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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Investing in coal power would be an expensive mistake | Trent Zimmerman and Philip Dunne
The UK has enormous capacity to increase its energy supply from offshore wind. Australia too has vast potential for wind and solar power
Trent Zimmerman and Philip Dunne
09, May, 2021 @5:30 PM
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