Stephen N. Reed: Sometimes, our political heroes can disappoint (Opinion)

Stephen N. Reed: Sometimes, our political heroes can disappoint (Opinion)

We all have had a favorite political or cultural leader sometime in our lives. Whether through their charisma, wit or ideas, we admired their abilities or simply found them entertaining after a long week at work.

Political atrophy: our beige leaders offer us no hope and no vision

Explore how uninspiring election slogans and policies impact Australian voters seeking a vision for the future.

The great election silence

Australian elections are often marked less by what is promised or talked about, and more by absences. There’s much about tax cuts, but little or nothing about tax rorts, such as negative gearing. Policy area after policy area has such absences.