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Chris KennyAssociate Editor (National Affairs)

Commentator, author and former political adviser, Chris Kenny hosts The Kenny Report, Monday to Thursday at 5.00pm on Sky News Australia. He takes an unashamedly rationalist approach to national affairs.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 24: A spectator in the crowd holds up an Indigenous flag after Ashleigh Barty of Australia wins her Women's Singles third round match against Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan on day five of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 24, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Why one tiny change would advance our anthem

Changing just one word of Advance Australia Fair will mean a lot — and it will preserve our traditional and conservative anthem.

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Malcolm Turnbull appearing on the ABC's Four Corners. Picture: ABC

ABC proves it is beyond redemption

The public broadcaster is destroying itself. On Monday it surrendered any pretence of objectivity, honesty or high-minded journalism.

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An activist demonstrates after Joe Biden was declared winner of the US 2020 presidential election during a pro-migrant protest at the US-Mexico border on the San Ysidro Crossing Port in Tijuana, Baja California state, on November 7, 2020. (Photo by Guillermo Arias / AFP)

Plenty still to be worried about with Biden in charge

It is laughably hypocritical for Joe Biden to start taking the high moral ground now, calling for unity and respect.

Chris Kenny

commentaryPolitics

TOPSHOT - A view of the White House is seen as the 2020 US presidential election remains undecided on November 4, 2020, in Washington, DC. - President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden are battling it out for the White House, with polls closed across the United States -- and the American people waiting for results in key battlegrounds still up for grabs. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Elites left out in the cold

Donald Trump’s strong showing proves that the chattering classes still don’t get it.

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US President Donald Trump speaks during the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)

Trust those reporting the world the way it is

Donald Trump keeps proving the so-called political, media and academic elites wrong and, like an old punching clown, they keep popping back up.

Chris Kenny

COMMENTARYWorld

WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 02: A woman takes a photograph of a shop that is boarded up as a precaution to unrest related to the presidential election on November 2, 2020 in Washington DC. Preparations continue throughout Washington D.C ahead of the November 3 U.S presidential election with many business owners boarding up and securing their shops in anticipation of protests and rioting. Chris McGrath/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Grim scenes on US election eve

Churches and banks, unions and charities, restaurants and hotels are all being boarded up as if a hurricane were approaching.

Chris Kenny

CommentaryWorld

Scenes from the US Election campaign trail in Pennsylvania (top left, bottom right) and placards posted on a fence near the White House in Washington (bottom left, top right). Pictures: Chris Kenny, Agencies

Has Trump swing come too late?

If the surge to Donald Trump is on, are there enough votes still to come to deliver him a win? Or will the Democrats’ risky Biden strategy pay dividends?

Chris Kenny

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