commentXenophon’s popularity faces test
Chris KennyThe initial excitement of Nick Xenophon’s tilt at South Australian politics might wane with some campaign scrutiny.
COMMENTKilling season on the cards
Chris KennyWatch out, Malcolm: many a leader has fallen in the run-up to Christmas.
CommentReally Julia, you’re out of touch
Chris KennyIn her Bob Hawke lecture Julia Gillard reveals an astounding lack of self-awareness and a disconnect from reality.
Post Vegas, identity politics
Chris KennyWe don’t know the shooter’s motive, and it’s crass to inject incendiary issues into the tragedy.
COMMENTX marks slot for failing warrior
Chris KennyFor a man who came into politics on a “No Pokies” crusade, Nick Xenophon loves a gamble.
commentRotten news for South Australia
chris kennyThere’s no way of knowing what Nick Xenophon — who’s very good at what he does — will do in the state that’s meandering along in crisis.
How Bill would’ve laughed
Chris KennyJust because the bullies want you to vote yes doesn’t make it wrong.
Yes, but please stop the fanfare
Chris KennyThe Yes campaign’s balloons and T-shirts are a turn off for grown-up voters.
commentYes, but spare the virtue-signal
CHRIS KENNYClearly the case for marriage reform has become a proxy cause for acceptance. So why haven’t the Yes advocates campaigned on this fact?
Dump green folly to secure future
Chris KennyThe renewable energy target is proving to be the largest single contributor to the power crisis.
Mission creep ignores wisdom
Chris KennyOur three levels of government would do better if they stick to their jurisdictions.
PM’s salvation lies in right path
Chris KennyVoters deserve better than a choice between Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
Love Media have too much say
Chris KennyJournalists in the political debate tend to suffer from Stockholm syndrome — they are trapped by politicians.
Let’s make better history
Chris KennyIndigenous recognition and much else is within reach, if only we stopped squabbling.
Media elite cut off from reality
Chris KennyThe inner circle look down their noses, sneering at the unenlightened suburbanites.
COMMENTHanson goes burka
Chris KennyThe sight of a burka-clad woman in the Senate was as stark an image as our politics has thrown up in recent times.
Headlong rush no way to operate
Chris KennyOntario’s reckless renewables push, like that of South Australia, offers a lesson in needless self-harm.
COMMENTOutsider argument clouds debate
Chris KennyTony Abbott will do himself no favours if he uses the same-sex marriage debate as a battering ram for his own ambitions.
COMMENTDetermined to defy authority
CHRIS KENNYThose of us who play by the rules and respect authority, wouldn’t get away with this sort of civil disobedience. We’d be taken to court.
Lib faithful still looking for leader
Chris KennyMalcolm Turnbull needs a win to give his colleagues a star by which to navigate.
COMMENT‘Nasty, ugly and bigoted’
Chris KennyBrian Burston’s Facebook post singling out Muslim MPs has no place in politics — yet the One Nation senator refuses to apologise.
Weatherill in self-inflicted dark
Chris KennyThe Premier’s energy policies have crippled South Australia and made it a laughing-stock.
commentABC’s complicity on Triggs
Chris KennyFran Kelly’s interview shows Aunty hasn’t learned a single lesson from Gillian Triggs’s tenure.
INQUIRERTriggs leaves inglorious legacy
CHRIS KENNYThe outgoing president of the Human Rights Commission was the architect of her own decline.
COMMENTMum’s the word: it’s embarrassing
Chris KennyUnbeknown to him, the Queensland senator’s mother applied for Italian citizenship on her son’s behalf.
Senators overboard sinks Greens
Chris KennyChaos rules as the Greens risk surrendering third spot to One Nation.
COMMENT‘Go ahead, Bill. Make my day’
Chris KennyIf Labor opposes the Coalition’s national security changes, it will be falling for the sucker punch — making Turnbull’s day.
Pragmatic action is what counts
Chris KennyThe ‘sensible centre’ is not the mid-point between Pauline Hanson and Lee Rhiannon.
CommentAFL acts only on media reports
Chris KennyLike the bible-bashing televangelists caught with their pants down, the AFL’s preachiness invites greater accountability.
