Bob Hawke
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ALP
Farewell to the incomparable Pete, a prankster and activist for the ages
Pete Steedman was a one-off in all his many pursuits: student activist, journalist, MP, promoter of Australian music, Labor man of the Socialist Left. We will not see his like again.
- by Tony Wright
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Opinion
Political leadership
Wanted: A Labor leader capable of capturing the imagination of voters
It’s been 37 years since Hawke promised to lift children out of poverty. In chasing the middle vote, it’s hard to imagine a politician doing the same today.
- by Sean Kelly
‘A very serious mistake’: What Mandela regretted during his first visit to Australia
As the statesman’s physician, Dr Peter Friedland thought he understood much about Nelson Mandela. Then Friedland announced he was moving to Australia ...
- by Jill Margo
‘There is nothing like proving someone wrong to motivate you’: Brooke Boney
The 37-year-old surprised everyone when she announced she was walking away from her high-profile breakfast television job. Her next move? Oxford University.
- by Jacqueline Maley
These are the cartoons that kept Australians laughing for a century
A new show at the State Library of NSW celebrates a century of Australian cartooning.
- by Helen Pitt
Dutton’s nuclear nonsense will scare any voter
By refusing to adhere to emissions targets should he win next year’s election, Peter Dutton appears willing to put at risk Australia’s international reputation. He also risks our economic future as a reputable and reliable country in which to invest and do business.
Opinion
World politics
Dutton needs to emulate a former president named Donald. No, not that one
At first glance, making the Liberal Party more illiberal aligns with the global rise of hard-right parties. Delve deeper and an alternative conservative narrative emerges.
- by Nick Bryant
Seventy years on, Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol
Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954, he drank a yard of ale.
- by Rob Harris
Tony Armstrong reveals the ‘thing’ he’ll never give up
The popular ABC News Breakfast presenter criss-crossed the country on a bike in search of people’s most precious possessions for his new show.
- by Bridget McManus
Opinion
Political leadership
Paul Keating’s apprentice is painting a vastly differently portrait of Australia
If Jim Chalmers can deliver on his big picture, Australia will win on a global scale. If not, the title of Christopher Malouf’s Archibald Prize portrait will be vindicated.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Productivity
Is a Future Made in Australia a good idea or a bad one? Maybe a bit of both
Why would Anthony Albanese and his smart economists, Jim Chalmers and Chris Bowen, want to reverse the bipartisan policy of the past 40 years and take us back to the future?
- by Ross Gittins
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