by MURRAY HOGARTH | Aug 22, 2025 | Environment, Opinion, Politics
Far from crawling back under their rocks after a humiliating repudiation just three months ago, ultra-conservatives are doubling down on their fact-defying mission to kill Australia’s net-zero climate action. But a Senate inquiry with the power to compel witnesses is...
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 24, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
Welcome to the one-party state. Whatever else has happened in the life and times of Anthony Albanese, this parliamentary week he must feel like an angel has touched him. Labor enjoys near total dominance in numbers. At the same time his political opponents are a...
by Nicole Chvastek | Apr 2, 2025 | Opinion, Politics
Welcome to five weeks of the election roadshow. Here’s how it will play. The Murdoch media will back in their man Peter Dutton with gushing praise for every insane policy pronouncement he utters while savaging the teal independents for trivial missteps and praying...
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...
