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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Meet Clementine Ford, an online persona so absurdly asinine she simply must be a construct of AI.
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.
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.
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.
THE FRONT DORE: For modern Labor, diversity and inclusivity are everything. So long as you agree to conform.
THE FRONT DORE: On his terms, Albanese can be fire. Attacking Greens in Parliament, smashing young journalists, scorching Peter Dutton. But unscripted, and out of his comfort zone, he is a gibberer.
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.