Rob Harris
Rob Harris is the national correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age based in Canberra. He is a former Europe correspondent.
Labor split over renewed push for AI to be able to harvest Australian art
A rift has opened within the Albanese government over chasing global investment in artificial intelligence and a creative sector warning it is being asked to bankroll the technology.
- Rob Harris
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Hanson offers Coalition preference deal in Farrer as Abbott warns of Liberal wipeout
Conservative warrior Tony Abbott hit the streets of Albury on Thursday to convince Liberal supporters to stick with the struggling party.
- Paul Sakkal and Rob Harris
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The Malinauskas Mandate: How the SA premier became the nation’s most formidable politician
The leader has reframed the populism argument, appealing to a distinctly Australian idea of patriotism, grounded in inclusion.
- Rob Harris
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- Australia votes
The Hanson paradox: How a populist surge became Labor’s best friend
Pauline Hanson is right that the electorate has had a “gutful,” but the arithmetic of the South Australian result proves that a fractured right is a gift for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.
- Rob Harris
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Labor’s Malinauskas secures second term in landslide despite significant One Nation surge
Labor has recorded a commanding election victory in South Australia in the face of a One Nation surge eating into the incumbent government’s primary vote.
- Rob Harris
The South Australian Liberals aren’t just staring down defeat. They’re facing a wipeout
The Liberals’ result at Saturday’s state election could reshape conservative politics nationally and test the electoral ceiling of One Nation.
- Rob Harris
‘People have had a gutful’: South Australia is about to be hit by One Nation’s orange wave
From the Barossa to the outer suburbs, One Nation is no longer just a rural phenomenon. The party is using the South Australian election as a blueprint for a national takeover.
- Rob Harris
A ‘widening’ war: How the Trump-Iran conflict is redrawing the global map
What began as targeted strikes has spiralled into the most internationally entangled conflict in decades, stretching military stockpiles and threatening a ’70s-style energy shock.
- Rob Harris
From Marxist to rebel to leader: The making of Matt Canavan
Canavan embodies contradictions: economist and populist; a right-winger who was at one time a self-proclaimed communist; suburban boy turned bush advocate. Will rebel backbencher turned leader work too?
- Rob Harris
‘Morphine drip’: Shorten warns of international student addiction, calls for new tax to fund unis
In a major intervention on the future of tertiary education, Bill Shorten says the broken higher education system forces universities to act as migration levers rather than centres of research.
- Rob Harris