
Coalition’s on-again, off-again ‘situationship’ has even those closest baffled
If anyone knows what is going on in the National party, could you please stand up? Interested parties in the Nationals would...

Why this all-too predictable divorce is really a big question for Labor
Once the schadenfreude settles (and we all need a little bit of a giggle right now) there are some very serious questions...

Albanese’s ‘progressive patriotism’ is a worthy ideal, if he backs it up
Contrary to popular belief, the past was not more eventful than the present, George Orwell wrote in 1940. Orwell was writing about...

Sussan Ley is yet to make her mark in 24 years in politics. That’s unlikely to change
Sussan Ley has always been searching for a narrative. One of the first things she will tell you in any social situation...

The Liberal Party seems willing to walk all the way off the cliff into electoral irrelevancy
Winners have parties. Losers have meetings. And there have been a lot of meetings in Canberra this week. If the definition of...

Australia rejected the Dutton and the Murdoch agenda, now we’ll see if Labor do the same
We are about to see who the Australian Labor Party really is, in 2025. The Coalition is done. As far as repudiations...

Another chance would need to be used by Albanese govt
If the polls, the trend, and the vibe are all right, then voters are about to give the Albanese government another chance....

The Coalition’s campaign has now become synonymous with fiasco
“I haven’t flip-flopped. I said no originally, then I said yes, then I have said no and I’ve stuck to it!” Pauline...

Peter Dutton is asking voters whether they are better off now than three years ago. It’s the wrong question
In October 1980, before almost half the people voting in this election were born, US president Ronald Reagan posed what became one...

As Dutton’s election campaign implodes, Albanese is allowed to coast and voters end up the losers
The 2025 election Coalition campaign is now about how many seats Peter Dutton has to win to maintain his leadership, and our...