Buckle up for a ‘complicated and nasty’ ride
Australia is now embarked on a classic big-spending Whitlam-style Labor agenda mixed up with a new-age big-spending Dark Green agenda. It is not going to end well.
Australia is now embarked on a classic big-spending Whitlam-style Labor agenda mixed up with a new-age big-spending Dark Green agenda. It is not going to end well.
As bloodletting begins in the Coalition, Labor also faces tough questions despite being able to form government, writes Matthew Killoran.
Queensland remained stubbornly loyal to Scott Morrison, but this time it wasn’t the full story, writes Paul Williams.
Despite skilfully guiding Australia through the pandemic, the Morrison government has been ousted from power. Miranda Devine outlines six possible reasons why.
Anthony Albanese is affable and seems genuine but he’s not up to the job as PM as his gaffe-prone campaign — and litany of misjudgments and mistakes — prove, Peta Credlin writes.
Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t seem grateful the Liberal Party once gave him the prime ministership. What’s with these entitled grandees thinking their personal political preference is all that counts? Peta Credlin asks.
Three years on we have another Mother’s Day before an election. Will it prove as decisive as the last, wonders Peter Gleeson.
Labor traditionally railed against elites and the ruling class but it no longer fights for the underdogs who were once the soul of the party, writes Vikki Campion.
As the Vickie Chapman saga reached new heights in the lower house, a Labor power play in the upper house will have far-reaching effects on SA voters, writes Paul Starick.
Your vote is one of the great rights you have as a citizen — so before you enter the ballot box on May 21, give some thought to who you’re choosing, writes Erin Molan.
Anthony Albanese’s latest gaffe adds to the perception he is not across the detail, not reading his briefings and doesn’t understand policy, writes Matthew Killoran.
Queensland maverick MP Bob Katter could find himself in the position of deciding who will form Government after the election, writes Graham Richardson.
A select number of electorates will decide the political fortunes of the Coalition, Labor and the future of the country as a whole. Is your vote more powerful than most?
Joe Hildebrand does the unthinkable – having to defend having a ham sandwich in his lunch box.
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