Dennis Shanahan
The Australian
Canberra, ACT, Australia
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Turnbull to have hand in Charles’ fate
Malcolm Turnbull will be involved in Commonwealth leaders negotiations on Friday at Windsor Castle to decide if Prince Charles is to succeed the Queen as the next head of the Commonwealth. → Read More
Challenge for Turnbull is to ensure 4.8 million No voters aren’t ignored
Challenge for Turnbull is to ensure 4.8 million No voters aren’t ignored * Dennis Shanahan * The Australian * 10:54AM November 15, 2017 Australia has voted Yes for same-sex marriage. The postal survey on same-sex marriage has been a success. It has delivered a clear result and given every eligible voter the chance to have their say. The clear Yes vote provides clear guidance for the Parliament… → Read More
Donald Trump opens doors to political distraction
The art of political persuasion is dead. Australian politics now is not about long-term, difficult-to-sell and essential arguments that require risk, it’s about distraction and diversion. → Read More
Warning of US-Russia proxy war
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Federal election 2016: leaders’ distrust levels a concern
Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten are the two least-favoured and least-preferred leaders going into an election for 40 years; never in Newspoll’s history have voters so disdained a pair of prime ministerial candidates. → Read More
Federal election 2016: Shorten goes negative for the clinch weeks
Bill Shorten has flicked the switch to negative as the election campaign goes into its final phase and Labor cranks up a scare campaign over Medicare, a personal attack on Malcolm Turnbull and a dangerous characterisation of the same-sex marriage plebiscite as homophobia. → Read More
Approval set to be given for RAAF air strikes on Iraq
THE Abbott government will today give the go-ahead for Australian Super Hornet fighter-bombers to begin air strikes on Islamic State terrorist group targets in Iraq. → Read More
Tony Abbott: ‘utterly unflinching’ in campaign against Islamic State
TONY Abbott has declared the Australian Government will be “utterly unflinching towards anything that threatens our future as a free, fair and multicultural society” in the campaign against Islamic State terrorists. → Read More
Twitter leading Islamic State terrorists’ fight
SOCIAL media is being used so effectively to terrorise people in Iraq and Syria that Islamic State fighters are clearing swaths of territory without having to commit full military resources. → Read More
Julie Bishop urges nations to tackle terror at home
AUSTRALIA has urged the international community to follow its hardline stance on terrorism by introducing tough laws to deal with home-grown threats, ahead of this week’s UN Security Council crisis meeting on the expanding reach of Islamic State. → Read More
US targets all Islamic State operations, Australia focuses on Iraq
THE US is pushing for a UN statement this week that calls for attacks on Islamic State terrorists “wherever they operate” but Australia is still concentrating on providing military assistance against the “death cult” in Iraq. → Read More
Julia Bishop urges nations to tackle terror at home
AUSTRALIA has urged the international community to follow its hardline stance on terrorism by introducing tough laws to deal with home-grown threats, ahead of this week’s UN Security Council crisis meeting on the expanding reach of Islamic State. → Read More
Raids bring claims of ‘hyping fears’
YESTERDAY’S anti-terrorism raids and Labor’s solid, bipartisan support for the security services and Australia’s commitment to Iraq have failed to dampen claims the Abbott government is “hyping up” terrorism fears to distract the public from its budget difficulties. → Read More
Proposal to delay referendum
TONY Abbott’s hand-picked panel advising on a constitutional change to recognise Aborigines has paved the way for delaying a vote as late as the 50th anniversary of the highly successful 1967 “Aboriginal” referendum. → Read More
Green tape axing gives way to a one-stop shop for environmental approvals
THE federal government has sealed a national deal with all states and territories to have a one-stop shop for environmental approvals aimed at saving business $420 million a year by cutting approval time for large projects. → Read More
Tragedy born in rotten heart of Rudd machine
THE dysfunction of the Rudd government led to “avoidable” deaths of four young men installing insulation in Labor’s bungled $2.4 billion environmental-cum-economic stimulus of 2009. → Read More
Abbott can handle the pressure of war, says Howard
JOHN Howard says there is great pressure on any leader sending troops to war but has no doubt that Tony Abbott is perfectly capable of handling that pressure. → Read More
Australia ‘ready’ to join US in fight against Islamic State in Iraq
AUSTRALIA is in a “high state of readiness’’ but is yet to be formally approached to join any US-led military campaign against Islamic State terrorists in northern Iraq. → Read More
Spring parliamentary session a dire test for Joe Hockey
THIS new spring session of parliamentary sittings is almost as important for Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey as the traditional budget sitting in autumn. → Read More
Wayne Swan’s delusions in surplus on RSPT
WAYNE Swan’s snide remark about his former colleague, Martin Ferguson, always being “close” to the mining industry to explain the failure of the resource super-profits tax demonstrates the depth of the former treasurer’s delusion and divisiveness. → Read More