Minor parties and independents are winning seats in parliament through populist platitudes. Emotional triggers that offer hope with little attention to achievable solutions are their stock in trade. The teals’ …

The federal election has resulted in the Albanese Labor government achieving a majority in its own right in the House of Representatives where governments are formed. At one level this …

Three days prior to the 2019 election I wrote that the choice was between a salesman, Scott Morrison, and a visionary, Bill Shorten. Australians decided to vote for Morrison and …

It’s a political truism that oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them. Of course, the opposition must be seen as a well led and viable option. But primarily it is …

Political parties that lose their way are first punished by their supporters, then by the electorate. When the Liberal Party dumped Malcolm Turnbull and sidelined Julie Bishop, it shifted to …

Can Anthony Albanese from the Labor Left succeed where Bill Shorten from the Labor Right failed? Shorten faced a seasoned campaigner in Scott Morrison and lost despite a handsome lead …

In the lead-up to the last federal election I wrote that Scott Morrison was avoiding questions about dysfunction in the Liberal Party, stagnating wages, and higher living costs. His message …

There is a much greater understanding in Cyprus today of the importance of the diaspora and its role in helping secure a just resolution of the Cyprus issue. This is …

“GIVE war a chance.” That is the message being attributed to pro-Russian demonstrators in Europe. And there are more of them than you might think. A few days ago, I …

Kimberley Kitching was due to give the Fiona Richardson Memorial Lecture on 15 March. In 2017 when Fiona died, I wrote that in the rough and tumble of politics, you …