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
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
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Morrison shows again he’s master of spin
The Prime Minister has turned into an art form the ability to earn applause for doing very little.
- by Sean Kelly
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Looking through the fog of time for a way out of the chaos
Perhaps this will seem to our descendants an overtly superstitious time, filled with people who believed in 5G viruses, and star signs, and the gospel according to Q. Maybe in a few years it will all make sense to us.
- by Sean Kelly
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Scott Morrison tiptoes forward on Indigenous issues
Perhaps the Prime Minister’s timid change to the anthem was his way of warming up for the challenge ahead.
- by Sean Kelly
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Australia is not an island when it comes to the forces that fostered Trump
Our island status cannot protect us from hatred, fantasy or inflammatory rhetoric.
- by Sean Kelly
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As a leader, middling Morrison is still in short pants
Scott Morrison can look like a leader when he is forced into action. Left to his own devices, he still looks like the bureaucrat he was – a responder, not a creator.
- by Sean Kelly