Amy Remeikis
Amy Remeikis is known for her incisive political commentary and experience as a journalist at Fairfax and Guardian Australia. She is currently Chief Political Analyst at the Australia Institute.
'America’s Bitch': After Sept 11, Howard shackled Australia to the US. We haven’t been able to untangle ourselves since.
An extract from Amy Remeikis’ new book, Where It All Went Wrong: The Case Against John Howard’
Howard’s disturbing legacy: Fear and misdirected compassion
Early on in his prime ministership, John Howard stood in front of Australia’s Indigenous leaders and told them he would not apologise for Australia’s past.
Lightweight Libs have Labor laughing all the way to an early election
In five days, Anthony Albanese will become Australia’s longest-serving prime minister since John Howard. He will equal Scott Morrison’s record of 1368 days on Thursday. On Friday, he’ll surpass him, leapfrogging both John Curtin and Morrison, to sit behind Paul Keating as the 12th longest-serving prime minister.
This is not ‘social cohesion’ – it’s just a tighter net to trap us all
Australians have been lectured a lot in the past couple of years about social cohesion, but it reached a fever pitch this week in response to protests against the visit by Israel’s head of state.
‘Disunity is death’ – but Labor’s cowed caucus has a cost too
Caucus solidarity – the rule that once Labor’s political arm has made a decision, all caucus members are bound to it regardless of personal views – has been treated as both a threat and novelty by party outsiders. It has always been thus.
Make no mistake, the Liberals are already history – and Labor should be worried
Some people just always try to focus on the bright side of life. Jane Hume must be one of them. The Victorian Liberal senator presented a cheery face on Wednesday when speaking of the Coalition’s future, arguing the reunification of the two parties was what Australia needed.
Clowns to the left of us, jokers on the right – and voters stuck in the middle
While the Coalition’s demise is great spectator sport for political-watchers, it does nothing to engender faith in democracy.
Coalition shambles can trace its genesis to precisely one spot
The kingdom of Queensland has produced little emperors with no clothes, sure of their power within their branch and electorate.
Beware the new ‘normal’, it might be about to bite us
Anyone interested in politics would have heard the paraphrased Plato quote at some point – “one of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors”.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Why we’re all the losers from the hate speech fracas
The biggest losers in the political brinkmanship Anthony Albanese and Labor lured Sussan Ley and the Liberals into with the hate group legislation no one wanted, is as always the public.
Strap in. We are about to see the worst of Australian politics.
It would be wrong to assume that a bad summer for Anthony Albanese (and no one can deny it was bad) meant a good summer for Sussan Ley and the Coalition.
Massacre as political theatre: our shameful national response to Bondi
Politicians and the media have seized on the Bondi tragedy to drag Australia further right
Australian hearts are shattered – and some would-be leaders have broken them further
There is no denying Australia’s sense of safety has been shattered.
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
The problem with having pattern recognition is that you can always see the fires before they start. Governments are a bit like that, too. It’s not that they don’t see the fire before the smoke, it’s just they figure it will be someone else’s problem to deal with it by the time it’s all ablaze.
First whispers of discontent for Labor are coming from within
It’s the end of the year, which means things tend to be a lot looser than usual and emotions can run high.
When ‘common sense’ cuts are code for a cruel con job
The greatest trick neoliberalism ever pulled was convincing people government intervention shouldn’t exist. And yet, governments know we will accept it without question when it comes to taking from the most vulnerable.
Whitlam’s legacy is one of possibility and hope. He showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like.
Whitlam showed us what a brave, grown up Australia could look like. And 50 years later, you have to wonder – is it even possible to make Australia brave again?
Craven, ill-advised and now repeatedly wedged, it’s too late for Ley
If there remains anyone after this week who believes Sussan Ley can pull the Liberal Party – let alone the Coalition – out of its descent into the political abyss, please raise your hand.
