Waleed Aly
Waleed Aly is a broadcaster, author and academic. He is a lecturer in politics at Monash University and co-host of Channel Ten's The Project.
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Power and inflation crises work for the new government but for how long?
The Albanese government will have its work cut out resolving some major problems inherited from the Coalition.
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There are no natural majorities anymore. Albanese’s might be the last one
Our major parties’ primary votes are in structural decline because our politics has fragmented.
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Do we even want to solve housing affordability?
The Coalition and Labor have put forward policies to help people get into the property market but nothing to reduce the cost of housing.
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Rate rises may prove a pressing political problem for Morrison
John Howard managed to win an election by spinning interest rate rises to his advantage, but can this prime minister do the same?
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‘Phantom’ campaigning will make a ghost out of democracy
Election policies are being released every day, but there is no overarching vision to tie them together
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Accused PM faces the judgment of voter impressions
Scott Morrison has vehemently denied claims of racism - but this is not the first time he has faced such a charge.
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Morrison’s most fatal flaw on show in flood response
The most confounding quirk of the Morrison government is not that it’s wrong, but that it’s often right - but only after refusing to be for so long, and for no apparent reason.
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Closed borders, locked out citizens: A new take on ‘national interest’
The pandemic has exposed a hard truth: to be safe, Australians were prepared to restrict their fellow citizens.
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There’s a solution to the discrimination bill balancing act – but it comes at a price
There’s a point in Labor’s statement outlining its amendments to the Religious Discrimination Bill that captures why this whole episode has been such a mess.
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It’s not fashionable but I’m looking back on 2021 with gratitude
Without wishing to minimise the extensive damage caused by the pandemic, it’s important to recognise that Australia’s situation could have been a lot worse.
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We saw Omicron coming, but we didn’t think to act
Scientists’ warnings about new COVID-19 variants emerging from Africa were well known. Why didn’t Australia do something?
- by Waleed Aly