Paul Sheehan
Paul Sheehan is a columnist and editorial writer for The Sydney Morning Herald, where he has has been Day Editor and Washington correspondent. He is the author of two number-one best-sellers, 'Girls Like You' and 'Among The Barbarians' and been published in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The New York Times and numerous anthologies.
Odds shorten on PM's little mate
Paul Sheehan The media's obsession with Kevin Rudd may be missing the point. Shorten may be the better bet.
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Changing captains will not save this side from a proper walloping
Paul Sheehan Julia Gillard should stay where she is. The Labor Party has run out of party tricks. The federal government's perceived unpopularity is a collective effort, an effort that began with Kevin Rudd, who...
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We'll reap what we deserve
Paul Sheehan We now know why the Prime Minister has instigated the longest election campaign in political history.
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Rinehart's vision puts the north at the top
Paul Sheehan A long line of people waited patiently in the ballroom of the Four Seasons hotel in Sydney on Thursday night.
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Welcome to Cesspit, another town sucked into the political machine
Paul Sheehan This story concerns events involving the town of Cessnock, though for the purposes of this column it could be called Cesspit.
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Greens stay silent after abject elections
Paul Sheehan It was surprising how little was made about the meltdown in the Greens vote in statewide local elections held in NSW over the weekend.
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Union's best-laid plans may come back to bite it - and PM
Paul Sheehan When a group of construction workers held a rally outside the Melbourne headquarters of the building industry watchdog on a winter's day in 2010, they were addressed by a union official, John Setka,...
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Brit trick is an insult to the system
Paul Sheehan In recent days John McTernan, the director of communications for the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, has indulged a taste for insult. Here are some samples of his writings via the medium of Twitter:
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Swan's song of praise to be lost amid all the clucking
Paul Sheehan The sound I'm hearing now is the sound of chickens coming home to roost. They are starting to drown out the sound coming from Wayne's World.
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Judgment day here for Labor's life of shame
Paul Sheehan In the months leading up to the 2007 federal election that ended the Howard era, the NSW central coast was alive with a political blitzkrieg.
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Biting the boom that feeds us
Paul Sheehan Twenty-five years ago the rainfall in Perth began to plunge. Last year it almost disappeared. The statistics of the decline are spectacular and unnerving.
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Get your fracking facts right
Paul Sheehan Frack is not a pleasant word. Nor a popular one. It has obvious negative connotations. Even the spelling is contested. The industry that invented and uses the term prefers the spelling ''fracc''.
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Green by name, flaky by nature
Paul Sheehan Adam Bandt's first major policy initiative as the only member of the Greens in the House of Representatives was always going to be loaded with symbolism.
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Independents' support for Labor would betray rural folk
Paul Sheehan These men have been given no mandate whatsoever to form a government with the party their electorates so comprehensively dismissed.
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The Yarra monster is killing us
Paul Sheehan A great sucking force can be felt around Australia, siphoning resources southwards, down the hungry throat of Melbourne. Australia makes, Melbourne takes.
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Gillard's pork pies hard to resist
Paul Sheehan Our Prime Minister is a liar. A serial liar. Brazen. We shall detail some of the more preposterous lies presently but I don't think this will deter the electorate from returning Julia Gillard's...
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Batten down the hatches, the waters are still treacherous
Paul Sheehan The ominous word ''boom'' appeared last week, in large type, on the front page of the local newspaper. Given the nature of this paper, the word could only refer to one thing: property.
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The clowns are running this circus
Paul Sheehan Last Wednesday, the House of Commons was shot full of adrenalin when the weekly prime minister's questions began.
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Rudd's green credentials a lot of hot air
Paul Sheehan Kevin Rudd, frenetic in Copenhagen, would have us believe he is an environmental statesman. He is certainly trying. But he risks appearing to be an environmental blowhard.
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The Liberal base had already voted
Paul Sheehan When the 83 federal Liberals gathered in their party room in Parliament House at 9am yesterday the room was packed with a pressing crowd.
