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Across the aisle
Thousands of kilometres from the Sturm und Drang of whirling leadership speculation in Canberra, another power struggle erupts with much…
Across the aisle
Thousands of kilometres from the Sturm und Drang of whirling leadership speculation in Canberra, another power struggle erupts with much…
Across the aisle
Twenty-three years ago, the British political thriller House of Cards gave the world the now-classic line: ‘You might very well…
Across the aisle
Twenty-three years ago, the British political thriller House of Cards gave the world the now-classic line: ‘You might very well…
Across the aisle
The second and final episode of the ABC docu-drama Whitlam: The Power & The Passion aired on Sunday night. As…
Across the aisle
The second and final episode of the ABC docu-drama Whitlam: The Power & The Passion aired on Sunday night. As…
Across the aisle
There are some moments sitting in the Federal Parliament that I will never forget. Listening to Martin Ferguson announce his…
Across the aisle
There are some moments sitting in the Federal Parliament that I will never forget. Listening to Martin Ferguson announce his…
Across the Aisle
Budget week has its set pieces, traditions and rhythms. It’s a special week which lets both sides of politics lay…
Across the Aisle
Budget week has its set pieces, traditions and rhythms. It’s a special week which lets both sides of politics lay…
Across the aisle
These days, book launches, like election campaign launches, come well after a new book is actually released to the public.…
Across the aisle
These days, book launches, like election campaign launches, come well after a new book is actually released to the public.…
Across the aisle
It was the best of time and the worst of times for Twitter. Anzac Day, our most sacred day, was…
Across the aisle
It was the best of time and the worst of times for Twitter. Anzac Day, our most sacred day, was…
Across the aisle
As someone who was Minister for Immigration for nearly three years and who had to provide almost daily commentary on…
Across the aisle
As someone who was Minister for Immigration for nearly three years and who had to provide almost daily commentary on…
Latham’s Law: 29 September 2012
For many readers, The Spectator Australia is like The Real Housewives of Orange County. Only the front bits are worth…
Latham’s Law – 8 September 2012
Gerard Henderson is crackers. This is the only conclusion one can reach from his increasingly bizarre attacks on The Spectator…
Latham’s Law – 25 August 2012
One of the grave concerns of parents is bullying at school, that unbearable circumstance in which good, hard-working students are…
Latham’s law – 11 August 2012
This is the story of an Australian Opposition Leader who cried wolf about a new tax. In the months leading…
Latham’s Law – 28 July 2012
When Kevin Rudd was rising through the ranks of the Parliamentary Labor party a decade ago, his most diligent critic…
Latham’s law – 21 July 2012
In the public dispute over Labor-Green preferences, Sarah Hanson-Young, the Greens’ immigration spokesperson, made a telling contribution. ‘There’s a big…
Latham’s Law – 14th July 2012
One of the delusions of life in Canberra is that laws passed on Capital Hill have a big-bang impact on…
Latham’s Law -30 June 2012
First, an important update. In September I reported on the new system by which the memory of journalists would be…
Latham’s law
Nothing excites journalists more than a debate about the future of journalism. While this is not unusual among professional groups,…
