Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly is a columnist for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald and a former adviser to Labor prime ministers Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard
Opinion
Federal election hinges on timing, not policy
The Liberal Party wants us to cast our votes in the pandemic age. Labor needs us to do so with that era behind us.
- by Sean Kelly
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Little has gone right for the Morrison government, but it’s not clear much has gone badly wrong
The political dynamic is fuzzy and there’s no certainty that any of the government’s missteps are having an impact on voters.
- by Sean Kelly
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Scotty from the suburbs: PM harnesses national identity
Scott Morrison fought an election not on beliefs, but on who he was. No politician in Australia has wielded their identity as effectively as Morrison has.
- by Sean Kelly
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Their human stains: Why I’ll keep reading Philip Roth but perhaps not his biographer accused of rape
Let’s put the tedious culture wars aside. There are much more interesting questions about who we’ll read - and how we’ll read them.
- by Sean Kelly
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PM’s problems could have been avoided
Each time the Morrison government has been warned about impending trouble – real problems, accompanied by real suffering – it has chosen to do just enough to make the issue go away for a while.
- by Sean Kelly
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Passive Morrison needs to take action on sexism
The Prime Minister has proved he can dodge responsibility on big issues. But he needs to take the lead on sexism - as we all do.
- by Sean Kelly
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Our ‘pragmatic’ PM’s moment to shine ... by taking action for women
The scandals engulfing Parliament have also thrown the spotlight on Scott Morrison and his leadership. He needs to seize this moment in history. For starters, he could elevate the status of women in his party.
- by Sean Kelly
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PM should pay heed to voters’ calls for change
As women from around the country unite in protest, Scott Morrison may want to listen to what they are asking for.
- by Sean Kelly
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Australia’s agents of change not the powerful but the victims
The onus for changing toxic cultures should be on the people who lead them. Yet it took Brittany Higgins, not Scott Morrison, to force change in Canberra.
- by Sean Kelly
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Morrison knows his power – now is the time to use it
What message would you take away from Morrison’s inaction on bullying if you were a young female staffer holding information you knew could dominate headlines for weeks?
- by Sean Kelly
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The Eddie McGuire paradox and the stories we tell about Australia
How good is Australia? Only as good as it is deaf to its First Nations people.
- by Sean Kelly