Mark Sawyer

Mark Sawyer is a journalist with extensive experience in print and digital media in Sydney, Melbourne and rural Australia.
After an intense and spiteful campaign, Victorians go to the poll today

After an intense and spiteful campaign, Victorians go to the poll today

After a spiteful campaign, Victoria's voters will deliver the first verdict on a Labor government and the Teals ...
Rebooting a nation: how Gough Whitlam crafted the Australia of 2022

Rebooting a nation: how Gough Whitlam crafted the Australia of 2022

Gough Whitlam made his election policy launch 50 years ago, but it reads today as an address to the Australians of ...

Peter Reith, the tip of the spear when the Howard government went after the unions

Peter Reith was the Howard government's hard-man when it acted to break union control on the waterfront.
More senators? Sorry David, we can’t do that

More senators? Sorry David, we can’t do that

David Pocock is the chief holdout to Labor's industrial relations changes. He also wants the ACT to have six ...
The new clean, transparent Teal politics (you still gotta bring your money)

The new clean, transparent Teal politics (you still gotta bring your money)

It's integrity, respect, science - and a fair whack of money - for the successful Teal candidates in the federal ...

Victoria, victorious: all bets are off as Daniel Andrews heads for third term

Victory for Labor in Victoria reinforces the trend that makes the party the first choice of state voters in all ...
Children, go where we send you

Children, go where we send you

The childcare crisis illustrates Australians' capacity to look at the world with fingers over their eyes, ...
An industrial-strength slap for a pet Labor project

An industrial-strength slap for a pet Labor project

It's no mystery why Labor wants its industrial relations changes to pass before parliament adjourns on December 1.

A verdict on juries: when they work, they work well

The discharging of the jury in the rape trial of Bruce Lehrmann was a black day for Australian justice, but the ...
Holy moley, that’s the way to spread the good word

Holy moley, that’s the way to spread the good word

Religious leaders have written to the Albanese government urging it to stop approving coal and gas projects and ...
2024 tax cuts find their true north

2024 tax cuts find their true north

The stage three tax cuts scheduled for 2024 have been given a boost by one of the new Teal independent MPs.
A decade from Big M: Gillard and the might-have-beens

A decade from Big M: Gillard and the might-have-beens

Julia Gillard's story illustrates that while progressive forces command the social and cultural discourse, the ...

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