Cherry-picked reading of electoral history: An election is in the air when politicians resorts to populism

“This country,” Margaret Fuller wrote in the middle of the nineteenth century as she considered what makes a great leader, “needs… no thin Idealist, no coarse Realist, but a man whose eye reads the heavens, while his feet step firmly on the ground, and his hands are strong and dexterous for the use of human implements… a man of universal sympathies, but self-possessed; a man who knows the region of emotion, though he is not its slave; a man to whom this world is no mere spectacle or fleeting shadow, but a great, solemn game, to be played with good heed, for its stakes are of eternal value.”

'They're quite angry': Peter Dutton doubles down on attack on rival as campaign gets nasty

While Peter Dutton has reiterated his claims his rival, Ali France, is using her disability as "an excuse", she says he is "not focused on the real issues".

No light can escape the gravitational vortex of election 2019

Bookies predict a Labor win in 2019 election


WHO IS DANIEL GREENFIELD? Blogger Daniel Greenfield, aka Sultan Knish, declares that his work is guided by George Orwell’s statement: “We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”

Swing state: The five Sydney seats in play at the election

Scott Morrison fate in NSW could rest with what happens around Sydney's Georges River.

How to make Australia fairer

Federal Election 2019: Major parties trade barbs over tax

As election 2019 kicks off, the only certainty is a cranky and mistrustful electorate

The Conversation

There are generally two kinds of federal election: those where the government is returned, and those where it's defeated. The former is more common.

From tourist boss to PM: ScoMo's mountain climb to the top spot

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'Now's not the time to turn your back': PM's pitch as he announces May 18 poll

Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten's travel shows federal election battleground seats

Scott Morrison vs Bill Shorten in a battle for the prime ministership

Fact Check: Have greenhouse gas emissions turned around under the Coalition?

Election begins as voters lose faith in politicians

'Good housekeeping': Government defends high-profile appointments

CSIRO avoids a grilling over Adani as election campaign gets underway

Nine at-risk Coalition seats concerned about climate change

The hidden influencers who code our world

The figures he interviewed for the book include the creators of many of the notable software applications we use today — such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Thompson, a technology journalist who writes regularly for The New York Times Magazine and Wired, was motivated by his observation that, throughout history, some professions have suddenly become crucial and exerted an outsized influence on our society.

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