Paul Keating
- AFL club powerbrokers
- AFL 2025
‘Never talked about this’: The power struggle that moved a Collingwood great to tears
Money is not a pressing concern for Collingwood. But the Magpies have grappled with a more destructive force.
- Stephen Brook
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- RBA
The inside story of the recession we didn’t have to have
As Australia deals with Donald Trump’s tariff turmoil, secret documents show the Reserve Bank board had its own plans to deal with economic disaster in the early 1990s.
- Shane Wright
From Hawke to Dutton: Politicians and their sporting mishaps
News that a cameraman was bloodied after a misplaced punt from Peter Dutton is just the latest political sports mishap
- Penry Buckley
- Editorial
- Trade wars
Australia must bolster other partnerships as Trump pursues magical thinking
The effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs on China and our other Asian trading partners will have inescapable economic consequences for us.
- The Age's View
- Opinion
- Australia votes
Watch your step: Campaign disasters Albanese and Dutton must not repeat
The number one rule for political leaders on the campaign trail is simple: never take a backward step. You never know what you’ll step into.
- Tony Wright
- Political sketch
- Australia votes
Petrol tax changes have been irresistible for politicians for half a century
A tax on petrol in Australia was introduced way back in 1978 … and politicians on both sides haven’t been able to leave it alone ever since.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Why our former PMs should speak up, not shut up
Julia Gillard has been praised for maintaining a dignified silence since leaving politics. But wouldn’t we like to hear more from her?
- Matthew Knott
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Australia votes
The tally room, like the sure thing that was Bob Hawke, is no more
As the latest federal election approaches, the sort of political certainty that once hoisted Bob Hawke to a long prime ministership is in short supply.
- Tony Wright
- Federal election campaigns
- Australia votes
‘You ignorant bastards!’ Perils of the election campaign trail
Very rarely, everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often, things go very, very wrong.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Australia votes
As the fog of inflation lifts, Dutton is cast in a harsher light
For over two years, we’ve been waiting for serious Coalition policies. All we see is the adoption of ideas of an unserious man, Donald Trump. Is that it?
- Sean Kelly
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