Mark Sawyer

Mark Sawyer is a journalist with extensive experience in print and digital media in Sydney, Melbourne and rural Australia.
Cold welcome: another chapter in Labor’s hard luck story

Cold welcome: another chapter in Labor’s hard luck story

No 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 generation

The Teals: the next generation

The 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 about

Welcome back, to the same old place that we laughed about

Many 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 Labor

Double sevens: what a beautiful number for Labor

No sooner had Labor hit the magic 76-seat mark, it went one better.
To the dear departed, come back, some of you

To the dear departed, come back, some of you

For 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?

Bye bye Barn, but what future for a once-proud party?

There is no doubt that the quality of National Party leaders has tailed off.
Dutton takes over, but has the party hit rock bottom?

Dutton takes over, but has the party hit rock bottom?

Once 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 campaigns

Another one for the shame file of scare campaigns

Scott 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 Dutton

The great conservative undead: don’t write off Dutton

It 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 State

Maroons hold Albo at bay: Labor goes dim in Sunshine State

The 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 love

It’s time. Time for Labor and the Greens to say yes to love

To 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?

Hey 31, Mr Albanese sir, how ya doing?

So Albanese is our 31st prime minister. Will people start calling him 31, in that infuriating way the two ...
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