by MURRAY HOGARTH | Aug 29, 2025 | Opinion, The far right
Anti-immigration fanatics, including neo-Nazis and white nationalists, prepare to “March for Australia” around the country this weekend. The pro-gun lobby celebrates a comeback for firearms, nearly three decades after the Port Arthur mass shooting prompted a national...
by Nicole Chvastek | Jun 4, 2025 | Opinion, Politics, The world
As Donald Trump’s trainwreck press conferences reverberate around the world, it’s been difficult not to notice his anointed MAGA warrior-princess press secretary firing off lightning bolts at critics of the administration. She sweeps into White House press conferences...
by Nicole Chvastek | Mar 18, 2025 | Opinion, The world
The perils of dealing with a US president awestruck by Vladimir Putin takes me back to 1992 — a very different time and a very different president. I was among reporters trying to put a question to George Bush snr during his visit to Australia. The press were at a...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Feb 26, 2025 | Analysis, Politics
What keeps first-term Opposition Leader Peter Dutton awake at night on the eve of an election which opinion polls suggest he could win? One thing is the ever-present likelihood of ultra-conservatives on his Liberal-National Coalition team slipping the party discipline...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Dec 20, 2024 | Media, Opinion
What happens when a journalist gets a case of news fatigue? It is increasingly common for people to turn off or stop reading because the news is too grim. That’s fine for news consumers, but what about news writers? It’d be like a surgeon who suddenly can’t take...
