Looking back over our history, Australia’s most successful prime ministers have been those with the “common touch”. Patricians have rarely enjoyed political longevity. Although often overlooked today, Joe Lyons is regarded as one of the most genuinely popular men to hold the office of prime minister, whose death caused
As things stand, it seems almost certain that Anthony Albanese will take over the leadership of the Australian Labor Party when Bill Shorten is finally shown the door and goes home to count his millions. This is hardly surprising: there were strong rumours that a challenge by Albanese was only
The McCarthyite strategy of trawling social media accounts in search of something, anything, that can be remotely pinned on a politician or candidate continues unabated. At the moment, the game is paying off handsomely for all sides, as column inches are dedicated to self-rigtheous outrage and sniffy indignation, and a
What seemed just a month ago to be an assured Labor victory in the 2019 Australian election looks to be going right down to the wire. Indicating just how desperate the race is going to be is that the fight has suddenly got very, very dirty even by Australian standards.
Two weeks out from the Australian general election, there is a new contender for most trusted Australian politician… that is our own prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. Yes, you read that right. Jacinda is Australia’s most trusted politician. Those who say that voting should be restricted to those with an
The Phony War is over, the Easter/Anzac break is behind us, and the Australian federal election 2019 is on for real. Labor have had a shocking campaign so far, especially with Bill Shorten?s fumbling, dodging performance, which has drawn unfavourable comparisons (not just from me) with the hapless
Australia?s elite media-political nomenklatura are nothing if not pack-hunters. Like a mob of nasty schoolchildren, at the slightest provocation the Australian media eagerly flock to shout and scream at their chosen target. The media-political class worked themselves into a self-righteous frenzy over the nothingburger that was Al Jazeera?s
