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Peter Costello has always had a problem with journalists, Christopher Dore writes.
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Christopher Dore

Peter Costello’s arrogance was always going to land him here

THE FRONT DORE: Peter Costello has always had a problem with the media, as well as a lofty opinion of his own talent. This ugly incident involving a journalist should come as no surprise.

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THE FRONT DORE: Let’s stop pretending the ABC’s political coverage, led by Laura Tingle, is anything other than what it is. A taxpayer-funded media organisation that promotes one side of politics.
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Christopher Dore

Let’s be honest, Ms Tingle. ABC has never been impartial

THE FRONT DORE: Let’s stop pretending the ABC’s political coverage, led by Laura Tingle, is anything other than what it is. A taxpayer-funded media organisation that promotes one side of politics.

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You may not have heard of Harley Reid, but he’s a household name.
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Christopher Dore

Harley Reid is already the most divisive man in Aussie sport

THE FRONT DORE: Harley Reid is a 19-year-old prodigy and is the only thing anyone in football wants to talk about. And yet, so many want everyone else to stop talking about him.

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Anthony Albanese and Elon Musk.
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Christopher Dore

Got a problem? It’s definitely Elon Musk’s fault

THE FRONT DORE: In the ‘arrogant billionaire’, Anthony Albanese and his ministers have found convenient scapegoat to blame for just about everything.

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Anthony Albanese needed to be a leader for us all this week. Instead, we got Albo, writes Christopher Dore.
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Christopher Dore

We needed our PM this week. Instead, we got half-arsed Albo

THE FRONT DORE: We needed our PM to help make sense of this week’s shocking events, to lead us in mourning, to guide us through the despair, to lift us out of the sadness, to reassure us. We got Albo instead.

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Christopher Dore

Spoiler alert: Everyone loses in Lehrmann defamation trial

THE FRONT DORE: The long-awaited final instalment of our favourite new courtroom serial Justice Michael Lee TV is almost upon us. Spoiler alert: No one will emerge a winner.

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THE FRONT DORE: Samantha Mostyn will be a great governor-general, writes Christopher Dore.
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Christopher Dore

How Albrechtsen got it wrong on our new governor-general

THE FRONT DORE: Imagine applying the same test Janet Albrechtsen suggests for our new governor-general to every politician ever to be named treasurer. None of them would be qualified.

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THE FRONT DORE: We are in Anthony Albanese’s chaos era. And his inexperienced ministers are not helping.
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Christopher Dore

FRONT DORE: We are squarely in Anthony Albanese’s chaos era

Albanese has let inexperienced and inept ministers run riot, flailing on politics and frolicking on policy. The PM thinks his front bench is doing great. The rest of Australia thinks they’re idiots. 

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Donald Trump’s frank assessment of Kevin Rudd was not the only rough part of the former prime minister’s week.
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Christopher Dore

FRONT DORE: Rudd’s week gets WORSE & Karen ‘anti-hero’ Webb

He’s one of the great survivors of Australian politics and diplomacy. But Paul Myer didn’t last long under Kevin Rudd.

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Kevin Rudd has lost his top diplomat in Washington DC, less than a year after arriving in the US capital.
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Christopher Dore

Kevin Rudd loses top diplomat in Washington

Kevin Rudd has not only lost his DC dignity, pantsed by the professor of political pantomime himself, Donald Trump — but it can be revealed he’s set to lose his most important diplomat in Washington.

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Mehreen Faruqi, the Lady of Lahore, and Pauline Hanson, the Incel of Ipswich, are not polite people.
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Christopher Dore

THE FRONT DORE: Tragic comedy of our two most offensive MPs

You couldn’t find two more offensive MPs in Federal politics. So it is exquisitely ironic that Mehreen Faruqi and Pauline Hanson are locked in a high-stakes legal battle over their right to offend each other.

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