The teal MPs

Why do some men find the teals so triggering?

The powerful movement might hold the fate of the nation in its hands come election day.

  • Jacqueline Maley

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Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton will seek to paint a narrative of who they are – and where they have come from.

This election is between a battler and a cop – at least that’s what they’ll tell you

Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are both up for the fight. And they’ll use their past lives to show it.

  • Jacqueline Maley
Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

Was this really the budget we needed? Our experts deliver their verdicts

Shane Wright,Ross Gittins,Peter Hartcher,Jacqueline Maley and Matthew Knott break down the economic and political implications of the budget.

  • Shane Wright,Ross Gittins,Peter Hartcher,Jacqueline Maley andMatthew Knott
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looking over the budget documents this morning.

The budget that nobody wanted ... and nobody might get

There’s a big problem with not expecting to have to deliver a budget – by the time it comes around,you’ve already used up your best material.

  • Jacqueline Maley
A candid news photo can lift the curtain on our leaders.

Politicians work hard to manage their images. There are the times it’s gone terribly wrong

A politician once said photographers were snipers out to get them. As an audience,we know which side we are on.

  • Jacqueline Maley
hate speech

Money talks,and defending free speech now comes at a cost

We live in an extraordinary moment in history in which boundaries of free speech have to be set and policed by ordinary people all the time.

  • Jacqueline Maley
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Working from home’s now a culture war,and Dutton’s drawn the battle lines

The post-pandemic phenomenon has changed our working lives. Now,its pros and cons will be debated as an election issue.

  • Jacqueline Maley

The macho men who bootlick Trump show us what weakness looks like

Some of the richest men in the world are genuflecting to the re-elected US president. It’s a pathetic parade of toadyism.

  • Jacqueline Maley
PM and Jodie Haydon and Peter and Kirrily Dutton at the Midwinter Ball 2024

Albanese and Dutton are doing ‘soft’ interviews:that can only mean one thing

Political spouses usually appear only at election time. Do they make a difference?

  • Jacqueline Maley
Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton have a very different approach when it comes to Donald Trump.

Trump’s barely mentioned Australia,but he’s already made the PM and Dutton look weak

Our leaders face an impossible situation trying to manage the fallout from Trump 2.0. It shows.

  • Jacqueline Maley