Peter Hartcher
Peter Hartcher is political editor and international editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Nikki Haley can’t beat Trump. But she has good cause to stay in the fight
Donald Trump’s opponent for the Republican nomination is in a race she can’t win, but that doesn’t mean it’s futile for Nikki Haley.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Political leadership
In power, Keating was a gift. Now, at 80, he’s a tragedy
Paul Keating’s incredible economic chutzpah supercharged Australia’s prosperity. But he has become an apologist for China, and that may poison his legacy.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Putin's Russia
One murder too many, Mr Putin? It could be Ukraine’s lifeline
The Russian president’s disposal of Alexei Navalny might spur US Republicans to defy Donald Trump and support Ukraine’s war effort. If not, prepare for a catastrophe.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Political leadership
Why Barnaby Joyce is the Donald Trump of Australian politics
Will a humiliated Joyce now take the advice of his leader, go on personal leave and then skulk out of parliament? No chance.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Indonesian election
This election is critical to Australia, so why aren’t we paying attention?
Indonesia’s presidential election tomorrow will mark a new era for one of our nearest neighbours and the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Industrial relations
If you thought the fair go had gone, relax! It’s getting another go
Parliament has just approved the third major workplace reform bill in the life of the Albanese government, but it’s just part of a much wider ‘fairness’ agenda.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
US Votes 2024
The US is becoming an unreliable ally, even without Donald Trump
If America is incapable of funding a top strategic priority in the Pacific even when it has the support of both Democrats and Republicans, what can it achieve?
- by Peter Hartcher
Analysis
China relations
How Beijing is setting out to recondition us to be afraid once more
The Albanese government is trapped in its own construct of “stabilising relations”.
- by Peter Hartcher
Allies ‘have to compete aggressively’ with China for Pacific security, US warns
A senior US official has made the warning ahead of this week’s address to the Australian parliament by PNG Prime Minister James Marape.
- by Peter Hartcher
Opinion
Political donations
You can drive a truck through the political donation system. A truck full of ‘dark money’
Total donations and other income to all political parties for the latest year came to about a quarter of a billion dollars. And that’s not even an election year.
- by Peter Hartcher
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Middle East tensions
America is committed to 50 allies. What if they all come knocking at once?
With global flashpoints flaring up here, there and everywhere, can the US avoid the geopolitical equivalent of a bank run?
- by Peter Hartcher