George Brandis
George Brandis is a former high commissioner to the UK, and a former Liberal senator and federal attorney-general. He is now a professor in the practice of national security at the ANU’s National Security College.
Opinion
UK election
Tories may throw Sunak overboard, but rearranging deckchairs can’t save this ship
Are the Tories mad enough to roll another leader? My spies inside the Conservative Party tell me this is a real possibility.
- by George Brandis
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Opinion
Political leadership
As Liberals navigate a ‘sea of red’, the Greens are making waves of their own
The Tasmanian state election was bad news for the Liberal Party, but the potency of the Greens as a political force is growing, and it spells bad news for Labor in key battlegrounds.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Donald Trump
The alternative is awful, but not even conservatives should back Trump
There is no excuse for conservatives to turn a blind eye to the threat Donald Trump poses to values which they have always considered sacrosanct.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Liberal Party
As Morrison leaves parliament, we should honour his legacy
Fallen Australian leaders are eventually remembered for the good, not the bad. Scott Morrison will be no different.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
UK election
Meet my friend, the UK Labour candidate seeing Red amid Tory death spiral
Winning back the “Red Wall” seats seized by Boris Johnson is the key to Labour’s path to government. I caught up with one of the party’s brightest hopes.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
UK
What a UK Labour government will mean for Australia’s global interests
Britain’s “Indo-Pacific tilt” is likely to tilt back towards concerns closer to home when Labour takes the reins.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
US Votes 2024
If Trump wins, it will not be in spite of democracy, but because of it
Liberal elites often deny the legitimacy of democratic outcomes by blaming it all on populism. Which is curious, since populism must surely mean that the popular will has prevailed.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
New Year
Around the world in 40 elections: Welcome to the year of the voter
In 2024, countries representing half the global population go to the polls – more than in any previous year. Some elections will be shams, but it is the year of democracy,
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Political leadership
Labor’s Queensland problems won’t be solved by Palaszczuk’s departure
The defenestration of Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says much about Labor’s cultural problems in the Sunshine State.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel is increasingly portrayed as the villain. Some perspective, please
Daily we witness news images of Palestinian suffering while the atrocity that provoked Israel’s military response begins to fade from memory.
- by George Brandis
Opinion
Political leadership
A worried nation needs a tough cop, not a ‘handsome boy’
As the clock ticks down to the 2025 election, there’s a growing chance Peter Dutton will better capture the nation’s mood than Anthony Albanese.
- by George Brandis