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McGowan’s bombshell native logging ban economic vandalism

The ripple effects from the decision are working their way like a cancer through the rural communities that depend on the native timber industry, some hitting long before they were expected.

Paul Murray

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Albo must learn CommentsPremiumWhy the Feds’ ICAC requires careful judgment

Those wealthy voters who supported the independents demanding a Canberra-based anti-corruption fighter should be careful with their wishes.

Paul Murray

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Hollow victory?CommentsPremium
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Don’t be fooled, election was closer than you think

Both major parties have the same problem: convincing one-third of the electorate – and growing – that they are relevant to their concerns.

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Albo will face Greens pressure to go harder on climate

There is now considerable momentum for Anthony Albanese’s Labor Government to meet the wishes of those calling for a much bigger effort to cut Australia’s carbon emissions.

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How voters have been left in the dark on key issues

It’s what we didn’t hear the leaders argue about that should bother people the most as they head to the polls on Saturday.

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Is it too little too late for ScoMo?

The absolute bottom line to the Coalition’s election campaign has been that big sections of Australian society stopped listening to Prime Minister Scott Morrison some time ago.

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Is this a good election for the Coalition to lose?

It might appear highly cynical to suggest that next weekend’s poll is a good one for the coalition to lose. But in the most basic political terms, that’s not an unreasonable proposition.

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Polite but boring debate a comfy ride for Albo

Seven’s final leaders’ debate was not the Nine free-for-all of Sunday that many people criticised, but it didn’t really take the election campaign forward.

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Albo put up a fight but is he a prime minister?

Can those people who watched the second leaders’ debate in this dreary election campaign honestly say they easily envisage Anthony Albanese as their prime minister?

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‘Unforgivable duplicity’ PremiumLabor, Liberals play blame game over Solomons debacle

All stakeholders are playing politics over China’s worrying pact with the Solomons, but Labor is walking both sides of the fence.

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Paul Murray

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Beware those trying to hijack Australia’s democracy

Much has been made of the influence of the so-called ‘teal’ Independents, but a minority government beholden to mavericks would end in chaos.

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The history lesson Anthony Albanese should never forget

The economy remains the touchstone for modern free-enterprise politics - and it’s why Labor leader Anthony Albanese is in trouble.

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Independent’s fraught stance on campaign cash

One of the threads that binds the purportedly disparate group of well-financed independents running against Liberal MPs at the Federal election is their demand for a Canberra-based anti-corruption commission.

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The confronting truth is it’s our war and we must do more

Two weeks into Vladimir Putin’s barbaric invasion and I decided to stop shouting at the television and find a way to get cash to Ukraine’s brave defenders for weapons to repel the Russians.

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Paul Murray

Paul Murray PremiumTo prevail Labor has to answer the Albo question

There appears to be just one thing standing in the way of Anthony Albanese leading Labor to electoral victory and forming the next Federal Government.

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Berejiklian text scandal is really just a political hit job

The Gladys Berejiklian text furore has caused huge damage to Prime Minister Scott Morrison but it’s really just a lame-duck issue that has been blown out of all proportion.

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Is WA health review a sick joke?

Labor must explain why it chose a tarnished Victorian bureaucrat to lead review into WA’s health system.

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Is WA really ready to open up to Omicron?

The State needs a better, more coherent plan to re-enter the world on February 5 with Omicron raging around the country — and either way, it will pose a significant test for Premier Mark McGowan.

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McGowan’s luck wearing thin as we enter 2022

Just as all the glory is currently his, so will be the responsibility for failures when the political cycle eventually turns.

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Blaming Christmas weather records for blackouts a snow job

Discussing the weather these days ends up venturing into the political hotspot of climate change – and maybe to who delivers your electricity.

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Policy disguisePremiumWhy there’s net zero faith in Labor’s climate change policy

Over the next four months Australians will be showered with a bewildering blizzard of political promises aimed at securing their vote for the next national government.

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McGowan’s spin doctors treat us like fools

Why aren’t we being told what will be done? Would the roadmap further expose embarrassing issues?

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Paul Murray: Why would the ABC take Macron’s side?

The only ones fooled by French president Emmanuel Macron’s Monty Python-esque dummy spit work at the national broadcaster, says Paul Murray.

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Hard facts needed on hydrogen economy future

Australia’s integrity agencies in their many forms are going to have to start taking a much closer interest in the emerging hydrogen economy.

Paul Murray

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