Parnell Palme McGuinness

What happens when the party splinters is anyone’s guess.

They are the entitled heirs of entitlement. A generation which learned there is always someone responsible for you.

The political parties have submitted their bids in the great Australian migration auction. Low, lower, lowest!

The fact that questioning the glass cliff concept created such a strong kneejerk reaction makes me wonder why challenging the notion should be a punishable crime.

If you think money is the root of all evil, try living in a communist country.

AI regulation will weaken us while data centres protect us.

It’s a brave woman who dares to challenge the left-leaning orthodoxy.

We can make our own luck but we have to be honest enough not to rely on the dumb luck of a gambler. Take note, Jim Chalmers.

In Australia, as in Germany and elsewhere, “populist” parties are gaining strength. The main parties might prefer that term to “working class” appeal, which One Nation candidate Warren Pickering certainly has.

Albo can tell people his government is putting things right, but voters feel it’s not working.

And it’s a question that politicians and business leaders might do well to answer, too.

Neither side knows if dealing with Pauline Hanson is a risk or an opportunity.

Andy Burnham’s strategy is to head the populists off at the pass, but that involves some risk on the progressive side of the ledger.

The growing schism is, at its core, over whether social democracy belongs to the worker or the social worker.

Politicians have worked out that voters reward them for the illusion of extra money more than for actually doing the hard things necessary to make you better off.

Pauline Hanson’s clumsy attacks on multiculturalism and immigration diminish our ability to seriously deal with an underlying anxiety that has driven support for One Nation.

Privatisation is on the nose again in some quarters, but it’s something else that smells off.

Many of us read a narrow range of views. And it’s much smaller than you think.

Everyone wants a better life. But young people have lost confidence that it’s within reach.

Four months ago, as Pauline Hanson’s party surged, I thought it would hit its limits. It kept on surging. But is it risking that by trying to appeal to the middle ground.