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George Brandis

George Brandis

George Brandis is a former high commissioner to the UK, and a former Liberal senator and federal attorney-general. He is now a professor at the ANU’s National Security College.

Anthony Albanese is still to meet Donald Trump in person.

White House? Looks like Albanese’s in Trump’s doghouse

Only three G20 nations have yet to secure a meeting with Trump: Brazil, Mexico - and Australia. It’s getting embarrassing for Anthony Albanese.

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Mounted police disperse demonstrators blocking a highway in Tel Aviv during a weekend protest demanding the release of all hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip and calling for an end to the war.

Recognising Palestine now only rewards Hamas, the side with clear genocidal intent

Condemnation of Israel’s actions – however justified – is no basis for reversing the long-held position that accepting Israel’s right to exist is a precondition of recognising a Palestinian state.

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Well may he laugh: Reform leader Nigel Farage, whose party stands to claim the biggest block of votes at the next election.

No laughing matter: how Nigel Farage stole the lead in UK politics

It couldn’t happen in Australia, where compulsory and preferential voting protect the two-party system, but British politics is fractured – on the right and the left.

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Britain’s strategic priorities have changed. Australia must take note

Keir Starmer’s Labour government sees Britain’s interests largely confined to its own region. That has profound implications for the UK-Australia relationship and AUKUS.

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Liberal leader Sussan Ley at the National Press Club.

It’s time, Sussan Ley: What Gough Whitlam can teach her about saving a lost party

Labor was reduced to a rump in 1966. Here’s how it came back to win the 1972 election.

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EU Ambassador to Australia Gabriele Visentin addresses the National Press Club last Wednesday.

Why Europe needs a defence deal with Australia – and why we need it, too

In a dangerous world, where the US can no longer be assumed to be a reliable partner, Australia needs to listen to the EU’s pitch for a security partnership.

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King Charles delivers the speech from the throne in the Senate in Ottawa, Ontario.

King Charles and Pope Leo defend US Constitution from Trump

That the greatest defenders of American values are the incumbent British monarch and the Vicar of Christ is a great irony.

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Liberal leader Sussan Ley and David Littleproud of the Nationals.

The battle for the soul of conservative Australia may have just begun

If the existing split in the Coalition moves beyond a difference about policy, the self-destructive consequences will be devastating.

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Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley and her deputy, Ted O’Brien.

Sussan Ley can learn from the best, and worst, Liberal leaders

Successful political parties have a vision of what they stand for. The Liberals need that – and more.

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Anthony Albanese

On Saturday night, the Liberal Party looked like a train wreck

The Liberal Party knows how to win elections. It just needs to do the work.

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