In his second Quarterly Essay, Lech Blaine tries to make sense of former Queensland policeman Peter Dutton. Who is he? What drives him? And what does he hope to achieve if he wins government?
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The 2003 Cabinet papers, released today by the National Archives of Australia, reveal the machinations over Australia’s entry into the Iraq war.
He is the second Coalition MP to defect to the crossbench this term. The other is Andrew Gee, who left the Nationals over the party’s opposition to the Voice. The crossbench in the House now numbers 18.
The idea of equality is not what it used to be -–and it’s a political headache for Labor.
Many Liberal politicians have been passionate about redressing Indigenous disadvantage, but have come unstuck by the pitfall of ‘settler liberalism’.
In the US, presidents can serve a maximum of two terms or eight years. Should a limit be placed on political leaders here?
Leaders projecting command and control have long been the standard in Australian politics. But the trouble arises when strong and successful leaders hang on for too long.
The budget projects an improvement of more than $143 billion over four years, compared to the Coalition’s final budget, brought down in March last year by Josh Frydenberg
Menzies created the Liberals from the rubble of its once successful but ultimately dysfunctional forebear, the UAP. It wasn’t the first time the centre-right reinvented itself. It could happen again.
Paul Keating’s recent savage criticism of the Albanese government over the AUKUS deal is a reminder that former leaders have not always publicly disparaged their own parties.
There are lessons from history in how to hold the Liberal Party together – and it’s about more than just opposing everything the government does.
The Coalition’s position on the Voice is entirely consistent with their partisanship in this area of Aboriginal policy since the 1980s.
The beginnings of Iraq’s sectarian civil war, the failures of its US-built political system, and the struggle for civilians attempting to survive chaos and violence are here in these 2004 interviews.
The partnership between the Liberal and National parties has a long and at times chequered history – but it has also had tremendous success in winning and holding government.
This year’s release, from the cabinet records of 2002, is framed by two events of the previous year: the Tampa affair and 9/11.
The former prime minister’s latest book calls on his party to be both liberal and conservative in order to survive.
Liberal frontbencher Karen Andrews wouldn’t be alone among her colleagues in believing Scott Morrison should quit parliament.
The new Liberal leader says education is a top priority and ‘activists’ are driving ‘non-core’ subjects in schools.
What do popular ‘settler’ Australian stories like The Castle and Trent Dalton’s books say about who we are? What do they evade? Jeanine Leane investigates the state of post-Mabo Australian literature.
Despite Albanese’s campaign hiccups, at the end of this penultimate week, based on the objective evidence, the election appears to be his to lose.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Visiting Fellow, SPRU, University of Sussex Business School, University of Sussex
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Emerita Professor, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Adelaide
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Humanities and Social Inquiry, University of Wollongong
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Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University
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Associate Professor of History, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Political Historian and Administrator Officer, Australian Historical Association, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Politics Economics & Society, Faculty of Business Government & Law, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia
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Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Deakin University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Dennis Altman adalah Sahabat The Conversation.
VC Fellow, La Trobe University
