Turnbull and Shorten aren't immune to using Trump's 'alternative words'
When US President Donald Trump says "America First", take it that he also means "America Only".
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John Hewson
John Hewson is a professor at the Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU, and a former Liberal opposition leader.
How to navigate through "Trump world"
John Hewson on why it's time to rise above Trump.
Mike Baird was no "cliche" politician
How many times have you heard one of our political leaders claim that they are in Parliament "to benefit our children and grandchildren"?
We haven't learnt anything from rise of Trump and Brexit
I am disturbed at how the policy intelligentsia and the media elite are already closing ranks, as if this is just an aberration, we can, and will, handle it. Yet, they were caught short predicting that a Trump just "couldn't happen", and ever since have been attempting to rationalise their inadequacies.
Beware the 'new conservatives' motivated by ambition and ego
Labels have never been very useful - and now perhaps less than ever.
Throw out the status quo and start again
As 2016 draws to a close, it is important to recognise the significance of the crisis of faith we are facing in our market-based capitalism and democracy.
We're on the brink but the government is ignoring reality
This superficiality is genuinely alarming, ignoring the realities of the riskiness and unpredictability of the global economy, and of the structural challenges in our current and prospective domestic economy, perhaps now actually teetering on the brink of a recession.
Praying for a political 'messiah' like Trump won't get us out of the mire
The two major parties need to stop playing short-term, opportunistic, point-scoring, political games.
Why certain Liberals can't believe in climate change
I was asked this week why the right/centre right/conservatives in the Turnbull government, as they are variously called, don't believe in climate change, and/or don't accept the need for urgent and decisive action.
Guess what, Malcolm? Voters don't care about your Big Wins
I fear our political leaders still don't get it. They say they "listen". They say they "understand".
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