Australia currently lacks a community-based centre-right party focused on small government, personal responsibility and free enterprise. The Liberal Party has drifted away from its core mission – and is paying the price.
No other country is even attempting our stated aim of running a modern economy on 82 per cent renewables because they know it cannot be done. Yet our pretence goes on.
One of these men has put his life on the line for his country. Hint: it’s not the Defence Minister.
Aside from deciding whether Labor can remain in government, this election probably matters most for whether it confirms an ongoing place in our body politic for the teals.
The 2025 contest is coming across as a trifling popularity contest, akin to a state politics campaign with squabbles over competing giveaways, when the issues at stake are historic, consequential and grave.
Voters face a serious choice in perilous times – yet political debate has never been so frivolous.
Across the next five weeks voters will be looking for answers but they are unlikely to get them without the right questions. So, I thought it might be worth listing some crucial queries for the government.
Forget the sexy promises; competence in delivering essential outcomes is what counts.
An adversary that wanted us to be weaker would thrill at the harm we do to ourselves.
If you had to offer one word for Anthony Albanese, it would be weak. Weak on confronting anti-Semitism, weak on standing up to China and weak on taking responsibility for anything. He has become the nation’s spectator in chief – and Peter Dutton needs to take advantage with controlled aggression.
Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/chris-kenny