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Category: Media

Betrayal at the top

Australia's Liberal and National parties choose to side with the enemies of democracy. But no-one seems to notice or care.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Media, Party matters 11 Comments 23 April 202624 April 2026

How not to report a change of government

The Netherlands gets a new government, but media coverage risks giving a misleading impression of its position.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Media, United States 2 Comments 26 February 2026

Crisis on the right, part 5

If the Coalition parties wanted to get serious about standing up to Trumpism, they could usefully take a lesson from Portugal.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Europe, Ideas, Media, Party matters 5 Comments 10 February 202618 February 2026

More about Peter Dutton

Peter Dutton is in trouble again, partly because his media allies do not entirely share his objectives.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Media, Middle East, Party matters, Political issues 3 Comments 15 April 202415 April 2024

Death of a journalist

Australian political journalism loses one of its stalwarts in Tim Colebatch.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Media, Personalities 1 Comment 22 January 202430 January 2024

On to New Hampshire!

Donald Trump had a good night in Iowa, but the Republican contest is far from over.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Media, Party matters, United States 4 Comments 18 January 202422 January 2024

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 4 Comments 8 September 20236 May 2026

Gabon joins the coup trend

A military takeover in Gabon is prompted by a dubious election, in what is becoming an all-too-familiar story.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Media, War and peace 4 Comments 4 September 20238 September 2023

Three continents, three elections

Reports from the weekend's three elections in West Africa, Southern Europe and Central America.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Latin America, Media 2 Comments 28 June 202329 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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