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 DAVID HARDAKER | Jun 10, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
The Politics gives a big shout-out to Scott Morrison AC’s eagle. Look closely. There it is, right behind the former prime minister in photographs that commemorate his elevation to Australia’s highest honour. Observers of Morrison will remember that this soaring eagle...
by DAVID HARDAKER | May 29, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
Yay, verily, the sight of Scott Morrison rocking into town this week bearing the glow of unexpected success must give at least some comfort to his Liberal Party colleagues now mired in a hell of recrimination. The lesson is that a bountiful future awaits even the most...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Apr 16, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
For a minute there it looked like Peter Dutton’s luck might have changed yesterday when reports emerged that the Russians were coming. Could you believe it? Vladimir Putin’s people had designs on Indonesia as a base for their military aircraft. Manna from heaven for a...
by DAVID HARDAKER | Mar 24, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
The editor of The Sydney Morning Herald sent a lovely email a few days ago to let readers know there was an election in the wind and that the SMH team was all systems go for a May poll date. I felt like it completely missed the point. Bevan Shields laid out the...
