In assessing Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
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In years gone by, former prime ministers were often trusted confidants to their successors. Not so these days, when the trend has been for former leaders to make a swift exist from the parliament.
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.
Chris Wallace’s book Political Lives entertains, but also does something far more valuable: it lights up the present by illuminating the past.
While some prime ministers loom large in the public imagination, others are largely forgotten. Why were they so unremarkable- and is that fair?
Australia’s prime ministers in recent years have not stayed in office for long. If the Australian public can be patient, Albanese’s style may offer greater longevity.
In a survey sure to provoke debate, 66 political scientists and historians ranked Australia’s second world war prime minister John Curtin as the finest leader we’ve had.
Facing protests by students and academics over its Liberal Party links and generous funding by the Morrison government, the centre’s most important test will be whether it respects academic freedom.
With John Howard in 2004-7 the last prime minister to serve a full term, it may seem Australia has sunk into a long rein of political instability. But that is not necessarily the case.
Australian prime ministers have long been interested in the names they go by, and how others should address them. But will the “ordinary Joe” approach pay off for ScoMo and Bill?
A new ABC documentary presents a nostalgic but compelling overview of one of Australia’s most successful prime ministers.
The Australian prime ministership has never been easy, but the most successful tenures have been those in which the person has matched the circumstances.
Top contributors
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Emeritus professor of politics, Monash University
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Professor of History, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Political Historian and Administrator Officer, Australian Historical Association, Australian National University
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Professor of Politics and Public Policy, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer in History, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Public Administration, Utrecht School of Governance, Utrecht University
