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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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Punishing the innocent is a disgrace

Angus Campbell has decided to strip all personnel serving in and with the special forces in Afghanistan of meritorious unit citations.

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Poisoned chalice should be a lesson to Liberals

WA’s new Liberal leader is a 33-year-old uni drop out who has only ever worked as a political staffer.

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The super wars are just getting started

The government is arguing for something its own MPs don’t live by on super. Hypocrisy is risky business for Morrison.

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Teflon-coated Morrison will escape this fiasco

It was the worst example of maladministration and callous indifference since the Coalition took office, but the PM won’t be held to account.

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Australian money coming out of automatic teller machine

Recession provides super excuse for super delay

The Coalition wants you to believe that the economy needs its superannuation freeze. But the real motivation is ideological.

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Why Robodebt failure is PM’s problem

The disgraceful Robodebt saga cost taxpayers $1.2bn and incalculable anguish, but heads won’t roll over it.

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Labor boilover takes heat off Morrison

A week in which the government should have been under pressure instead saw Labor dealing with a rolling crisis.

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US President Donald Trump speaks during election night in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, early on November 4, 2020. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Defying the odds, but antics a disgrace

Let’s be clear: Donald Trump outperformed statistical expectations based on the polls. He also defied the predictions of most commentators. He may win.

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Bushfires fade as halo shines on Morrison

The PM’s political dominance is such that it’s hard to conjure up circumstances that would see him lose the next election.

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Virus a poor excuse for delaying this

The PM promised us a federal anti-vice body, so where is it? It really does seem that this male-dominated government can’t do two things at once.

Peter Van Onselen

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