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George Megalogenis
@GMegalogenis
Author, Alannah & Madeline Foundation Ambassador, and Tigers fan.
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On Anthony's Albanese model for governing, and the inquiry into Scott Morrison's power grab. Column in The Age and SMH.
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On the tax cuts Labor couldn't afford to oppose before the election, but can't afford to implement now. Spoiler alert: I think the tax cuts should be rejigged before 1 July 2024, not abolished. Column In The Age and SMH.
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On the Voice, and why Australia is no longer the country that voted No at the referendum for a republic in 1999. Column in The Age and SMH.
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On Anthony Albanese's diplomatic honeymoon and why the world wants Australia to be a moral middle power. Column in The Age and SMH.
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. on the state of the Liberals: “This is Morrison’s legacy. He reduced the party of Menzies to a junior partner in the Coalition, with no easy path back to power in a nation where two out of three people live in the capital cities.” #AusPol
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on some of the demographics of the 2022 election, and the future of the Liberal Party. includes some quotes from me and data on how renters voted
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On Australia's family tree - First Australian roots, Old Australian trunk and New Australian branches. My piece on the 2021 census in The Age and SMH. With thanks to the for helping me build the tables.
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The July issue is online for subscribers now, with essays by Don Watson and . Plus on lessons from our most marginal seat, on why the gas industry isn’t in crisis, ’s experience of long COVID, and more.
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On Labor's curse to be elected at a time of crisis. Every incoming Labor govt since Scullin's in 1929 has faced a global recession within 12 months of victory. Column in The Age and SMH. (Longer version in The Age newspaper, on the cover of Insight.)
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On sharing power. Why Anthony Albanese should govern as if Labor is in minority. With graphs on the realignment in the cities, and the divide in the regions between Qld and the rest of the country. Column in The Age and SMH.
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If you were underwhelmed with your morning-after coverage on TV, highly recommend this radio special from this morning. With , , , and more including a great discussion on lessons for media
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... Note the big trends. Sorry.
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Not the big trends in the real economy which the Liberals ignored.
Professional women are the largest group of workers in the country.
Women in the caring economy now outnumber male labourers.
But the glass ceiling remains. 2/2
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Good morning Australia.
The people have spoken and the story, to paraphrase a ScoMoSlogan is:
'How good are women!'
Re-upping a column from March 2021 for context on when the backlash to Scott Morrison and his government really began. 1/2
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On the things that divide us as Australians, and why women will decide the federal election. Column in The Age and SMH
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Mixing politics and sport with Gerard . Easily the best set of questions you'll hear on the campaign.
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LISTEN | Political commentator @GMegalogenis on...
- Scott Morrison's introduction into prime ministerial sporting history
- Gillon McLachlan vs Peter V'landys
- The election campaign so far
player.whooshkaa.com/episode?id=995
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On losing friends and influence. How Australia shrank on Scott Morrison's watch. Column in The Age and SMH.
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Is more immigration a good or bad thing? This new episode of out now. With great guests and
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To help us navigate through a tricky conversation around immigration in the latest episode of #PrincipleOfCharity, we are joined by journalist and author, @GMegalogenis and former Foreign Affairs Minister and NSW Premier, @bobjcarr.
Listen here: linktree.com/principleofcha
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A civil discussion on immigration, for and against, with . Thank you to and Lloyd Vogelman for hosting the conversation.
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To help us navigate through a tricky conversation around immigration in the latest episode of #PrincipleOfCharity, we are joined by journalist and author, @GMegalogenis and former Foreign Affairs Minister and NSW Premier, @bobjcarr.
Listen here: linktree.com/principleofcha
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And a graph to chew over. Treasury estimates of 'temporary fiscal measures' as a share of GDP in 2020 compared to the latest budget. The government is dishing out stimulus for an extra two years than originally planned, even though unemployment is at a 50-year low. Go figure.
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On the deficit. 'Let’s cut to the chase. The government broke its own budget rules. Morrison now sits on history’s page alongside Gough Whitam as our most profligate prime minister, who threw money at a hot economy.' Column in The Age and SMH.
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Here are my initial thoughts from last Monday's column in The Age and SMH.
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Thoroughly enjoyed chatting with Linda Mottram on the election. I'm avoiding any predictions, but safe to say that Scott Morrison is relying on a divided electorate to save his govt, while Anthony Albanese is at risk of throwing away the majority that might be there for Labor.
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Is COVID the election wildcard? @GMegalogenis joins me on our new ep of “This Week” @abcnews. Also plan C: Russia’s looming attack on Ukraine’s east with Gideon Rose @CFR_org. And why China sticks with COVID zero. @billbirtles explains. Listen here. podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/thi
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On the race card - how a Lebanese Australian outplayed the PM this week. Spoiler alert: Sydney is no longer that city. Column in The Age and SMH.
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On war, our China dependency and the mirage of a budget windfall for Australia. Will the Morrison government fall for the mining trap, repeating the history of the Whitlam and Fraser govts during the oil shocks of the 1970s? Column in The Age and SMH.
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"The climate reckoning has come within the space of a single parliamentary term (yet the PM's response) remains doggedly reactive, and performative: troops, not targets." Column in The Age and SMH.
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On the China card Scott Morrison played against Anthony Albanese. "Our diversity should be a diplomatic asset, not something our leaders trash for short-term domestic political gain." Column in The Age and SMH.
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On the catastrophe in aged care. We should be talking about this issue every day between now and the next election, and every day after that. Column in The Age and SMH.
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"(Scott) Morrison has greeted 2022 with the worst side of his character. He has been both passive and aggressive, shifting blame and snapping at anyone who dares suggest he take some responsibility for the mess we’re in." Column in The Age and SMH.
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On blokeage, aka the problem with Australian men. A pink wave is coming but it may not be enough to fix our politics. Final column for The Age and SMH for 2021. Have a happy, and safe summer.
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On the recession we didn't have to have. 'The federal govt. was too slow to secure vaccines; NSW was too slow to lock down; Victoria was too slow to appreciate that it had already exhausted its people before its final lockdown.' Column in The Age and SMH.
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On Can-Do Capitalism, and Scott Morrison's campaign to "split the nation like Voldemort’s Horcruxes to protect his own position". Column in The Age and SMH.
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On climate change, and the opportunity for Labor to wedge Scott Morrison by cutting a reform deal with the premiers. Column in The Age and SMH.
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On missed opportunities. "If (Scott) Morrison had a bit of Hawke, Keating, or Howard in him, he might have called the bluff of his junior coalition partner and offered Labor the deal of a century to end the climate change wars." Column in The Age and SMH.
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On climate change. Obviously, the PM should go to Glasgow, and to the G20 meeting in Rome before it. But is he trying to duck both because he fears the multiple cold shoulders that await him, from Biden, Macron and Xi? Column in The Age and SMH.
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