Dennis Atkins
Dennis Atkins: From COVID to Trump, 2020 is the year of ‘what if’ questions
What if Australia’s responses to the COVID-19 pandemic had hit the marks seen in New Zealand, where things were very different. What...
Dennis Atkins: The death of a Canberra press legend who would have torn strips off Morrison
A self-described reporter with a point of view, Alan Ramsey passed away at the beginning of this week, dying in a nursing...
Thank our island continent – not our politicians – for getting on top of COVID
The snap, hard-as-nails South Australian coronavirus lockdown, now unravelled in confusion and uncertainty, looks like a case study in the fragility of...
Dennis Atkins: Making sense of Anthony Albanese’s week of serial blunders
Has Anthony Albanese had his Karl Rove moment? A seemingly minor slip during a radio interview in late 2006 sparked a series...
Dennis Atkins: After watching the US election, Australia really is the lucky country … for now
Australians like the United States of America but take pride in the fact we are markedly different in a few vital ways....
Dennis Atkins: As Queensland votes, Clive Palmer may have told one too many whoppers
The money-splashing advertising campaign by serial political disrupter Clive Palmer in this Queensland election offers the winner a compelling case for law...
Dennis Atkins: Scott Morrison is the master of the dark political arts
Using an old theatrical saying, Canberra author, academic, historian and commentator Chris Wallace remarks that “action is character”. She uses the phrase...
Premier Palaszczuk plays an unexpected wildcard in Queensland election
In what’s been a risk-averse and calculated election, the pledge by Annastacia Palaszczuk to fast-track voluntary assisted dying laws was one issue...
Dennis Atkins: The Morrison pitch to paint an underdog as best in show
Queensland was Scott Morrison’s Hotel California by the end of the week. As the songs says, “You can check out any time...
Dennis Atkins: Albanese’s only big mistake was borrowing from Tony Abbott
Labor’s Anthony Albanese stepped up to the task when he delivered his Budget reply this week, having been set a very high...