Gough Whitlam
Bob Carr on marriage, grief and finally learning how to do a load of laundry
Life became very dark for the former foreign minister after the sudden death of his beloved wife Helena.
- Jacqueline Maley
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- Opinion
- Political leadership
Liberals ignore, despise and knife their leaders – and drive their party over a cliff
Unlike the Labor Party, which mythologises even its pedestrian leaders, the Liberal Party celebrates only Menzies and Howard.
- George Brandis
‘Where’s our transmitter?’ How the Whitlam dismissal nearly silenced radio 4ZZZ
The birth of Queensland’s first community radio station 50 years ago was a story of insurmountable odds meeting implacable effort – and a few cunning tricks.
- Nick Dent
- Opinion
- Political leadership
Gas, gambling and negative gearing: Husic challenges Albanese over policy ambition
A dumped cabinet minister is speaking out and daring his Labor colleagues to do the same.
- James Massola
- Opinion
- Political leadership
What Australia’s political chameleons can learn from this Madagascan reptile
It seemed Australia had stopped the turnstile of short-term political leaders, but here we go again.
- Andy Marks
There’s one fight Anthony Albanese always tries to avoid picking
Labor’s scars and its determination to become the natural party of government are having a peculiar impact.
- Sean Kelly
- Opinion
- The Dismissal
I was 23 when my hero cancelled me, I taunted a prime minister, and played dumb with a spook
I had just spent a week working with prostitutes in Melbourne when a call came from the makers of Mad Max.
- Sally Gibson
- Opinion
- Liberal Party
Numbers to horrify all Libs: Labor can win a parliamentary vote on female MPs alone
There are 43 Coalition MPs and 50 female Labor members sitting opposite them. You do the maths.
- George Megalogenis
