ex-insurer tried to pull.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
Electric vehicles
The EV revolution has stalled. Can these nifty bikes kick it back into gear?
If you can’t afford the latest electric car, there’s a smarter option that will also provide the required feelings of smug superiority we long for.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
Allegra Spender
Why Allegra Spender will never join the Liberal Party
If the Liberal Party wants any hope of winning back seats like Wentworth – and government – it’ll need new policies, not just the odd fresh candidate.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
My First Job
My retail job got me AC/DC tickets, chutzpah got me backstage
I hated my job at Pigott & Co in Toowoomba. But I earned enough to get me into an unforgettable AC/DC gig at Harristown High.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
Roads
Here in Rozelle, we can see the CBD, we just can’t get there
The traffic changes imposed on Victoria Road have caused chaos for the good folk of Balmain and Rozelle. Perhaps we should secede.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
Submersible search
Death clocks are ghoulish, whatever you think about billionaires in subs
Some news outlets had an oxygen countdown in their stories, just so you could feel the march to oblivion in real time – is that close enough for you?
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
NSW Votes
The new breed of politician too busy to play politics
The NSW Labor Party is moving away from classic party machine candidates and preselecting hard-working women who are deeply connected to their communities.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
Housing affordability
Fertility, obesity, productivity... The crazy cost of a Sydney house is not just financial
The price of putting a roof over our heads, a basic human right, affects every aspect of our lives.
- by Margot Saville
Opinion
State Parliament
Perrottet is no slave to his ‘Catholic gut’, but religion does cross into politics
While we think of ourselves as a secular nation, that is not the case in practice.
- by Margot Saville
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