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What if we were to look at Anthony Albanese through the eyes of his super fans, Christopher Dore writes.

THE FRONT DORE: Many people feel this column is too harsh on Anthony Albanese. Maybe Albo’s critics have been getting it wrong. What if we were to look at him through the eyes of his super fans.

16 Dec 2024

Trump, Musk, Rudd spell huge problems for ‘sh.t-scared’ Albo

THE FRONT DORE: Donald Trump back in the White House doesn’t owe anyone anything. The problem for Australia is that Anthony Albanese will be mauled by him.

The Albanese Survival Guide: what the PM must do now

THE FRONT DORE: Anthony Albanese has only months to stop the slow, seditious slide into minority government. But the Queensland election result has given him a gift. Here’s how he can use it.

28 Oct 2024

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Christopher Dore

The speech Anthony Albanese should have delivered today

THE FRONT DORE: Here’s the speech Anthony Albanese should have delivered today, 12 months on from the October 7 atrocities — instead of the cliches, glib lines and bureaucratic words he actually delivered.

Sorry, Albo, we were wrong about you. We’ve been unfair

THE FRONT DORE: It’s time to fess up. In the two and a half years since he became PM, we’ve been wrong about Anthony Albanese. We’ve been unreasonable. Unkind. Definitely unfair.

30 Sep 2024

The astonishing arrogance of the ABC’s war on truth

THE FRONT DORE: A Federal Court case uncovered in graphic detail how a ‘hazy’ decade-old memory turned into a fake war crime expose. But rather than apologise, the ABC and Mark Willacy have dug their heels in.

17 Sep 2024

Why we owe Kevin Rudd an apology

THE FRONT DORE: The ex-PM has been telling us all along his treasurer was an economic dud. Now Wayne Swan has proved him right.

09 Sep 2024

Honeymoon is over. So is the wedding.

THE FRONT DORE: The PM and his people talk a lot. Some of it makes sense. Most of it is designed to distract from what everyone else outside of Canberra is obsessed with.

If we had our time again, would Bill Shorten be PM

THE FRONT DORE: Tenacious as he is, no one genuinely believes Bill Shorten can make a John Howard, ‘Lazarus with a triple bypass’ comeback. But maybe he should.

What Raygun and Albo have in common

THE FRONT DORE: Our PM pulled out all the right moves to get the call-up for national duty, looks pretty snazzy in the green and gold tracksuit, but can’t quite nail the routine on the big stage.

This has to be AI: Meet online character Clementine Ford

Meet Clementine Ford, an online persona so absurdly asinine she simply must be a construct of AI.

How a political cartoon exposed more than Albo’s jocks

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.

opinion

Why our desperately boring MPs make Kevin Rudd look good

THE FRONT DORE: Australians haven’t had anything to get worked up about, good or bad, since, well, Kevin 07. We’ve been in a slow spiral since his over-amped rise and untimely demise.

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Why Trump’s bullet dodge should terrify all Australians

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.

16 Jul 2024

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