PETER HARTCHER
Author  Journalist  Commentator

Takaichi's parliamentary supermajority signals great change for one of our key allies.

Protesting won't help a single Palestinian. But it can worsen division in Australia.

In 1997 movie Wag the Dog, the president starts a war to distract from a scandal.

Together, the Libs and Nats were in the wilderness. Apart, they're in oblivion.