Andrew P Street

The Seats That Will Decide The Election #10: Bass

On the other side of Bass Strait a battle for the nation’s “ejector seat” is a-brewing. Where is it? North-east Tasmania, around Launceston. Oh, that’s such a lovely part of the world! It is. It really, really is. Who holds it? Liberal MP Bridget…

The Seats That Will Decide The Election #9: Eden-Monaro

The seat so nice they named it twice, the former bellwether of Eden-Monaro could still chime out victory – or doom – for the Morrison government Where is it? The south-east corner of NSW. Oh right, where there were all those… um… Bushfires, yeah. So…

The Seats That Will Decide The Election #8: Hunter

It’s a battle between the pro-coal candidates, the very pro-coal candidates, and the candidates who are pro-coal to the point of diagnosable obsessive disorders in this marginal Labor seat Who holds it? Labor MP Joel Fitzgibbon. In fact, it’s been…

After two gigless years, rock ’n’ roll saved my life (again)

The 10 best Bluey episodes, for both kids and parents – sorted

The SA State Election shouldn’t even be close (but it is)

Glory, chaos and friendship: what I miss about the Big Day Out

Peter Dutton’s GoFundMe is Coalition indifference writ large

“The voice of reason”: Why Jane Caro is running for the Senate

We’ve seen our politicians bully trans kids, marginalise women and shun science. Jane Caro hopes to change all that. “I think this is going to be a very interesting election, and I think there are a lot of preconceived ideas about how Australian…

Succession meets Home and Away: Unpacking the NSW Liberals drama

While three factions are vying for power in the NSW Liberals, the upshot is that they don’t have enough candidates to fill vacant seats. So, what’s the problem for the Liberals in NSW? There are several federal seats that don’t currently have Liberal…

Scott Morrison can't even cut and run

2002: The Vines, Jet and the year that rock’n’roll promised to change the world

Comment: Exploring Scott Morrison’s legacy

Happy second anniversary to Morrison’s mishandling of the pandemic

Peter van Onselen named in workplace dispute

Whilst he was busy posing questions to Scott Morrison, Peter van Onselen was named in a suit filed by journalist Tegan George. Timing is everything but Peter van Onselen probably isn’t entirely delighted about this being the week he’s been named in a…

How Scott Morrison lost three core voting blocs in a week

No, Morrison can’t avoid going to an election (and other stories)

The most depressing thing about 'Don’t Look Up' (isn’t what you think)

Change in voting system might save us all

Could the South Australian music venues struggling for insurance be canaries in a coalmine?