The legacies left at era's end
The greatest legacy a political leader can have is giving up.
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THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM
- May 21, 2022
- 8 min
The Lame Campaigns of Pathetic Politics
Democracy depends on us, and yet they make it very difficult to care.
- Aug 5, 2021
- 11 min
What price freedom?
Freedoms are imperfect, but right now they desperately need defending.
- Aug 23, 2018
- 4 min
Why the Prime Minister doesn't have to 'serve a full term'
Our political system doesn't work that way.
- Nov 9, 2017
- 14 min
The Democratic Party's long road to ruin
How Democrats in the 1970s paved the way for the party's massive defeat in 2016.
- Sep 9, 2017
- 6 min
Squabbling and secession: more signs of a broken federation
A brief history of why Western Australia voted to secede, and why it keeps threatening to do so, decades later.
- May 30, 2017
- 6 min
Clapping in parliament: the dangers of a simple courtesy
Clapping in parliament is both rude and against the rules, and for good reason.
- May 12, 2017
- 4 min
Will this man save the European Union?
Emmanuel Macron has five years to prove he is the saviour of the European Union.
- Apr 11, 2017
- 15 min
A contender emerges for the WAELOAT
That's the Worst Australian Electoral Loss of All Time.
- Nov 8, 2016
- 30 min
Who will win the US presidential election?
The end is nigh! The world faces either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump as President of the United States, and the backlash they'll receive.
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