Both major parties are simply spending to win votes but have no real fixes planned,writes Mark Nugent.
Julia Gillard has been praised for maintaining a dignified silence since leaving politics. But wouldn’t we like to hear more from her?
The global political landscape is changing,and all Australians are affected,writes Betty Green.
Very rarely,everything goes smoothly on the election campaign trail. Often,things go very,very wrong.
What is the legacy of the first (and perhaps only) term of the Albanese government? The loss of the Voice seems to have frozen his appetite for reform.
Living on the Central Coast,I am all for the construction of a high-speed rail link to Sydney. Currently it takes approximately the same time (1.5 hours) to drive from Gosford to the CBD on an increasingly crowded M1 as a train service that is frustratingly slow in sections.
Andrew Wilkie regrets signing a deal with Julia Gillard when she didn’t follow through with gambling reform and says the independents would be well advised to stay independent.
Ross Gittins may well bemoan the “era of gutless government”,but perhaps he should direct his criticism to the people responsible,the electors of Australia.
As the former Labor leader leaves the political stage,he admits to having regrets but “too few to mention”. He should reconsider.
Bill Shorten,for six years leader of the Labor Party before being denied the nation’s leadership,muses about life in politics and his future in academia.