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.
Media call just a piddling distraction
Paul Sheehan What follows is a quote from a column I wrote about Stephen Conroy, which enraged him.
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.
PM in snake pit with no antivenom
Paul Sheehan At 6.02 pm last Wednesday I received a text sent from Parliament House in Canberra. It said: ''I'm hearing Labor has been asked to stay in Canberra on Friday.
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.
All not quiet as PM tackles western front
Paul Sheehan For the benefit of the democratic process, the broadcast of Parliament in Australia is mandated by law and much of the proceedings are televised.
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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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Thomson caught in the political spin cycle
Paul Sheehan When Craig Thomson rose to speak in Parliament for the first time, on February 19, 2008, within 90 seconds he thanked three key Labor machinists: Mark Arbib, Karl Bitar and Sam Dastyari.
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Peris must rise above kneecapping
Paul Sheehan For several years the second-most famous Aboriginal woman in Australia, after Cathy Freeman, was Nova Peris-Kneebone and her fame was greatly helped by her delightful name.
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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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Divided advocates huff and puff as Labor scorns small business
Paul Sheehan The Punch and Judy Show is not the defining struggle in Australian politics. Something much bigger will decide the next federal election.
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Jones still has a microphone, and people want him to use it
Paul Sheehan THE public has delivered an extraordinary verdict on the Alan Jones controversy and the attempt to destroy his program via an advertiser boycott.
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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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Abbott suffering a Labor Party stoning
Paul Sheehan Tony Abbott is a hack. A dog. An aggressive, carping, bitter, mindless, deceptive, dodgy, mendacious, rancid, negative, nasty, muck-raking, untruthful, obstructionist, opportunistic, sexist,...
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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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Race up the rankings is really a class issue
Paul Sheehan A teacher I know recently asked her schoolchildren a question we often ask each other without really caring about the answer: ''Did you enjoy 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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The truth on refugees is worse than fiction
Paul Sheehan The viral email about Australia's generosity to refugees may be wrong in its details, but the truth is a story of government gullibility without end.
