Dennis Atkins
Can byelections help Labor out of the quagmire – or leave it slipping further in?
Byelections are not the main event but they have played an often out-sized role in our politics, especially at a national level....
Hardly poetry in motion, but Albanese’s backflip can still work if he sticks the landing
Former New York Democrat governor and one-time presidential aspirant Mario Cuomo said almost 40 years ago about politicians: “You campaign in poetry,...
A saga that had the good, the bad and the downright ugly, and it might not be over yet
Dennis Atkins has been watching the writing appear on Queensland’s political wall for almost six months. Here’s how he saw the weekend...
A ‘courageous’ way for Albanese to progress after Voice
When Anthony Albanese is pondering the all-but-inevitable emphatic loss of this weekend’s referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, he might look...
Albo’s nine media advisors did not foresee ‘gotcha’ moment in Sky interview
Take a minute and put three political moments on the same page and see if you can find even a skerrick of...
Tell ’em they’re dreaming: Why Albo wants to challenge the basic rules of politics
A stark irony of politics sees politicians as often the first people to forget the basic behavioural rules of their supposed calling....
Even dismissing the spin, it hasn’t been great for Anthony Albanese lately
If politicians want the governed to improve the distempered view of the governing, an easy way can be found in how they...
Greens’ pin-up boy is out to nail Albanese government
If people watching national politics tuned into the multiverse media appearances of Brisbane Greens’ Max Chandler-Mather, they could be excused for thinking...
On the climb back: Don’t count this leader out just yet
The spin cycle of political news feels faster than ever, but it’s really just the same old stuff, overdressed and overhyped. On...
Of the many things the budget didn’t explain, this could be the most important
There’s a question left over from this month’s federal budget and we won’t have an answer for some time yet – perhaps...