Samuel Thawley

One flag, two economies

9 July 2026 7:45 pm

The commentariat is fighting about Hanson’s word: monoculture. However, the whole country has already effectively adjudicated on the idea. We know the answer...

There is a single law: the outsider is not fit to govern

7 July 2026 10:57 am

History disagrees. Some outsiders save nations, others ruin them. It is too early to tell on One Nation and Reform...

Are we sheep?

5 July 2026 11:56 pm

The herd of voters in on the move, looking for a political home

The sophistication of denial

2 July 2026 1:01 am

Legacy commentators struggle to describe the demise of major parties

The coming crash of intellectuals

30 June 2026 3:21 am

Four pressures are converging on the symbolic economy

Who ends the churn?

27 June 2026 12:24 pm

So many Prime Ministers in such a short time spells trouble for major parties

Yes, the Nationals can survive

22 June 2026 2:50 pm

Their extinction is not guaranteed just because the Liberals are suffering...

Australia’s political grief

20 June 2026 5:02 pm

Major parties struggle to cope with the rise of One Nation

Roman precedent suggests Hanson might turn out great

16 June 2026 12:44 am

Can Pauline Hanson follow Giorgia Meloni’s example?

Labor in a State

8 June 2026 8:42 am

South Australia was the first place on Earth, ahead of New Zealand, to give women a complete political life –…

The five heresies

27 May 2026 8:54 am

What do transformations in the Australian party system mean?