If the Coalition parties wanted to get serious about standing up to Trumpism, they could usefully take a lesson from Portugal.
Category: Australia
Crisis on the right, part 4
Re-formation of the federal Coalition has done nothing to improve its prospects of fending off One Nation.
Crisis on the right, part 3
A leader like Sussan Ley who's threatened by her own right wing can't possibly take the fight to One Nation. Perhaps a leader from the right could.
Crisis on the right, part 2
Liberal and National parties are both fighting on One Nation's territory, both geographical and ideological. The Nationals don't have much choice, but the Liberals do.
Crisis on the right, part 1
Australia's former Coalition parties are in a crisis of their own making. A short history of how things got to this point.
Bigoted visitors
The quest to ban "hate speech" is a fantasy, both for locals and for visitors. But that doesn't mean we should invite foreign bigots here on state visits.
Political success, systemic failure
France's prime minister secures a deal for his continued survival. His Australian counterpart looks in much better shape, but there's an important similarity.
Free speech: What went wrong
Freedom of speech goes by the board yet again, as Australia's government and opposition compete in the opportunism stakes.
Centre-left starts the year well in Portugal
The far right makes it into a runoff in Portugal but looks set for a heavy defeat, in an election with some relevance to Australia.
Democracy for Victoria?
The system of group voting tickets in Victoria seems to be finally on the way out, although a parliamentary inquiry has failed to agree on deeper structural reform.
The World is Not Enough 