Gordon Campbell On Budget 2025
Underwhelming, as promised. All week, Finance Minister Nicola Willis had actively reduced public expectations by saying that her second Budget would not be filled “with […]
Gordon Campbell On The Mock Horror Over Political Profanity
Heavens to Betsy. Let me get this right. In her own opinion column, a female journalist (the fearsome Andrea Vance) used a bad word to […]
Gordon Campbell On The Parental Panic Over Young Kids Online
ByCreating a policy group to investigate a R16 ban on social media provides the government with a perfectly designed soapbox. The findings don’t have to [...] Read More »
On The New Pope, And The Israeli Attack On Peter Davis
ByThe election of any Pope tends to be retro-fitted in ways that make the choice seem inevitable. God’s will, no less. If the new Pope [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Surviving Trump’s Trip To La La Land
ByThe film industry was probably naive to think it would be spared from Donald Trump’s war on globalisation. If you believe Trump, every dollar being [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Aussie Election Aftershocks And Life Lessons
ByWhile Donald Trump is being widely cited as a reason/explanation for Anthony Albanese’s landslide victory on the weekend, that’s like blaming the icing for the [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Aussie Election Finale
ByThe only spectre haunting Anthony Albanese’s government going into Election Day tomorrow will be the way the polls got wrong the likely 2019 election outcome. [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Our Austerity Fixation And Canada Staying Centre-left
ByTruly, these are tough times for our nation’s leaders. In future, how on earth are they going to find the sort of money they’ve been [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On A Neglected, Enduring Aspect Of The Francis Era
ByNow that the formalities of saying goodbye to Pope Francis are over, the process of selecting his successor can begin in earnest. Framing the choice [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Trump Upside, And Peters Persecution Of Trans People
ByA recurring aspect of the Trump tariff coverage is that it normalises – or even sanctifies – a status quo that in many respects has [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Papal Picks, And India As A Defence Ally
ByOnce the formalities of honouring the late Pope wrap up in two to three weeks time, the conclave of Cardinals will go into seclusion. Some [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On The Left’s Electability Crisis, And The Abundance Ecotopia
ByThere are any number of reasons why anyone thinking of heading to the United States for a holiday should think twice. They would be giving [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Why The US Stands To Lose The Tariff Wars
ByDeputy PM Winston Peters likes nothing more than to portray himself as the only wise old head while everyone else is losing theirs. Yet this [...] Read More »
Gordon Campbell On Marketing The Military Threat Posed By China
ByAs Donald Trump zigs and zags on tariffs and trashes America’s reputation as a safe and stable place to invest, China has a big gun [...] Read More »