John Hewson
Contributor at Sydney Morning Herald
Contributor at The Saturday Paper
Articles
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1 week ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | John Hewson
High expectations had been set for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with United States President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
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2 weeks ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | John Hewson
The recent series of floods and droughts in different parts of Australia has again raised the question of how best to deliver government assistance to those farmers and small businesses directly affected. Given the huge political capital the Albanese government has accumulated with its landslide election victory, this is a particularly timely area of reform. Debates about appropriate drought and flood relief seem never to end.
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3 weeks ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | John Hewson
The Liberal and National parties have agreed to give the relationship another go but at a worrying cost. Disunity is now a significant challenge for the new Coalition, both within each party and between them, compounded by the recent allocation of portfolios.
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4 weeks ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | John Hewson
Now the election is finally over and the parties and candidates have settled down to their new realities, national priorities must be afforded their proper place. The election campaign focused too much on short-term offerings for voters – there was little discussion of what the respective leaders wanted our country to be in the coming decades.
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1 month ago |
thesaturdaypaper.com.au | John Hewson
The memes began with, “We need to talk.” Then the internet lit up with a flood of break-up staples providing a weary electorate with perhaps some much-needed comic relief. “We’ve grown apart.” “We want different things.” And of course, frighteningly, “I think we should start seeing other people.” By Thursday, the 80-year relationship could be best described as “off again, on again”. What does this all mean?
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