Dennis Shanahan

I interpret Newspoll for the Liberal Party. I mean, for The Australian. Views expressed here are strictly fed to me by Tony Abbott

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debunking the election’s biggest myth

1 month ago | theaustralian.com.au | Dennis Shanahan

This article contains features which are only available in the web versionTake me thereThere’s a new political story being told in the 2025 election with a fundamental, profound and unprecedented message: the era of aged power is over, the boomers are busted and the new voting power is with the young. The changing demographics are being hailed in grand geological terms such as “tectonic shifts” and “youthquake”.
Echoes of John Howard as Peter Dutton makes the case for ‘sliding-doors’ moment

1 month ago | theaustralian.com.au | Dennis Shanahan

Peter Dutton has gone all in. The Opposition Leader has decided there’s no room for a two-term Coalition strategy in the 2025 election and declares: “Australians can’t afford three more years of the Albanese government.”In his budget reply on Thursday, Dutton went a step further, saying this election “matters more than any others in recent history”.
Group 1 return looms for resurgent Gentleman Roy after PB Lawrence Stakes win

Aug 17, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Gilbert Gardiner |Tricia Rivera |Jonathan Spyer |Dennis Shanahan

Group 1 redemption is on the cards for Gentleman Roy and a clash with fellow Lindsay Park sparring partner Mr Brightside in the Memsie Stakes at Caulfield on August 31. Gentleman Roy joined Mr Brightside on the Group 2 PB Lawrence Stakes (1400m) honour roll on Saturday at Caulfield, Lindsay Park’s third straight success in the race. Mr Brightside won the PB Lawrence in 2022 and 2023.
The Top 10 wins of Black Caviar’s racing career

Aug 17, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Tricia Rivera |Jonathan Spyer |Dennis Shanahan

After the news emerged of Black Caviar’s death on Saturday, we’ve taken a look back at 10 of her more momentous victories of her incredible career. She had 25 starts for 25 wins, she was simply perfect in every single way. Vale Black Caviar. 2010 Patinack ClassicThis was the mare’s first G1 success. Ben Melham, filling in for the suspended Luke Nolen, asked more of her with 350m to go and once she hit the 300m mark the race was over, charging home to win by four lengths.
2024 Paris Olympic Games Closing Ceremony: Start time, how to watch

Aug 8, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Lachlan McKirdy |Cameron Stewart |Dennis Shanahan |Paul Garvey

The Paris Olympic Games are heading to a close, and they’ve certainly been one to celebrate for Australia. The team has broken the record for the most gold medals at an Olympics for an Australian team and will be ready to party in style. Those festivities will kick off with the closing ceremony which marks the official end of the Games, and the passing of the baton to Los Angeles which will host the next summer Olympics in four years.
Richmond Station, Melbourne: Woman in hospital after train station random attack

Jul 3, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Sarah Ison |Rhiannon Down |Dennis Shanahan

A stranger has pushed a random woman off the platform onto the train tracks at a busy Melbourne station at the start of peak hour. The assailant fled the scene while the woman was taken to hospital by ambulance in a stable condition. Members of the public and train network staff helped her off the track, a witness says. The incident happened at the busy Richmond Station near the Melbourne CBD, just before 4pm on Wednesday.
Resurgent Pogacar set for Tour de France duel with road-rusty Vingegaard

Jun 26, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Dennis Shanahan |Greg Sheridan |Natasha Bita |John McCormick |John Mccormick

The Tour de France sets off from the Italian city of Florence on Saturday with Tadej Pogacar well prepped for a battle royale with defending champion Jonas Vingegaard on a route designed to take the world's greatest bike race down to the wire. Team UAE's rider Pogacar goes into the 21-day race in red-hot form after winning the Giro d'Italia in May. Visma's Vingegaard, the two-time defending champion from Denmark, hasn't raced since suffering multiple fractures in a fall in March.
Peter Dutton says costs of nuclear plan to be released ‘very soon’

Jun 21, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Jo Williamson |Dennis Shanahan |Jack Quail |Nick Cater

Peter Dutton says people will be “pleasantly surprised” when they finally see the price tag for the Coalition’s nuclear energy plan. The Opposition Leader on Wednesday released some details of the plan the Coalition had been flagging for months but did not put a price on it. He said again that would happen “very soon”. “I think I think people will be pleasantly surprised,” Mr Dutton told the Today show on Friday.
Got Gas: Victoria’s stealthy gas project approval could be just the start

Jun 7, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Bevis Yeo |Dennis Shanahan |Joe Kelly |Colin Packham

Australia’s east coast is facing a looming gas shortfall crisis that will get increasingly worse from 2025 as declining supplies outpace expected declines in gas demand. This has of course prompted calls for new sources to be developed, so it shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that Victoria – Australia’s largest gas consumer – has gone out and done just that.
Anthony Albanese accuses Coalition of hiding key details on nuclear policy

May 19, 2024 | theaustralian.com.au | Dennis Shanahan |Eleanor Campbell |Jordan McCarthy

Anthony Albanese has attacked the coalition for failing to reveal key details of its controversial nuclear energy policy, which now looks be delayed until the end of the year. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s reply to the federal budget last Thursday omitted key details of the signature energy policy, including the total costs and locations of the six nuclear power plants slated to replace a retiring fleet of coal-fired power stations.