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Finally some good news for John Pesutto

The Victorian Liberal Party's mainstream wing lives to fight another day with a victory in the party's presidential race.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Party matters, Personalities 1 Comment 25 September 20231 December 2023

Ten years later

The tenth anniversary of Tony Abbott's election provides an occasion to consider his continuing influence.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Ideas, Media, Party matters, Personalities 5 Comments 8 September 20236 May 2026

OK, let’s talk about Qantas

Qantas's current troubles raise interesting questions about privatisation and corporate regulation.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Political issues 3 Comments 7 September 20238 September 2023

Ticks and crosses

Don't use ticks or crosses to vote in the Voice referendum, if only because you'll upset the "no" campaigners.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Referenda 2 Comments 28 August 2023

Fifty years on, 25% off

Remembering some lessons from the Whitlam government's across-the-board tariff cut of 1973.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Political issues 1 Comment 2 August 202314 April 2026

UK Labour fights over pluralism

The ALP's reluctance to co-operate with the Greens finds a stronger echo in the UK, where the electoral system makes cut-throat competition even more deadly.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters 2 Comments 4 July 2023

Death in Germany

Simon Crean was not a successful Labor leader, but he deserves more respect from the party than many whose record looks better on paper.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Party matters, Personalities 1 Comment 26 June 20236 May 2026

Righting the record in East Timor

East Timor is set for a new government. Meanwhile, a history of Australia's involvement sets the record straight on its route to independence.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Political issues, Referenda, South-East Asia, War and peace 2 Comments 20 June 202320 June 2023

Now for Warrandyte!

With another by-election on the horizon, Victoria's Liberal Party is confronted by the ghosts of its past.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Party matters 3 Comments 2 June 2023

The slow death of the Victorian Liberal Party

Victoria's Liberal Party is digging itself deeper into a pit of irrelevance as trust between its leader and his colleagues deteriorates further.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Media, Party matters 3 Comments 5 May 2023

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