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.
Nationals in no rush with a welcome mat for Joyce in NSW
Paul Sheehan OK. A federal election in June. Kevin Rudd against Tony Abbott.
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Fear doesn't need a visa, and it's on tour already
Paul Sheehan Two of the films nominated for best picture in the coming Academy Awards, Argo and Zero Dark Thirty, contain warnings, with plenty of creative licence but also plenty of historical accuracy, about...
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Abuse is Treasurer's stock in trade
Paul Sheehan One member of the federal cabinet is the Member for Gutter. Another is the Member for Sewer. One resides permanently in the gutter, the other resides permanently in the sewer.
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Gillard reveals true nature in playing gender card
Paul Sheehan The dictionary defines misogyny as "hatred of women". It is an ugly word, an ugly accusation and an ugly fact of life.
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Unmasking the real driver of the politics of personal abuse
Paul Sheehan The dictionary defines misogyny as ''hatred of women''. It is an ugly word, an ugly accusation and an ugly fact of life.
Comments directed at Tony Abbott
Paul Sheehan The following comments were selected from hundreds drawn predominantly from Hansard but also other published records.
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Bowen's gob-smacking gall on Wilders visa
Paul Sheehan On Monday afternoon, local time, the Dutch politician Geert Wilders used Twitter to announce he had cancelled his trip to Australia. He wrote (translated from Dutch): "Still no Australian visa.
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Game on as Romney picks Fox News champion for his sidekick
Paul Sheehan I admire a man who makes his own sausages, especially if he has hunted the meat himself and used a bow and arrow. No time to be squeamish.
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Swinging in breeze over the abyss
Paul Sheehan Julia Gillard was rarely to be seen in the byelection campaign for Melbourne, which culminated on Saturday.
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Gillard treading water as ALP continues its slippery slide
Paul Sheehan The following text message was allegedly sent by Peter Slipper on February 1 to one of his staffers, James Ashby: ''But you're [sic] call and no hard feelings in that you only want businesslike...
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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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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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Obama deserves his insecurity and the disaster that follows
Paul Sheehan It is called ''La Inseguridad'': The Insecurity. It is the term the Mexicans use to describe the virtual civil war in parts of their country, especially near the United States border, that has cost...
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Animosity may contort electors' will
Paul Sheehan The federal election had not even concluded when opinion polls were already informing us what the voters believed should happen to break the deadlock.
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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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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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Obama's healthcare a time bomb
Paul Sheehan As I wrote this column, and as you read it, the United States had reached the climax of the most contentious and sweeping attempt at social engineering in more than 40 years, a process that has...
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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.
