Cold welcome: another chapter in Labor’s hard luck storyBy Mark Sawyer | June 3, 2022No sooner back in office and the ALP is hit with a crisis: the gas shortages plaguing the east coast. Labor seems ...
The Teals: the next generationBy Mark Sawyer | June 2, 2022The success of Teal candidates on May 21 has their advocates already eyeing new worlds to conquer. The next ...
Welcome back, to the same old place that we laughed aboutBy Mark Sawyer | June 1, 2022Many of the new ministers had the staying power to endure three frustrating terms of opposition. Does this mean ...
Double sevens: what a beautiful number for LaborBy Mark Sawyer | May 31, 2022No sooner had Labor hit the magic 76-seat mark, it went one better.
To the dear departed, come back, some of youBy Mark Sawyer | May 31, 2022For all the focus on her being parachuted into Fowler, Kristina Keneally at least had a go. That doesn't mean Dai ...
Bye bye Barn, but what future for a once-proud party?By Mark Sawyer | May 30, 2022There is no doubt that the quality of National Party leaders has tailed off.
Dutton takes over, but has the party hit rock bottom?By Mark Sawyer | May 30, 2022Once upon a time John Howard was Mr 18 Per Cent. New opposition leader Peter Dutton is Mr 19 Per Cent.
Another one for the shame file of scare campaignsBy Mark Sawyer | May 27, 2022Scott Morrison is rightly being flayed for the last ignomious act of his campaign. Alas such shenanigans have ...
The great conservative undead: don’t write off DuttonBy Mark Sawyer | May 27, 2022It might only take the Coalition adopting a new climate target to get back into the game. Dutton, who must know ...
Maroons hold Albo at bay: Labor goes dim in Sunshine StateBy Mark Sawyer | May 26, 2022The Albanese government's presence in Queensland will be the lowest for any Labor government in our 121 years of ...
It’s time. Time for Labor and the Greens to say yes to loveBy Mark Sawyer | May 23, 2022To win an election on 32.66% is not a triumph, it’s a warning. An alliance with the Greens now, while the Liberals ...
Hey 31, Mr Albanese sir, how ya doing?By Mark Sawyer | May 22, 2022So Albanese is our 31st prime minister. Will people start calling him 31, in that infuriating way the two ...