Misha Schubert
Misha Schubert was <i>The Sunday Age</i>'s national political editor.
From the Archives, 2007: Howard announces 'the intervention'
On June 21st, 2007, following a devastating report pointing to rampant abuse of indigenous children in the NT, John Howard announced an unprecedented intervention.
- Misha Schubert, Katharine Murphy and Lindsay Murdoch
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Politicians take it to the cyber streets
IT IS the new doorknock. Where once a politician might have turned up at your house or got up a line on the nightly television news, these days they are just as keen to get into your Facebook feed or tweet stream or sign you up to an email list. Especially if you are a time-poor working mother or someone who no longer bothers much with mainstream media.
- Misha Schubert
Standing by your man, no matter who he is
Stand by your man, Tammy Wynette once crooned. Julie Bishop seems to have taken the advice plurally. For the third time in two years, Ms Bishop this week found herself flanking a new Liberal leader as his deputy.
- Misha Schubert
Sniffing around the real Sabi story
FORGIVE me if it's too soon to ask the hard questions. But in the swell of emotion over the return of the Aussie bomb sniffing dog missing in Afghanistan for 14 months, we fear the real story may be obscured by schmaltzy military spin.
- Misha Schubert
How do you appeal to a former rock star? Grow an algae mohawk
Peter Garrett is more than a little tired of the “former rock star” baggage. It's not surprising. After all, any time he gives approval for a development that disappoints his darker green fans, he is accused of selling out the ideals he once proclaimed in song.
- Misha Schubert
Reflections on the republic and my old mate Bruce
Half an aeon ago, or so it seems now, a motley band of Australians descended on the nation's capital for two weeks. The drawcard? The Constitutional Convention on the Republic of 1998.
- Misha Schubert
Rudd needs a ballad-led recovery to poll woes
Kevin Rudd often starts doorstop interviews with a question of his own: "Ready to rock and roll?" There's a deep irony here. After all, the bloke is about as hard rock as the Backstreet Boys on helium. Which prompts us to think he may be hiding something.
- Misha Schubert