Opinion: Booze is the habit Parliament just can't kick
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Not so long ago, I received an invitation from a federal minister to drop in for a chat about a policy…
Religious freedom, One Nation, it's all spin
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. In politics, a name says everything about how a given party wants to be seen but obscures what it…
Close, uninspiring, and probably nasty. Election 2022 will have everything but ideas.
By Mark Kenny A version of this article was originally published by The Canberra Times. Curious isn’t it that it is probably among those most committed to a change of government, that Labor’s…
Opinion: Morrison's tangled web from D-Day to E-day
This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. June 6, 2014 - 70 years on from D-Day. "Go on then," said Andrew Probyn in his familiar patois. I was peering through an…
Opinion: Want to understand how the Coalition works? Take a look at climate policy
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Conversation. This week’s excruciating case of a prime minister being beholden to a rogue section of his own Cabinet over climate…
Pacific nations can’t be left behind at COP26
Four ANU experts warn that Pacific nations are at risk of being left behind in global climate negotiations if they aren’t a focus of the upcoming COP26 summit in Glasgow. "Climate change will have…
Australia's decade of doughnut leadership on climate
By Mark Kenny This article was originally published by The Canberra Times. According to the old initiative-resistance critique, Australian politics is a wrestle between progressives pursuing…