Parnell Palme McGuinness
Parnell Palme McGuinness is an insights and advocacy strategist. She has done work for the Liberal Party and the German Greens and is a senior fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies. She is also an advisory board member of Australians For Prosperity, which is part-funded by the coal industry.
- Opinion
- Gender equality
The misogyny coin buys less than it used to
Allegations of sexism no longer spark political movements. Voters’ focus is on something else.
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- Opinion
- Pauline Hanson
Women voting with their feet: This One Nation shift shouldn’t shock us
The rapid drift to Pauline Hanson’s party hasn’t been from the Coalition alone, but from Labor too – and the government should be very afraid.
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Labor wants to move on from the budget. Here’s why it can’t
There was a time when the major parties dictated the narrative, but the emerging order in politics is disorder.
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Do young people want to eat the rich? No, they want something else
Anthony Albanese believes he understands the economic desires of young Australians. But what if he’s got it all wrong?
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Can you believe it? Our major parties suddenly find their beliefs
From taxation to welfare for non-citizens, the lines are starkly drawn.
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Left or right, stupid or evil? Even friendships founder in the politics of hate
The candidates in the Farrer byelection aren’t towing the party line, especially when it comes to energy.
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Fair dinkum, Albo, you’ve mangled the language
The prime minister assures us the budget will strive for equity, resilience and social cohesion. Something’s lost in the translation.
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- Opinion
- Crime
The ‘fraud triangle’ crushing our trust, from gangs to the NDIS
One Herald front page contained a dismal trifecta that’s eating away at our social fabric.
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- Opinion
- Australian economy
Our political foes have chosen the same outfit. Sadly, it doesn’t look good on either of them
Like hemlines, economics is subject to fashion. And protectionism, a bad fit for any serious political party, is this season’s must-have.
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- Opinion
- Fatherhood
Andrew Tate’s not the only man missing from Theroux’s manosphere doco
There is ongoing resistance to discussing the issue of fatherlessness – and its impact on boys – in polite society.
- Parnell Palme McGuinness