European leaders are suddenly questioning whether America,under Donald Trump,remains their ally. Australia may have to confront the same question.
Australian prime ministers have traditionally had poor name recognition in the US. But Anthony Albanese can change that.
When I covered Trump 1.0,I wrote “shocking but unsurprising” … This time it’s “SHOCKING AND SURPRISING”.
Even our lamb ads portray a fraying of national cohesion. From antisemitic terror to political polarisation,we’re not as relaxed as we like to imagine.
God,the back-again US president and pliant princes from Silicon Valley are the new Trumpian trinity.
Joe Biden may be remembered as a fine president but his stubborn refusal to pass the torch for so long made it almost historically inevitable that Donald Trump would win again.
If Labor loses just three seats,it will lose majority government,but the Coalition must win 21 seats for an outright win. Prepare for a cliffhanger 2025 election.
Australians like to think they have a larrikin,rebellious spirit,but they are remarkably tolerant of official intervention and petty-minded bureaucracy.
Donald Horne’s seminal book cast Australia as a mediocre country run by second-rate people. The truth is its brand of democracy has often led the world.
More than half the world’s population had the opportunity to vote this year. That’s good news. But disaffection with democracy itself is growing. That’s not so good.