Peter Hartcher
OpinionPolitical leadershipThe four horsemen of the apocalypse are coming. One for each political partyThe parties share the same problem; none are polling above 30 per cent. But each disorder is different, and potentially fatal.
OpinionUS politicsAustralia is approaching American levels of anger. Here’s how we defuse the bombRight-wing populist parties don’t deliver what they promise. Look at Brexit – it didn’t change the level of immigration one bit.
OpinionPolitical leadershipAnthony Albanese must call Angus Taylor stat, and here’s what he must sayEvery one of us can and should act. We share the pleasures and the pains of the same country. We can all contribute to improving it in this dire moment.
OpinionTrump diplomacyDonald Trump is not only coddling Vladimir Putin. He is becoming Vladimir PutinTrump is doing more than favouring Putin. He is acting in Putin’s interests even when it harms his own.
OpinionPolitical leadershipA washing machine has more safeguards than the web, and the Libs are in a full spin cyclePauline Hanson says the Duty of Care bill is a crime against free speech, so the Coalition is performing its One Nation back-up dance.
OpinionUS politicsWhen Trump gets a thrashing at the midterms, four words will come back to haunt himThe US president thinks he is impressing the world with his immense power. In truth, he is demonstrating the impotence of power.
OpinionPolitical leadershipJacqui Lambie is right about Pauline Hanson. There’s only one way to stop her ascensionThe country is feeling a creeping anxiety that we are going backwards financially. It needs a growth agenda. Easily said, much harder to achieve.
OpinionAIPlenty of people believe that AI can be God. Just not the PopeIn the US, there are at least two AI-based religions, complete with tax-deductible status.
OpinionFederal budgetThe world is changing rapidly. Albanese needs to follow suitThe government must change from pleasing the electorate to actually doing something.
OpinionTrump diplomacyHow Trump’s grovelling emboldens China and imperils the Asia PacificDonald Trump rolled out the blood-red carpet for China’s President Xi Jinping’s visit. In return, he got precisely nothing.
