The Front Dore

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

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.

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.

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.

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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