Ingram1941 (बॉब स्मिथ)
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Public policy and management, Australian politics, Indian public policy and governance, हिन्दी भाषा
Could Pauline Hanson become prime minister as a senator? Yes, actually www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/17/p...
Could Pauline Hanson become prime minister as a senator? Yes, actually
The office of prime minister is not mentioned anywhere in the Australian constitution. Its existence, eligibility and function are governed by convention, not law.
www.crikey.com.au
September 17, 2026 at 4:40 AM
Could Pauline Hanson become prime minister as a senator? Yes, actually www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/17/p...
Albanese badly needs a reset. The bond markets offer him a huge opportunity www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/15/a...
Albanese badly needs a reset. The bond markets offer him a huge opportunity
If the government was smart, the soaring cost of government debt would be used to show voters that Labor can sensibly manage the economy, while One Nation and the Coalition chase populist stupidity.
www.crikey.com.au
September 15, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Albanese badly needs a reset. The bond markets offer him a huge opportunity www.crikey.com.au/2026/09/15/a...
Work longer, wait longer, now borrow your own retirement back pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
Work longer, wait longer, now borrow your own retirement back
One Nation’s super-for-housing plan offers immediate relief, but risks repeating a message its new midlife voters know well: solve the problem with your own money.
pearlsandirritations.com
September 10, 2026 at 11:32 PM
Work longer, wait longer, now borrow your own retirement back pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
Paul Keating’s AUKUS hostility reflects his passion for hard-nosed realism over subservience
theconversation.com/paul-keating...
theconversation.com/paul-keating...
Paul Keating’s AUKUS hostility reflects his passion for hard-nosed realism over subservience
Grand Ambition: Paul Keating’s Global Vision for Australia is based on deep archival research – and author James Curran’s access to Keating, with his personal papers.
theconversation.com
September 9, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Paul Keating’s AUKUS hostility reflects his passion for hard-nosed realism over subservience
theconversation.com/paul-keating...
theconversation.com/paul-keating...
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Need a few more well calibrated 'big moves'.
“Jim Chalmers and the federal budget showed good, big moves are possible without the political sky falling in,” writes Chris Wallace. trib.al/GGjc8tJ
Trouble in Pacific paradise
The juxtaposition of news footage of Albanese doing a beachside press conference in Palau, which is barely above sea level, in the same bulletins showing Finocchiaro switching on the Beetaloo carbon bomb, was dissonant, to put it mildly.
trib.al
September 6, 2026 at 6:55 AM
Need a few more well calibrated 'big moves'.
Reflections of a migrant's daughter pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
Reflections of a migrant's daughter
The death of Dutch migrant Dick Van Teulingen at 101 closes a chapter in Australia’s post-war migration story, shaped by those who left war-torn Europe to build new lives here.
pearlsandirritations.com
September 5, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Reflections of a migrant's daughter pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/09...
'Australia therefore needs to separate two debates that have been tied together for a quarter of a century.
We need a humane, lawful and workable system for people seeking asylum.
And we need much more deliberate management of temporary migration.'
theconversation.com/australia-ha...
We need a humane, lawful and workable system for people seeking asylum.
And we need much more deliberate management of temporary migration.'
theconversation.com/australia-ha...
Australia has spent 25 years ‘stopping the boats’, but that’s not the same as controlling migration
Asylum seeker policy showed toughness in one small, but highly visible, part of the system while creating room to loosen policy everywhere else.
theconversation.com
September 1, 2026 at 12:37 AM
'Australia therefore needs to separate two debates that have been tied together for a quarter of a century.
We need a humane, lawful and workable system for people seeking asylum.
And we need much more deliberate management of temporary migration.'
theconversation.com/australia-ha...
We need a humane, lawful and workable system for people seeking asylum.
And we need much more deliberate management of temporary migration.'
theconversation.com/australia-ha...
Peter Wilenski: Reformer pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Peter Wilenski: Reformer
Peter Wilenski helped reshape Australia’s public service, championing responsiveness, equality and openness. But his rejection of political neutrality left a more complicated legacy for public adminis...
pearlsandirritations.com
August 29, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Peter Wilenski: Reformer pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?
Speechwriter Don Watson’s insider account of the prime minister he worked for, written ‘in tragic mode’, was an instant bestseller – but Keating famously hated it.
theconversation.com
August 28, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Friday essay: Don Watson’s book on Paul Keating ended their friendship – is it our best ever political memoir?
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
theconversation.com/friday-essay...
Paul Keating and a very present past raise hard questions for a country of decidedly modest ambition www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/27/p...
Paul Keating and a very present past raise hard questions for a country of decidedly modest ambition
A new book on Paul Keating's foreign policy shows that the preoccupations of the 1990s remain deeply resonant for contemporary Australia — which has demonstrably shrunk in its ambitions since then.
www.crikey.com.au
August 27, 2026 at 4:49 AM
Paul Keating and a very present past raise hard questions for a country of decidedly modest ambition www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/27/p...
Having heard mountains of evidence, the antisemitism royal commission now faces a huge challenge
theconversation.com/having-heard...
theconversation.com/having-heard...
Having heard mountains of evidence, the antisemitism royal commission now faces a huge challenge
By its final block, the commission had heard from more than 300 witnesses and received more than 20,000 submissions. The evidence paints a concerning picture.
theconversation.com
August 27, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Having heard mountains of evidence, the antisemitism royal commission now faces a huge challenge
theconversation.com/having-heard...
theconversation.com/having-heard...
Very much on point:
Australia must rebuild its Asian language capability pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Australia must rebuild its Asian language capability pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Australia must rebuild its Asian language capability
Australia’s Asian-language capability has declined for decades, weakening our ability to understand and engage with our neighbours. Labor’s new language program may make a difference.
pearlsandirritations.com
August 25, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Very much on point:
Australia must rebuild its Asian language capability pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Australia must rebuild its Asian language capability pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
One to read from Mr Shah:
Migration panic is Australia’s Pennywise, laying dormant until the time is right www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/m...
Migration panic is Australia’s Pennywise, laying dormant until the time is right www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/m...
Migration panic is Australia's Pennywise, laying dormant until the time is right
You can set your watch to Australia's cycle of migration panic. But the real issue is that this country has built an economic model that needs migrants and a political model that needs them blamed.
www.crikey.com.au
August 21, 2026 at 7:00 AM
One to read from Mr Shah:
Migration panic is Australia’s Pennywise, laying dormant until the time is right www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/m...
Migration panic is Australia’s Pennywise, laying dormant until the time is right www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/21/m...
ANU’s new chancellor is ‘polar opposite’ of predecessor Julie Bishop. Can Gordon de Brouwer get things back on track? www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/17/a...
ANU’s new chancellor is 'polar opposite' of predecessor Julie Bishop. Can Gordon de Brouwer get things back on track?
Indiscriminate carnage has followed Australian National University over the past few years. Will a former APS commissioner be able to clear up the mess?
www.crikey.com.au
August 17, 2026 at 6:22 AM
ANU’s new chancellor is ‘polar opposite’ of predecessor Julie Bishop. Can Gordon de Brouwer get things back on track? www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/17/a...
Six things Tony Burke should say about immigration pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
Six things Tony Burke should say about immigration
Australia’s post-COVID migration surge is receding, but it exposed deep weaknesses in the temporary visa system. Restoring public confidence requires better regulation, clearer pathways and less fixat...
pearlsandirritations.com
August 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Six things Tony Burke should say about immigration pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/08...
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Fiona's last delightful cartoon for guardo as a regular freelancer. Obviously I can't comment on this situation but I will say it is an unfortunate decision which I strongly disagree with. I love Fiona and if you run a media something you should hire her.
My final cartoon for @australia.theguardian.com 😭
(I always did cartoons for the International Guardian on Saturdays so this is a #USPol one with a bit of Leavitt-y) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
(I always did cartoons for the International Guardian on Saturdays so this is a #USPol one with a bit of Leavitt-y) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How will history remember Karoline Leavitt? | Fiona Katauskas
Depends who’s writing it
www.theguardian.com
August 16, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Fiona's last delightful cartoon for guardo as a regular freelancer. Obviously I can't comment on this situation but I will say it is an unfortunate decision which I strongly disagree with. I love Fiona and if you run a media something you should hire her.
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Bought a second hand EV. Picked it up yesterday and plugged it into the wall at the place where I was doing some corporate MCing… and laughed and laughed looking at it recharging on my phone.
August 15, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Bought a second hand EV. Picked it up yesterday and plugged it into the wall at the place where I was doing some corporate MCing… and laughed and laughed looking at it recharging on my phone.
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#DemosAU Vic (state) ALP 23 L-NP 32 ON 22 Grn 13 others 10
2PP 55-45 to L-NP (I get similar) (respondent for ON/others, last election for Greens)
Net ratings Carroll -16 Wilson +11 Pickering -19 Sandell -16
Pref Premier Wilson leads Carroll 43-34
2PP 55-45 to L-NP (I get similar) (respondent for ON/others, last election for Greens)
Net ratings Carroll -16 Wilson +11 Pickering -19 Sandell -16
Pref Premier Wilson leads Carroll 43-34
August 16, 2026 at 3:35 AM
#DemosAU Vic (state) ALP 23 L-NP 32 ON 22 Grn 13 others 10
2PP 55-45 to L-NP (I get similar) (respondent for ON/others, last election for Greens)
Net ratings Carroll -16 Wilson +11 Pickering -19 Sandell -16
Pref Premier Wilson leads Carroll 43-34
2PP 55-45 to L-NP (I get similar) (respondent for ON/others, last election for Greens)
Net ratings Carroll -16 Wilson +11 Pickering -19 Sandell -16
Pref Premier Wilson leads Carroll 43-34
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"We are talking about melons while Australia slides ever closer to the US, while the Americans prepare to use Australian territory as bases for their nuclear submarines and we are set to allow unregulated tech companies grow like lantana"
Amy Remeikis
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Amy Remeikis
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Everywhere and nowhere – One Nation is a political Babadook
One Nation is the Australian political Babadook. Both parties are jumping at its shadow and using it in their own policies and rhetoric.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
August 16, 2026 at 1:28 AM
"We are talking about melons while Australia slides ever closer to the US, while the Americans prepare to use Australian territory as bases for their nuclear submarines and we are set to allow unregulated tech companies grow like lantana"
Amy Remeikis
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Amy Remeikis
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
Excellent provocation from Dr Keane:
Should young people’s vote have more weight than old people’s? Yes, it’s a no-brainer www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/11/v...
Should young people’s vote have more weight than old people’s? Yes, it’s a no-brainer www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/11/v...
Should young people's vote have more weight than old people's? Yes, it's a no-brainer
The idea of weighting voting by age so as to give younger people more say in the decisions that will affect them would improve our democracy. Here's why.
www.crikey.com.au
August 11, 2026 at 7:24 AM
Excellent provocation from Dr Keane:
Should young people’s vote have more weight than old people’s? Yes, it’s a no-brainer www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/11/v...
Should young people’s vote have more weight than old people’s? Yes, it’s a no-brainer www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/11/v...
Immigration is a huge opportunity for Australia, but there are obstacles to overcome www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/05/m...
Immigration is a huge opportunity for Australia, but there are obstacles to overcome
The policy problem of migration is a significant chance for us to secure prosperity in the coming decades.
www.crikey.com.au
August 5, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Immigration is a huge opportunity for Australia, but there are obstacles to overcome www.crikey.com.au/2026/08/05/m...