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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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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 17 2020.FRYDENBERG MYEFOTreasurer Josh Frydenberg Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook, during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.It is expected to reveal an improved budget bottom line.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Frydenberg may be too nice for top job

The Treasurer is the heir apparent but he’ll need a healthy reforming legacy when the time comes. And that will bring tensions with the leader.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 11: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) together with Premier of Victoria Daniel Andrews (left) address the media in the Main Committee Room at Parliament House, on December 11, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Australia's leaders are meeting face to face for the first time in nine months, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison convened 32 virtual meetings of the National Cabinet with premiers and chief ministers since March to coordinate responses to COVID-19. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Morrison could retire as a Liberal legend

My money is on Scott Morrison doing what few prime ministers do: calling it quits on his own terms.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 17, 2020. Northern Beaches local residents line up at Mona Vale hospital for a COVID-19 test . Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Ultimate test for NSW ‘gold standard’ regime

We’re about to find out if the NSW contact tracing system and state health processes really are better than Victoria’s.

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Former Prime Minister John Howard, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott pose for photographs during an afternoon tea at the official opening of the 46th Federal Parliament, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

PM more entrenched than Howard ever was

Morrison is on track to surpass Labor’s Hawke-Keating era, but is at risk of emulating Malcolm Fraser when it comes to output.

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Anthony Albanese in Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture by Sean Davey.

If politics were fair, Albanese would be on top

Labor will allow Anthony Albanese the summer months to see if he can take some paint off Scott Morrison… It’s an early Christmas present.

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 8 2020.Anthony Albanese with Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

IR may give weak Labor spark it needs

Labor has been gifted a narrow political advantage with industrial relations reforms. Can it take advantage of it?

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WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING., Prime MInister Scott Morrison arrives home from Japan and has to quarantine at The Lodge for 14 days and follow strict ACT health advice. The PM catching up with matters on Thursday, November 19, 2020. Picture: Adam Taylor /OFFICE OF THE PM

Driven by distractions as year winds down

Having finally put his pants back on, the PM faces a delicate political calculation next week: will he promote his mini-me?

Peter Van Onselen

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CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA-NCA NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 02 2020.The Treasurer Josh Frydenberg, during a press conference in Parliament House Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

The Coalition let us fall into recession

Today’s GDP numbers not only reveal that Australia is out of recession, technically, but that we never needed to go into one in the first place.

Peter Van Onselen

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 13: WA Premier Mark McGowan addresses the media with a COVID-19 update on November 13, 2020 in Perth, Australia. Western Australia's borders will reopen from midnight tonight with travellers from all states and territories permitted to enter WA having to meet exemption criteria put in place during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. Travellers from Victoria and New South Wales will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days and take a COVID-19 test on day 11, while all other travellers will be required to undergo a health screening and temperature check on arrival and declare they haven't come from Victoria or NSW. Travel arrangements also need to be registered on the G2G Pass app. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Has McGowan gone too far?

There isn’t a more popular politician anywhere in the country. But the WA Premier risks looking like a political opportunist.

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Original - Tom Jellett cartoon for PVO 28-11-2020

Buy a home now, worry about living standards later

A plan to let people have early access to super is all about ideology.

Peter Van Onselen

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