Political

ANDREW CARSWELL: You can’t begrudge Albo for finding solace from politics in music, but in moments between Nick Cave gigs, it’d be nice if he could think about fixing our economic woes.

PAUL MURRAY: The Prime Minister’s weasel words won't hide the fact that he has backtracked on a key Indigenous pledge — and nuked uranium mining plans to try and cover himself.

The Federal Treasurer has been referring to the RBA as ‘independent’ for the past few years, but it’s a moniker that is making his life increasingly difficult.

DAVID WOIWOD: We’ve all experienced buyer’s remorse. Now Kamala Harris’ choice of Tim Walz may make Donald Trump regret his running mate pick even more.

ANDREW CARSWELL: For the second time in a few weeks, the Australian Conservation Foundation’s X account was suspended for breaching the rules that determine what is factual. Their reaction has been hysterical.

PAUL MURRAY: Anthony Albanese’s decision to put Tony Burke in charge of immigration carries echoes of the dark days under Kevin Rudd.

MIKE SMITHSON: Since when is digging up a profane campaign slogan and splashing it across flyers and t-shirts that could fit toddlers good politics?

DAVID WOIWOD: Emboldened Democrats are using a blunt four-word line as they lead the party’s newfound appetite for a political fight with Donald Trump.

ANDREW CARSWELL: Bans, boycotts and banishments are now the tools of trade of the very people that were once targeted by them.

THE FRONT DORE: Anthony Albanese’s reaction to a political cartoon depicting him in Y-fronts has exposed a lot more than our PM would have liked.

ANDREW CARSWELL: There appears to be no ability within this Labor administration, whether through political acumen or policy ambition, to stave off the impending doom of minority government.

The man who earned the nickname ‘Let it rip Dom’ for his commitment to returning life to normal reflects on his time at the top after announcing his retirement from politics.

SIMON BIRMINGHAM: Bad guys rarely get better with time. Take Russia under Vladimir Putin, and Australia’s militant construction union. In both cases, there was plenty of warning but nothing was done.

THE FRONT DORE: He is not the first president or candidate to face an assassination attempt. But Donald Trump is the first in the social media age. There is a tragic inevitability to this attempted murder.

For President Joe Biden, who is engaged in the fight of his political life, everything is politics these days, even going to church.