Bob Hawke
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Albanese believes this T-word will win him a third term. It’s not ‘tax’
John Howard won his fourth election on this virtue. Albanese is confident he can deploy the same tactic to claim a third term in 2028.
- James Massola
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Happily unburdened, Albanese and Chalmers have now tied themselves to a heroic task
Like Bob Hawke and Paul Keating before them, the prime minister and treasurer cannot now relinquish the responsibility they have taken on.
- Sean Kelly
- Analysis
- UK politics
The bland and the brazen: Why this Labour implosion will not save a broken Britain
The contenders for Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s job all profess to have the solutions to the unfolding crisis. In fact, they are all part of the problem.
- David Crowe
‘That remark burst from me like a truth fountain’: Keating’s kitchen phone call that changed the economy
It was a radio interview that went around the world. Forty years ago, Paul Keating uttered the words “banana republic” and changed the Australian economy.
- Shane Wright
The man who knew too much: Barry Jones on Albo, Putin and the end of the line
At 93, the Labor legend and former science minister is eyeing the “exit ramp”. But he isn’t going quietly, taking aim at Anthony Albanese’s lack of courage on reform and a political system that has lost its way.
- Rob Harris
- Tony Wright’s Column
- Graham Richardson
Rare is the state funeral that lifts a nation’s spirit
State funerals are variously celebratory, solemn and even quirky, and sometimes disappointing. But at least once, for a man with no name, such an event soared.
- Tony Wright
- Opinion
- Political leadership
What Australia’s political chameleons can learn from this Madagascan reptile
It seemed Australia had stopped the turnstile of short-term political leaders, but here we go again.
- Andy Marks
There’s one fight Anthony Albanese always tries to avoid picking
Labor’s scars and its determination to become the natural party of government are having a peculiar impact.
- Sean Kelly
‘Soon we’d be parted forever’: Blanche d’Alpuget’s last moments with Bob Hawke
On the day the former prime minister died, not even his wife believed the end was near.
- Derek Rielly
- Opinion
- Five Minutes with Fitz
John Laws scores our PMs out of 10
There was no more familiar voice in Australian broadcasting than John Laws. At 90, he had lost none of his characteristic alpha male belligerence.
- Peter FitzSimons