by DAVID HARDAKER | Aug 1, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
Welcome to the art of Australian politics in the age of a US tyrant — a time when a US president uses the power of the state to damage those who displease him. Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese has a stock phrase: “We’ll make a decision as the Australian...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Jul 31, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
There’s been plenty of riffing on the Greens of late, including by The Politics, but — how to put this? — it comes from a place of love. There are several reasons for this. One is the dreaded AUKUS. These are the five deadliest letters in Australian politics. They...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Jul 21, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
The Politics has inadvertently been copied into an official briefing note for Anthony Albanese’s feverishly anticipated meeting with the US president. Naturally we’re sharing it with you. Here it is in full: Prime Minister, The president’s standing...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Jul 11, 2025 | Defence, Nuclear, Opinion
Does anyone have a clue about what’s going on with AUKUS? To paraphrase Britain’s wartime prime minister Winston Churchill, when it comes to the biggest deal in town, never has so little been known by so many about so much. It’s a way of expressing an...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Jul 8, 2025 | Defence, Opinion
Thank God for the mushroom trial. Fixating in its weirdness, and yet utterly devoid of wider meaning, it’s a media dream. It’s as though David Lynch (of Eraserhead and Twin Peaks fame) visited country Victoria and found a plot already written. Stand by for the...
