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Month: April 2019

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Election 2019: How Barnaby Joyce could be the final nail in Scott Morrison’s coffin

April 24, 2019by Drag0nista
Election 2019: How Barnaby Joyce could be the final nail in Scott Morrison’s coffin
Image: With thanks to @alwaysaskew

“Aggression and argumentativeness might arguably have their place in an effective leader’s artillery, but incoherence and questionable logic do not.”

An election post for The New Daily.

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Election 2019: Why the press should never, ever let politicians bury them with blather

April 20, 2019by Drag0nista
Election 2019: Why the press should never, ever let politicians bury them with blather

In my weekend column for The New Daily, I look at the ways politicians ‘manage’ the media and ponder whether this is the election that the media starts pushing back.

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Election 2019: Why early voters and school holidays could be the deciding factor

April 13, 2019by Drag0nista
Election 2019: Why early voters and school holidays could be the deciding factor

My weekend column for The New Daily.

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