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Peter Van Onselen

Peter Van Onselen
Peter Van OnselenContributing Editor

Dr Peter van Onselen has been the Contributing Editor at The Australian since 2009. He is also a professor of politics and public policy at the University of Western Australia and was appointed its foundation chair of journalism in 2011. Peter has been awarded a Bachelor of Arts with first class honours, a Master of Commerce, a Master of Policy Studies and a PhD in political science. Peter is the author or editor of six books, including four best sellers. His biography on John Howard was ranked by the Wall Street Journal as the best biography of 2007. Peter has won Walkley and Logie awards for his broadcast journalism and a News Award for his feature and opinion writing.

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Both Liberal and Labor should wise up

Both Liberal and Labor should wise up

GETTING the balance right is a phrase our Prime Minister likes to use, whether he is talking about industrial relations reforms, climate change policy or the Government’s stimulus packages. In fact most politicians use such rhetoric, the key ingredient to achieving electoral success when appealing to centrist swinging voters.

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Shorten pathway to a Gillard future

Shorten pathway to a Gillard future

WHILE the Liberal Party continues to tear itself apart over who should lead it to what is likely to be certain defeat at the federal election due next year, a far more important power struggle is going on within the Labor Party’s ranks.

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Nationals face up to primary challenge

Nationals face up to primary challenge

ON Thursday, NSW Nationals leader Andrew Stoner met the party’s state organisational chairman Christine Ferguson and state director Ben Franklin to agree on a radical US-style primary trial ahead of the March 2011 state election.

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