How to be a loser in 100 days

Donald Trump’s first 100 days in his second term have yielded an historically low approval rating of 41%, the lowest in nearly eight decades, reflecting widespread public dissatisfaction. Polarising policies, economic challenges, and governance missteps […]

The headline of the prequel to this essay, when I argued that the Coalition has a man problem.

It’s a man problem, people

Australia’s rightwing Coalition is approaching this weekend’s federal election with deeply patriarchal and traditionalist attitudes, and the commentariat is still describing this as a woman problem. Australia’s media traditions, not to mention our clickbait present, […]

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Canadians reject Trump

The Trump factor significantly influenced the Canadian federal election outcome yesterday, where Mark Carney’s Liberal Party secured victory. Donald Trump’s actions and rhetoric during the campaign period reshaped the political landscape, ultimately boosting the Liberals […]

Politics

The “race” to the bottom

The LNP and the Murdoch media have a history of leveraging race-related issues and fear-based narratives, particularly around refugees and Indigenous matters, during federal election campaigns. This pattern has been observed across multiple election cycles, […]