No Gunner, no Gutwein … no glory for ScoMo?By Mark Sawyer | May 10, 2022Three of the nine government heads that made up National Cabinet have moved, or been moved on, in the past two ...
Having our say on the same day: it’s a pity we’re not all doing it together in suffrage cityBy Mark Sawyer | May 10, 2022The continuing pandemic will have made many people wary of a crowded school hall. But what about the rest? ...
Ranting blokes after dark – the not so Great DebateBy Mark Sawyer | May 9, 2022Morrison and Albanese spent much of the leaders' debate shouting at each other.
No Teal surprises from Turnbull: apres Malcolm, le delugeBy Mark Sawyer | May 6, 2022Malcolm Turnbull's endorsement of the Teal candidates over the Liberal Party he led in two stints is not one of ...
Public right to know? Gotcha journalism? How to alienate everyoneBy Mark Sawyer | May 5, 2022Another gotcha moment for Albanese. The media aren’t there to be chooks, nibbling on the politicians’ pearls of ...
The way we were: come back Josh, says 2022By Mark Sawyer | May 4, 2022Frydenberg wanted us to be grateful for the low unemployment and remember that inflation is higher everywhere ...
Vote party line no matter national interest? Right, said FredBy Mark Sawyer | May 4, 2022A key participant in the greatest act of constitutional vandalism in Australian political history is now the voice ...
Gosford pork: Albo and Jase a ratings dudBy Mark Sawyer | May 3, 2022Albanese and rising star Jason Clare served up Labor's housing policy with a side order of wedges and chilli ...
The Coal Coalition: what if the majors cut their own deal? Stranger things have happenedBy Mark Sawyer | May 3, 2022Conventional wisdom is that the high expected vote for minor parties and independents will result in a hung ...
Anthony Albanese conquers the west, but we await the killer Albo blowBy Mark Sawyer | May 1, 2022Albanese heads back east a likeable, but not yet inspiring figure. A crumbling government is yet to be demolished.
The corralled sea: Australia adrift in the Pacific as China builds a friendship circleBy Mark Sawyer | April 30, 2022Australia seeks Pacific security with the US and UK. A four-hour flight from Queensland, a nation seeks its ...
Who gives a stuff about inflation in the US and UK?By Mark Sawyer | April 29, 2022The shadow treasurer responding to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg’s attempts to play down the inflation rate (5.1%, the ...