Australia is not the same country — but too many are in denial
Since the October 7 attacks, Australian values have been traduced. What is happening affects the entire country and the collective impact is profound.
Since the October 7 attacks, Australian values have been traduced. What is happening affects the entire country and the collective impact is profound.
Steven Lowy is shedding a lifetime of restraint to call out the ‘deeply disturbing’ things he is witnessing as a Jewish Australian – and the chronic leadership deficit in the face of it.
Anthony Albanese’s ‘safe change’ agenda won him the 2022 election and it is the guiding light of his approach as PM. But it’s not going to cut it.
The Australian political system is drawing the battle lines for a multi-front assault on Big Tech – confident public opinion has turned against the digital giants.
The government is now facing an existential threat in the state that gave it victory at the last election.
Inflation is the enemy of the Labor constituency but you would never know it. The Albanese government just offers cost-of-living relief and Labor thinks this blame-shifting to the central bank will buy it political immunity. It’s wrong; the ploy is failing.
The government is in danger of mishandling its central task – setting out a new growth trajectory.
Adam Bandt pioneers a new brand and a new ambition: progressive populism is the brand and selling the Greens as the nation’s authentic social democrats is the ambition.
Attacks on Peter Dutton are inspired by government weakness. It seeks a repeat of its successful assault on Scott Morrison’s character – but there are two problems with this tactic.
The frustration of Trump and his media backers is everywhere. They are enraged that Harris has reinvented herself.
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