Tag: Bob Hawke
If the polls are right, he may soon be the next Australian prime minister. So who is Anthony Albanese?
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Karen Middleton’s 2016 biography of Anthony Albanese concludes with a speech he made that year, on the 20th anniversary of his election...
Grattan on Saturday: We can’t know what sort of PM Albanese would be – but not for the reasons the government says
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Years ago, Kevin Rudd sold himself as a version of Howard-lite, as he sought to reassure voters he wouldn’t be scary....
Elect me and I’ll govern like Bob Hawke: Albanese
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Anthony Albanese will declare he would govern on the Hawke model of consensus, in an economic speech today, that also directs a...
The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage
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News the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the...
Sunday essay: it’s possible — how we can create a fairer, greener Australia beyond COVID
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We are living through the greatest disruption of the postwar era; what is likely to be the defining historical period of...
Nuance and nostalgia: Labor’s election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke
The election review is proportionate in the blame it sends
Bill Shorten’s way. David Crosling/AAP
The media have been itching for a report that blamed...