by DAVID HARDAKER | Jul 4, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
Does lying still work in politics? It’s a question worth asking this week because Angus Taylor keeps doing it (or versions of it), despite his party being crushed at the polls so recently. As well, an integrity commission, the National Anti-Corruption...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Jun 30, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
He verges on fictional James Bond good looks. Wealthy landed gentry upbringing. Exclusive private school boy. Rhodes scholar academic. Top management consultant, with McKinsey on his business bio. Accomplished barrister wife, with whom he shares four children....
by DAVID HARDAKER | May 8, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
What’s not to love about the implosion of the Liberal Party? It’s not accustomed to losing, which might explain how badly it’s handling this setback, albeit one of historic proportions. Five days on, the Saturday night massacre has exposed how thoroughly...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Oct 31, 2024 | Opinion, Politics
If you have a passing knowledge of US politics then you will know the name Roy Cohn, the ruthless, amoral lawyer who mentored a young Donald Trump. Abrasive and savage, Cohn was described by columnist Maureen Dowd in The New York Times as being “like a caged animal...
