by MURRAY HOGARTH | Dec 16, 2024 | Analysis, Nuclear power
Four conservative middle-aged white men in dark suits gathered in Brisbane a few days ago to sell their pre-election version of The Block’s “big reveal” — the federal opposition’s climate and energy plan was finally unveiled. A retro plan plucked from the 1950s...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Dec 12, 2024 | Opinion, Politics
When the Roy Morgan research house released its annual “trusted brand awards” for 2024, Australia’s national research organisation, the CSIRO, was on the winners’ list for the third year in a row. Hardly surprising, because it prevails despite a febrile...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Dec 9, 2024 | Analysis, Politics
In a Game of Thrones version of Australian politics, major party strategists gather around grand map tables in castle towers, move their pieces here and there, test this or that manoeuvre, and consider battlegrounds and alliances. What to value and what to toss. Where...
by The Politics | Nov 1, 2024 | Media
After a five-day whirlwind, the pressure is now on former AFR Rear Window columnist-turned-author Joe Aston to stack up his incendiary claim that Anthony Albanese contacted former Qantas head Alan Joyce to gain upgrades worth thousands of dollars for his private...
by MURRAY HOGARTH | Oct 30, 2024 | Analysis, Politics
It was confusing. Why would Australia’s leading conservative think-tank launch a major policy paper on energy security, promoting its nuclear-over-renewables agenda, in London? With a UK winter coming on fast? What was the brain trust at the Institute of Public...
