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Plot foiled: Why the little man who wants to be a big tsar put me on his list
As one of several Australian journalists sanctioned by Russia, The Age and The Herald’s Tony Wright laments the end of his conspiracy to bring down the regime.
- by Tony Wright
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Opinion
Dumping asylum seekers in old killing fields: an Australian original
As Britain continues its plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, remember that Australia spent millions attempting to send its unwanted refugees to Cambodia.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Twelve million reasons for the Prime Minister to live at The Lodge
No prime minister has made The Lodge their permanent home since the Abbott government spent $12 million renovating the place. Now Anthony Albanese moves in.
- by Tony Wright
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The dizzying rise of the iceberg lettuce to star of the society banquet
The humble iceberg, once scorned by society chefs, suddenly vaults to a place among the elite of luxury foods.
- by Tony Wright
Analysis
Albanese tucks trousers into socks and pedals into bicycle diplomacy
There are many ways to forge diplomatic friendships. Wobbling around the Indonesian President’s palace is one of them, as Anthony Albanese discovered.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Peter Dutton’s Forgotten People took the money and ran
Coalition leader Peter Dutton is trying to invoke Menzies’ “forgotten people”. But today’s Liberals spent more energy bribing voters than remembering Menzies.
- by Tony Wright
Perspective
‘I love the boy’: The gift our PM received from a bamboo prison
Tom Uren, titan of the Labor Party, taught Anthony Albanese a lesson about protecting the vulnerable - one he had learned in the harshest way imaginable.
- by Tony Wright
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Nothing dreadful to report from a PM’s trip abroad. What a relief
Nothing of note went wrong when Australia’s newly minted PM went to Tokyo. Which is a relief, considering what we have come to expect in recent times.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Frydenberg, vanquished, struggles to comprehend the depth of disaster
The outgoing treasurer appears baffled by the political disaster that has consigned him and his party to the wilderness.
- by Tony Wright
Frydenberg all but concedes as numbers show victory for Ryan in Kooyong
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has lost the seat of Kooyong to teal independent Monique Ryan, but hinted broadly that he planned to return to politics some time in the future.
- by Tony Wright and Paul Sakkal
Opinion
A performer, a battler and an electorate still looking for an answer
The indications are that six weeks of presidential-style campaigning haven’t been long enough to scrub away what many voters didn’t like about Morrison during the previous three years.
- by Tony Wright