Jack Waterford

John Waterford AM, better known as Jack Waterford, is an Australian journalist and commentator.

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Morrison's mistakes may be the making of a better system of governance

Morrison's mistakes may be the making of a better system of governance

It's time for Morrison to consider his legacy as electoral wilderness looms

It's time for Morrison to consider his legacy as electoral wilderness looms

For the prime minister, self-delusion now an ingrained tic

For the prime minister, self-delusion now an ingrained tic

How Scott Morrison is trashing the Liberal brand

How Scott Morrison is trashing the Liberal brand

Steady on ranters, Victoria is not descending into totalitarianism

Steady on ranters, Victoria is not descending into totalitarianism

Derring-do Dan: Victoria's decent 'dictator' should take back the initiative

Derring-do Dan: Victoria's decent 'dictator' should take back the initiative

Labor must be more spirited for voters to know what it stands for

Labor must be more spirited for voters to know what it stands for

Labor could lose the election and it just might deserve to

Labor could lose the election and it just might deserve to

Clown but not out: foreign policy failures won't wing Morrison

Clown but not out: foreign policy failures won't wing Morrison

Move on, mate: Morrisons performance demeaned us all

Move on, mate: Morrisons performance demeaned us all

Three years after Hayne, the robber barons are back in charge

Three years after Hayne, the robber barons are back in charge

A bitter bet: Crown reigns supreme, safe from effective oversight

A bitter bet: Crown reigns supreme, safe from effective oversight

Time is running out for Labor to show it deserves to win government

Time is running out for Labor to show it deserves to win government

Are Albanese and Labor really ready to govern?

Are Albanese and Labor really ready to govern?

Failure to stand up to the Nationals makes Liberal leaders the real villains

Failure to stand up to the Nationals makes Liberal leaders the real villains

National Party is extorting the government for money and favours on climate change

National Party is extorting the government for money and favours on climate change

Partisan political favouritism on trial in Berejiklian's ICAC case

Partisan political favouritism on trial in Berejiklian's ICAC case

In 50 years, Australia has never bought the best submarine for its needs

In 50 years, Australia has never bought the best submarine for its needs

To protect its interests, Australia should be a better neighbour rather than a US lapdog

To protect its interests, Australia should be a better neighbour rather than a US lapdog

Coalition's game of chicken with China for political advantage

Coalition's game of chicken with China for political advantage

A premature victory over Covid could be ruinous

A premature victory over Covid could be ruinous

Vaccines: poor design, poor execution and Morrison failure

Vaccines: poor design, poor execution and Morrison failure

It is not obvious that Morrison would win a public relations battle with the states

It is not obvious that Morrison would win a public relations battle with the states

Can Morrison sell his risky plan as a contract with the Australian people?

History, or a royal commission, will not be kind to Morrison

Morrison has the smell of political death about him.

One could always rent the Nationals. A generation ago the process was called churching the old whore, but now you can buy them freehold

The National Party in the service of the mining lobby.

Morrison worries real conservatives even as he pleases business

Morrison worries real conservatives even as he pleases business

The Morrison ship of state might be better scuttled

Commonwealth timidity on the big issues.

Premiers, not Albanese, are throwing Morrison out the window

Premiers, not Albanese, are throwing Morrison out the window

PMs focus on short-term fixes and politicisation of every conflict

PMs focus on short-term fixes and politicisation of every conflict

Did we all over-estimate what Scott Morrison had to offer?

Did we all over-estimate what Scott Morrison had to offer?

Lets re-imagine Anzac Day and phase out ADF and RSLs ownership

Lets re-imagine Anzac Day and phase out ADF and RSLs ownership

Patriotism needs more active, more suspicious citizenship

Its time for Labor to capitalise on Morrisons inadequacies

Its time for Labor to capitalise on Morrisons inadequacies

We have seen Morrisons best, and it wasnt much

We have seen Morrisons best, and it wasnt much

Rot starts from the top

National Party greed was once restrained by Liberals

After the pandemic war, no political point in refighting the battles

What has Australia gained from the crisis the pandemic represented?

Housing politics dominated by the interests of the already-housed

Old Canberra a model of cheap land and government housing

Government rorting is now the Australian way of doing business

Government rorting is now the Australian way of doing business

Public servants as courtiers rather than stewards

Public servants as courtiers rather than stewards

The probity standards public servants walk past are the ones they accept

Advice being tailored for political, not medical, need

Advice being tailored for political, not medical, need

All too convenient to blame the Health bureaucrats

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