Would a democracy hot dog move enough Americans to vote down a tyrant?
Tony Wright’s Column
US Votes 2024

Would a democracy hot dog move enough Americans to vote down a tyrant?

One in three eligible voters can’t be bothered to have a say in US presidential elections. Yet voting can – and should – be a passion and pleasure.

  • byTony Wright

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Family union in a league of its own

Grandson’s finals matches provide brain training for grandparents.

The deepening mystery of a Peter Dutton apology

The deepening mystery of a Peter Dutton apology

Calls by the opposition leader to halt arrivals from Gaza have fuelled doubts over whether he ever apologised for earlier comments about Muslim immigration.

  • byPatrick Begley
Bureaucratic amnesia forgets freedom of information

Bureaucratic amnesia forgets freedom of information

The discovery of a cache of sensitive federal cabinet documents that had been forgotten and left lying around gathering dust for more than 40 years is possibly even too far-fetched for political satire.

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How November 11,1975,sparked a siege that imprisoned a prime minister

How November 11,1975,sparked a siege that imprisoned a prime minister

After governor-general John Kerr dismissed the Whitlam government,new prime minister Malcolm Fraser became the target of students activists at Monash University.

  • byTony Wright
Australians are too modest,our nation is much greater than America

Australians are too modest,our nation is much greater than America

Patriotism is irksome,but that’s no reason to shy away from acknowledging our country’s achievements,and its one great flaw.

  • byGary Newman
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A ‘litany of lies’ or a document of ‘grace and generosity’? Voice debate sparks war of words

A ‘litany of lies’ or a document of ‘grace and generosity’? Voice debate sparks war of words

Healthy debate is constructive,but not when your agenda is aggressively espousing unnecessary division.

My grandfather Malcolm Fraser would have found ‘If you don’t know,vote No’ abhorrent

My grandfather Malcolm Fraser would have found ‘If you don’t know,vote No’ abhorrent

If Australia returns a majority No vote,we will wake up on October 15 with no plan to improve Indigenous people’s lives. My grandfather would have implored us to consider the consequences of choosing to do nothing.

  • bySamantha Marshall
A fishing trip with a new PM says so much about why a Voice to parliament is needed

A fishing trip with a new PM says so much about why a Voice to parliament is needed

The barramundi were of more interest than issues of crucial importance to the people of Arnhem Land.

  • byMegan Davis
‘Profound and personal’:A witness to political trauma and farce

‘Profound and personal’:A witness to political trauma and farce

Whether it was with drunk,missing or newly coined prime ministers,Tony Eggleton,who died on Saturday,played a role in three key moments of Australian political history.

  • byNiki Savva
Liberals mourn ‘champion’ federal director Tony Eggleton

Liberals mourn ‘champion’ federal director Tony Eggleton

A key figure in the party over four decades,Eggleton was thrust into the national spotlight upon the disappearance of Harold Holt in 1967.

  • byDavid Crowe