Paul Keating
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Graham Richardson
Rare is the state funeral that lifts a nation’s spirit
State funerals are variously celebratory, solemn and even quirky, and sometimes disappointing. But at least once, for a man with no name, such an event soared.
- Tony Wright
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- Opinion
- Superannuation
Trump’s latest thought bubble: Mimic our superannuation system
Paul Keating, the father of Australia’s retirement savings system, can take a bow – Donald Trump is a fan.
- Elizabeth Knight
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Even Albanese’s friends are impatient with his lack of ambition
It will aggravate the prime minister, but this critique is coming from five angles this week.
- James Massola
- Opinion
- Defence
Be serious, Paul Keating: We need more defence spending, so spare us the cheap shots
Australia needs a thorough debate about its deficient defence budget, not dopey insults from a former PM.
- Jennifer Parker
- Opinion
- Australian economy
It’s a banana republic moment. We need to see more from Jim Chalmers
We don’t need eloquent oration or a calm plan for the future. Australia needs a call to economic arms.
- Shane Wright
Keating reveals he told Whitlam to have Kerr sacked or arrested
Former prime minister John Howard urged Liberal leader Sussan Ley to talk to Albanese about introducing four-year parliamentary terms.
- Shane Wright
Taxpayers foot $1.4m in expenses for our former PMs
The report doesn’t include pensions for the former prime ministers, or the costs of staff.
- Brittany Busch
Paul Keating says he'd have arrested John Kerr
The former prime minister said the governor-general's decision to dismiss Gough Whitlam was so bad police should've been involved.
- Analysis
- Epstein fallout
How Epstein and Andrew drew a PM’s daughter into a swamp
The latest Epstein emails show how anyone who came close to the disgraced financier can be tarnished, even if there is nothing to suggest they did anything wrong.
- David Crowe
Blanche d’Alpuget’s relationship with Bob Hawke is probably the least interesting thing about her
Australia’s most famous mistress-turned-wife on her life as a teenage runaway, the assault that changed her, and finding gratitude.
- Jacqueline Maley
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