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Troy Bramston is a senior writer and columnist with The Australian. He has interviewed politicians, presidents and prime ministers from multiple countries along with writers, actors, directors, producers and several pop-culture icons. He is an award-winning and best-selling author or editor of 11 books, including Bob Hawke: Demons and Destiny, Paul Keating: The Big-Picture Leader and Robert Menzies: The Art of Politics. He co-authored The Truth of the Palace Letters and The Dismissal with Paul Kelly.

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I was a ‘gold star’: the story of C-3PO and me

Anthony Daniels describes life in the Star Wars galaxy and living with the innocent and neurotic metallic gold droid, C-3PO, before appearing at this weekend’s Supanova pop-culture expo.

Troy Bramston

CommentaryCommentary

Labor needs to work on convincing voters why it deserves re-election and developing an agenda for a second term.

Labor risks defeat if blue-collar voters continue to drift away

Anthony Albanese needs to develop a new agenda and compelling narrative for re-election, fast, or voters will look elsewhere.

Troy Bramston

EXCLUSIVEInquirer

LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 21: Former British prime minister Boris Johnson leaves his home on March 21, 2023 in London, England. The former prime minister will attend a televised evidence session on Wednesday in front of the Commons Privileges Committee, which has previously suggested that Mr Johnson may have misled Parliament in his statements about parties at Number 10 during the Covid-19 lockdown. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images) *** BESTPIX ***

Will Boris unleash himself on us again? Quite possibly

When Boris Johnson’s downfall came, it was unprecedented in the 300-year history of the prime ministership. His government was marked by scandal and sleaze. Regrets, he has a few – but not enough to stop him mulling a return to power.

Troy Bramston

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Senator Kim Carr at Parliament House in Canberra.

Ex-minister Carr blasts elitist, out-of-touch ALP

Former Labor minister Kim Carr has blasted the Albanese government for losing touch with traditional blue-collar voters, turning to identity politics with a ‘censorious tone’ towards those who don’t agree and favouring the elites.

Troy Bramston

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Former governors-general: General David Hurley, Dame Quentin Bryce, General Sir Peter Cosgrove

Department keeps what PMs wrote to G-Gs under lock

‘Just too busy and too hard’ to reveal what past prime ministers wrote to governors-general, the public service says.

Troy Bramston

EXCLUSIVEPolitics

Britain's King Charles III (right) and Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) sign royal warrants granting the Great Seal of Australia at Government House in Canberra, Monday, October 21st, 2024. King Charles III and Queen Camilla are visiting Australia from 18 October to 23 October. Picture: NewsWire / Pool / Saeed KHAN

PM letters to Queen ‘should stay secret’

Anthony Albanese’s department wants a trove of letters sent from past prime ministers to Queen Elizabeth II never to been seen by the public.

Troy Bramston

CommentaryCommentary

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on October 16, 2024 shows US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in Erie, Pennsylvania, on October 14, 2024 and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Cumming, Georgia, on October 15, 2024. Kamala Harris went after her US presidential election rival Donald Trump's mental state and fitness for office Tuesday after the 78-year-old Republican's televised town hall veered into a surreal, impromptu music session. (Photo by DUSTIN FRANZ and Elijah Nouvelage / AFP)

Harris is uninspiring, but Trump presidency a threat to America

With Donald Trump a risk to democracy, trade and security, Kamala Harris is the superior candidate for US president.

Troy Bramston

EXCLUSIVENation

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 21: Queen Camilla and King Charles III visit the Australian War Memorial on October 21, 2024, in Canberra, Australia. The King's visit to Australia is his first as monarch, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa will be his first as head of the Commonwealth. (Photo by Victoria Jones - Pool/Getty Images)

Confusion still reigns over royal title

King Charles’ Australian title is inconsistent with that of all other realms yet the Australian government will not correct it

Troy Bramston

EXCLUSIVENation

(FILES) A handout image released by 10 Downing Street, shows Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaking during a remote press conference to update the nation on the COVID-19 pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street in central London on April 30, 2020. Former UK prime minister Boris Johnson will face tough questioning at a public inquiry on December 6, 2023 over his government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, after a barrage of criticism from his former aides. Nearly 130,000 people died with Covid in the UK by mid-July 2021, one of the worst official per capita tolls among Western nations. (Photo by Andrew PARSONS / 10 Downing Street / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

Bring France into AUKUS: Boris Johnson

The former UK prime minister recalls the creation of AUKUS and says France should join the nuclear submarine pact.

Troy Bramston

MAGAZINEThe Weekend Australian Magazine

‘It’s about your record’: Tony Blair’s winning formula for re-election

Seventeen years after leaving 10 Downing Street, Sir Tony Blair’s influence on world politics is greater than ever. What advice does he have for current leaders?

Troy Bramston

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