Julia Gillard

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.

2 days ago
George Brandis

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Letters

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.

January 8, 2025

Letters

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.

December 26, 2024

Upper-class house swaps, political break-ups and media scandals: CBD looks back on 2024

This column gives thanks to the higher powers for people with big houses, in what became a mainstay for us. Even the PM seemed a little distracted by the property market.

December 13, 2024
Stephen Brook and Kishor Napier-Raman

Letters

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.

December 11, 2024

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.

November 23, 2024
Peter Hartcher

A big grin for the final haircut before the valedictory speech.

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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.