Michael Pascoe
Michael Pascoe: Political theatre swamps substance
There is regular reporting of the shrinking primary vote of the major parties almost as if it is a surprise. There is...
Michael Pascoe: The Trump threat is very real – and much worse than last time
OPINION For all the depressing, terrible and tragic news of the past 24 hours, the most worrying was an opinion poll. The...
Michael Pascoe: And the award for the worst Liberal leader goes to…
On Wednesday a desperate headline was made out of an irrelevant Scott Morrison “warning” Anthony Albanese about the Prime Minister’s China visit....
Michael Pascoe: In defence of the ‘elites’, they simply make better decisions
In the process of overwhelmingly rejecting the Voice referendum, the No campaign mercilessly bashed alleged Australian “elites” and have continued to do...
Michael Pascoe: Let’s hope the RBA doesn’t make a very bad bet on Melbourne Cup day
On Tuesday, in a rather dull and tone-deaf speech, new Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock observed that the sun rises in the...
Michael Pascoe: ‘Dingo Warriors’ bait Albanese’s China visit
Former Australian ambassador to China, Geoff Raby, last week wrote a piece praising the rise of diplomacy in our dealings with Beijing,...
Michael Pascoe: Shame! Dutton’s cynical ’No’ campaign has scarred our nation’s soul
Fifty years ago, the Whitlam Labor Government lowered the voting age to 18, granting me my first visit to a polling booth...
Michael Pascoe: Lies Boomers were told at school explain the Voice’s journey to oblivion
The latest polling on the Voice referendum confirms what was already apparent: Those who don’t know – those with less education and...
Michael Pascoe: Fear, outrage and ‘Trumpian schtick’ derailing Voice to Parliament
The post-mortem of the Voice referendum should find the shallow nature of mass media did not by itself reject the invitation offered...
Michael Pascoe: The Mike Pezzullo scandal has damaged Australia
So we now know Mike Pezzullo played the last couple of Coalition governments like a fiddle, and a small part about how...