Paul Keating’s apprentice is painting a vastly differently portrait of Australia

Paul Keating’s apprentice is painting a vastly differently portrait of Australia

If Jim Chalmers can deliver on his big picture,Australia will win on a global scale. If not,the title of Christopher Malouf’s Archibald Prize portrait will be vindicated.

  • byPeter Hartcher

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Is a Future Made in Australia a good idea or a bad one? Maybe a bit of both

Is a Future Made in Australia a good idea or a bad one? Maybe a bit of both

Why would Anthony Albanese and his smart economists,Jim Chalmers and Chris Bowen,want to reverse the bipartisan policy of the past 40 years and take us back to the future?

  • byRoss Gittins
Violence crisis demands urgent response

Violence crisis demands urgent response

Violence against women is under focus yet again – something that never seems to change.

How four pillars on the Kokoda Track will change Albanese forever
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Anzac Day

How four pillars on the Kokoda Track will change Albanese forever

When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lurches out of the PNG jungle at Isurava shrine,four words will be etched on his psyche.

  • byPeter FitzSimons
‘I’m not trying to own the past,I want us to own the future’:Chalmers attempts to escape Keating’s shadow

‘I’m not trying to own the past,I want us to own the future’:Chalmers attempts to escape Keating’s shadow

Treasurer Jim Chalmers will hand down his third budget in just over a month. Having Paul Keating,arguably the nation’s greatest economic reformer,as an idol is starting to weigh on him.

  • byJames Massola andShane Wright
What Dutton says when his guard is down (and why US politics is not his strength)

What Dutton says when his guard is down (and why US politics is not his strength)

The opposition leader made some strange comments about the US election during a private dinner for big-money donors last week.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
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Don Harwin elected NSW Liberal president by single vote

Don Harwin elected NSW Liberal president by single vote

The former arts minister’s narrow win was a pyrrhic victory for the Liberal Party’s moderate faction after a decade of dominance in NSW.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman
Keating launches spray at ASIO boss and Wong

Keating launches spray at ASIO boss and Wong

Former prime minister Paul Keating accuses Mike Burgess of trying to undermine the government’s efforts to stabilise relations with China and renews his attack on Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

  • byMatthew Knott
Dual threat from China spells double trouble for Australia

Dual threat from China spells double trouble for Australia

Amid a step-up in opacity from Beijing,finding meaning in this week’s National People’s Congress is all about reading between the lines.

  • byThe Herald's View
How low can they go? Byelection exposed our cheap and tinny politics
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Byelection

How low can they go? Byelection exposed our cheap and tinny politics

The focus of both major parties for the Dunkley byelection was fairly trivial. Let’s hope they can do better for the looming federal election.

  • bySean Kelly
In power,Keating was a gift. Now,at 80,he’s a tragedy

In power,Keating was a gift. Now,at 80,he’s a tragedy

Paul Keating’s incredible economic chutzpah supercharged Australia’s prosperity. But he has become an apologist for China,and that may poison his legacy.

  • byPeter Hartcher