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The Liberal brand is tarnished. Some hard truths must be faced in the wake of another election loss | Trent Zimmerman
As Labor governments blanket the mainland, the Liberal party is left divided over the cause of its failures and a path back to government

Trent Zimmerman

27, Mar, 2023 @3:37 AM

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Lidia Thorpe’s change of allegiance is not a justification for constitutional reform | Trent Zimmerman
Senators and MPs who leave parties may be criticised for betraying their voters but forcing them out would endanger our very democracy

Trent Zimmerman

17, Feb, 2023 @7:00 PM

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Like Medicare, the PBS urgently needs overhauling – for all our sakes | Trent Zimmerman
It would be a mistake for Australia to narrow its health reform agenda to ignore access to new medicines

Trent Zimmerman

10, Feb, 2023 @12:52 AM

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Amid the climate crisis, Covid and crumbling democracies, I find hope in people who show the best of humanity | Trent Zimmerman
It’s the potential of individuals to change the world which is at the heart of democratic liberalism – but their actions must be matched by global support

Trent Zimmerman

30, Dec, 2022 @2:00 PM

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The Liberals can beat teals – Victoria proves it | Trent Zimmerman
There are clear lessons from the state election for the Liberal party in New South Wales and federally

Trent Zimmerman

30, Nov, 2022 @12:49 AM

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Menace, brinkmanship, joy: how marriage equality made it through Australia’s parliament | Trent Zimmerman
Campaigners tapped into the country’s deep sense of fairness. Backers of the Indigenous voice should take note

Trent Zimmerman

14, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM

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Australia failed to rescue citizens during the global Covid emergency – we can’t let it happen again | Trent Zimmerman
Many Australians living overseas wanted or needed to return – yet we made it impossibly difficult for tens of thousands of people

Trent Zimmerman

21, Oct, 2022 @1:10 AM

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King Charles’ ascension will not make the Australian republican cause any easier | Trent Zimmerman
As a longtime republican, I am pessimistic about achieving it soon – there is neither broad public support nor consensus about what model it should take

Trent Zimmerman

24, Sep, 2022 @8:00 PM

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It’s time Australia recognised cats and their impact as a major environmental issue | Trent Zimmerman
Domestic cats destroy over one million native animals a day – but Australians still find it hard to accept their own cute little moggie could be a killer

Trent Zimmerman

12, Aug, 2022 @8:00 PM

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The Coalition’s refusal to engage on climate legislation abandons the sensible centre of Australian politics | Trent Zimmerman
When your party is on the losing side of an election, why double down on policies that helped facilitate that defeat?

Trent Zimmerman

28, Jul, 2022 @8:00 PM

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Here is what the Liberal party could learn from the Conservatives under David Cameron | Trent Zimmerman
The former UK prime minister modernised the Tories on climate and diversity. My party should do the same

Trent Zimmerman

24, Jun, 2022 @8:00 PM

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What becomes of the politically departed? Sadly, I’m now finding out | Trent Zimmerman
It has been a strange period as the formalities of the end of parliamentary service kick in

Trent Zimmerman

10, Jun, 2022 @8:00 PM

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