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Former prime ministers Tony Abbott and Kevin Rudd brandishing each other’s books while in Washington.

It’s your own fault you are losing, Abbott tells world’s conservatives

The former prime minister also met privately with US Vice President JD Vance during his trip to Washington.

  • Michael Koziol

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Australia’s resisting the global populist tide. But now’s no time for smugness

Far-right populism is succeeding in the US, Britain, France and Germany. Australia won’t inexorably travel the same path.

  • Nick Bryant
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Will a Farage-style quake rock Australia? First, we must pass the Cyclone Price test

Australia has some strong buffers to the global rise of populism, but a political comeback for Jacinta Nampijinpa Price might strain them.

  • Nick Bryant
AfD leader Alice Weidel takes part in a televised discussion in Germany last Sunday.

The woman leading Germany’s far-right resurgence

Terrorist attacks and job cuts have left Germans feeling bitter, and Alice Weidel is set to benefit in an election some say could seal the fate of Europe.

  • Rob Harris
Herbert Kickl, leader of the Freedom Party of Austria waves to supporters, in Vienna. He said he’ll start coalition negotiations straight away.

Far-right in Europe now a phenomenon the mainstream cannot ignore

Austria’s Freedom Party is the latest far-right party to win a European election, as disaffected young voters turn their backs on mainstream parties.

  • Rob Harris

From Donald Trump to MONA’s David Walsh: Our soaring anxiety about status

Widening inequality, shifting fortunes and social media neediness are lifting our anxiety about status to new heights.

  • Luke Slattery
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Donald Trump calls out to supporters after his appearance in court on Friday.

If Trump wins, it will not be in spite of democracy, but because of it

Liberal elites often deny the legitimacy of democratic outcomes by blaming it all on populism. Which is curious, since populism must surely mean that the popular will has prevailed.

  • George Brandis
Anthony Albanese celebrates on election night, May

Young and restless: Youth support for far right a threat to Albanese

A global phenomenon of disillusioned young voters backing far-right populists poses a new threat to Labor, a new paper by a left-leaning think tank warns.

  • Paul Sakkal
A Birds Aren’t Real billboard in Memphis, Tennessee.

Left-wing populism: Come for the rent caps, stay for the conspiracy theories

When most people think about populism, they think about right-wing policies. But left-wing populism is on the rise around the world and in Australia.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

Australia has rejected angry populism, so why is Dutton clinging onto it?

The US and the UK are still reeling from the politics of 2016 that gave us Trump and Brexit. Australia has a different vibe, but it seems Peter Dutton did not get the memo.

  • Nick Bryant