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.
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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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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Meanwhile, life goes on but mind the speed bumps
Paul Sheehan A law firm sent the following advice to its clients in December, which, in keeping with so much advice from government bureaucracies, local councils and human resource departments, was unnecessary,...
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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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Firestorm set to ignite when power runs out
Paul Sheehan Any subject, even the humble household energy bill, can become interesting if it turns into a horror story. In 2015, the NSW government will face an election. It will also face an energy shock.
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O'Farrell finally pulls trigger on reform
Paul Sheehan In the language of hunting there are two kinds of shot, the ''sight shot'' and the ''sound shot''. Opportunities are often fleeting, so the sound shot is a reaction to noise only.
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Magnetic polls draw young star from west
Paul Sheehan It is rare for an Australian politician to hold an audience in laughter for more than a few jokes. The first time I ever saw Christian Porter he had a large and savvy crowd in stitches.
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Action hero challenge for schools
Paul Sheehan One rationalisation offered for the anti-Labor landslide in Queensland was that many men in the deep north did not like having a woman as premier.
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Don't blame Gillard, Labor's nadir has been a team effort
Paul Sheehan Whoa. The political storm engulfing Julia Gillard has become hysterical. When the unelected and unaccountable start baying for her blood, the cure is worse than the disease.
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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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Next shock will be high food prices
Paul Sheehan You will pay for all this water. Unless you are insulated from the normal costs of living, you can expect sticker shock at some point this year, or next, when paying for the weekly food shopping.
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Floods steal precious topsoil - and future goes down drain
Paul Sheehan Australia reminds me of an injured person, gushing blood. Others gather around, concerned, yet nobody mentions the gushing blood, or appears to even notice.
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A diminished Gillard caught in a storm of her own making
Paul Sheehan The most surprising aspect of Julia Gillard's first day of facing parliamentary questioning as the newly elected Prime Minister was her demeanour.
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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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Fast and furious, a league apart
Paul Sheehan On Thursday I received a text from a lawyer friend: ''Number of NRL players to be banned for match-fixing. Player agent also involved. Action is being delayed.
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Wild rivers a cage for Aborigines
Paul Sheehan ''With the natives we are hand in glove. They throng the camp every day, and sometimes by their clamour and importunity for bread and meat (of which they now all eat greedily) are become very...
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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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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.
