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Delay to environment reforms shows what WA wants, WA gets

The decision to delay reform of federal environmental laws underscores the stranglehold the resources states have on the next election.

18.04.2024 10

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Phillip Coorey

Political point-scoring blinkers everyone’s approach to Gaza

Anthony Albanese is right to say the impact Australia can have on the behaviour of either side of the conflict is “limited”. But that has long...

12.04.2024 9

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Phillip Coorey

Albanese’s shrewd GG choice won’t settle for cutting ribbons

Sam Mostyn is whip smart and is more than capable of using her role to bring attention to various causes as she sees them, in a non-confrontational...

03.04.2024 10

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Phillip Coorey

It’s the Malaysia Plan all over again

One can only imagine the reaction if Labor was in opposition and had done the same thing.

27.03.2024 7

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Phillip Coorey

Revised car emissions policy will live or die on flexibility

The challenge is to transition to vehicles that do what their petrol and diesel counterparts can do and for the same price.

26.03.2024 4

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Phillip Coorey

Cleaner cars a politically charged driving test for Chris Bowen

The climate change and energy minister should be cut some slack. He is in the minority attempting hard and unpopular reform, such as the new clean...

21.03.2024 4

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Phillip Coorey

Indiscreet Rudd has only himself to blame for Trump outburst

The world will know in November whether Donald Trump is back. If so, Kevin Rudd appointed US ambassador a year ago this month, may have his posting...

20.03.2024 8

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Phillip Coorey

Labor is in deep trouble in Queensland

One senior LNP figure says Albanese’s focus on the Voice last year amid a youth crime wave and cost-of-living crisis damaged federal Labor in...

17.03.2024 10

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Phillip Coorey

Dutton’s nuclear push could take on political life of its own

The zero-emissions power source adds up on some fronts, but there’s still a whiff of crazy about the whole push.

14.03.2024 8

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Phillip Coorey

Chalmers’ third budget will fight and stoke inflation and growth

Timing for the next election will be about picking a sweet spot between things getting better and things getting worse.

07.03.2024 2

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Phillip Coorey

Will Albo’s Voice gamble turn out like ScoMo’s Hawaii trip?

Early impressions are important with new prime ministers and the gamble on the Voice may prove to be damaging, in a similar vein as Tony Abbott’s...

29.02.2024 6

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Phillip Coorey

Nickel crashes green superpower picture of El Dorado

Whatever the government comes up with to shore up the WA nickel industry, it will be a sobering day when Australia’s golden goose needs a subsidy to...

22.02.2024 10

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Phillip Coorey

Rookies inject moral clarity into Joyce’s fall and antisemitism’s rise

Tania Lawrence and Michelle Ananda-Rajah are newcomers to parliament, but that can be an advantage because they haven’t had the idealism kicked out...

15.02.2024 4

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Phillip Coorey

It’s been a good week for the Labor base, and those who delivered

Jim Chalmers and Tony Burke have done their internal standing no harm this week by delivering for the true believers.

08.02.2024 8

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Phillip Coorey

The numbers are pointing in the right direction for Labor

Tax cuts, falling inflation, higher wages and interest rates cuts are set to favour Labor leading into what could be an early election.

01.02.2024 6

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Phillip Coorey

Albanese’s version of integrity comes with a means test

The prime minister gave copious reasons why Labor should honour the stage three tax cuts. Then he went and backflipped anyway.

24.01.2024 5

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Phillip Coorey

We’ll be back in election mode on the other side of Christmas

Three-year terms mean that the government, after just 20 months in power, will start pulling down the new policy shutters, with the opposition...

14.12.2023 3

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Phillip Coorey

The surplus the treasurer doesn’t want to mention – yet

Both sides have conveniently ignored external calamities in the battle for economic supremacy.

13.12.2023 5

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Phillip Coorey

The prime minister needs his mojo back

Voters want their prime minister to be of them, not like them. At the moment, they feel he is neither.

07.12.2023 9

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Phillip Coorey

With friends like the Labor states, who needs enemies

It’s not just the states that are sensing vulnerability. The opposition’s tone this week has been one of sheer irreverence.

30.11.2023 3

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Phillip Coorey

Peter Dutton: can’t live with him, can’t live without him

Labor is whistling past the graveyard as it seeks to tie a bow around the parliamentary year.

26.11.2023 10

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Phillip Coorey

Albanese should own his decisions, not hide behind fake convention

Continuing to obfuscate and invent convention makes Prime Minister Anthony Albanese look as though he is ashamed of his actions.

21.11.2023 8

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Phillip Coorey

No mercy. How it’s going to be until the next election

It was Labor’s nightmare and Dutton’s fantasy to be once again fighting on immigration issues.

16.11.2023 9

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Phillip Coorey

Albanese’s China visit was a whole different calibre

Despite the views expressed by some hawks, the prime minister was not kowtowing in China.

09.11.2023 4

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Phillip Coorey

In his most important trip yet, PM’s simple mantra gets results

If the trip results in a resumption of annual talks and the end of coercive trade sanctions, while giving up little in return, that’s a pretty good...

07.11.2023 3

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Phillip Coorey

‘Airbus Albo’ risks leaving the home front aflame

Tricky international diplomacy is nothing compared with feral talkback radio at home.

02.11.2023 5

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Phillip Coorey

It’s a balancing act on Israel at home and abroad

Given the long and violent history of the Israeli-Arab conflict, views towards it are pre-formed, polarised and, in most cases, utterly intransigent.

26.10.2023 6

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Phillip Coorey

Albanese fears RBA rate rise fallout - with good reason

The Albanese government knows if rates move again, as now seems inevitable, it’s going to get whacked, regardless of the cause.

25.10.2023 3

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Phillip Coorey

Sensitivities abound over Albanese’s trip to Washington

As the prime minister cops flak on talkback radio for his heavy travel schedule, the government is sensitive about the optics of his imminent...

20.10.2023 4

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Phillip Coorey

The longer Chalmers leaves it, the harder EV charging will be to fix

What are the Greens going to demand be spent when the fuel excise runs out? And do they not realise that just because a car is battery powered, it...

20.10.2023 6

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Phillip Coorey

Referendum a reality check for progressive politics

The referendum loss may not halt the march of progressive politics, but it certainly provides pause for thought. 

15.10.2023 3

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Phillip Coorey

Albanese seeks virtue in crushing defeat, Dutton has a good night

The consequences of Saturday’s result will go far beyond shattering the hopes of Indigenous leaders.

14.10.2023 5

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Phillip Coorey

Plan is to move on quickly from the referendum defeat

Pumping up its national security bona fides is not in Labor’s DNA. It needs to be.

12.10.2023 3

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Phillip Coorey

Moral clarity on Middle East needs to transcend base politics

For years, Labor has been walking on eggshells when it comes to the Arab-Israeli conflict.

12.10.2023 4

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Phillip Coorey

To claw back power, the Libs need to stop being a hot mess

The Liberal party has swung to the hard right in some states - leaving Labor with the advantage. And accountability has suffered.

28.09.2023 3

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Phillip Coorey

Dan Andrews was a cult figure in Australian politics

The Victorian premier had a ruthless leadership style, which included crushing dissent and discrediting critics while buttressed by the unshakeable...

27.09.2023 9

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Phillip Coorey

The numbers don’t lie, Labor’s honeymoon is over

Embattled voters are marking down the government on all fronts, regardless of effort or performance.

25.09.2023 10

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Phillip Coorey

Dutton’s nuclear plans are getting under Labor’s skin

Advocating nuclear power these days is about as passe as a politician admitting they once smoked pot.

21.09.2023 2

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Phillip Coorey

PM’s inch-deep COVID inquiry treats us all like idiots

The government would have more credibility had it just broken its promise altogether and had no inquiry.

21.09.2023 20

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Phillip Coorey

Focus begins to shift to the consequences of a No vote

The Yes case has been outplayed not by Peter Dutton but Aboriginal Liberal-Nationals senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who was not factored in as a...

14.09.2023 2

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Phillip Coorey

Langton just handed the No case what it’s been waiting for

Marcia Langton’s point about racism being behind some claims by No campaigners in the Voice referendum is defensible, but her comments were still...

13.09.2023 9

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Phillip Coorey

Prime minister takes off as midterm headwinds hit at home

Every first-term government since Whitlam has gone backwards at their next election. It’s a sobering statistic for a government with a three-seat...

07.09.2023 2

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Phillip Coorey

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