Tony Wright, the associate editor of The Age, has been writing for 50 years. He is the master of what we call the political sketch.
Sketches are akin to a verbal cartoon and, when done well, capture a moment in politics.
Today, in a bonus episode of Inside Politics, we bring you Wright's sketch on the disintegration of the Coalition, titled: It’s a mess of Titanic proportions on the Coalition’s ship of fools.

Tony Wright, the associate editor of The Age, has been writing for 50 years. He is the master of what we call the political sketch. Sketches are akin to a verbal cartoon and, when done well, capture a moment in politics. Today, in a bonus episode of Inside Politics, we bring you Wright's sketch on the disintegration of the Coalition, titled: It&rsquo;s a mess of Titanic proportions on the Coalition&rsquo;s ship of fools.

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The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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The Sketch: Tony Wright on the Coalition’s 'ship of fools'

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Today on Inside Politics, we welcome back former opposition leader Bill Shorten, who is now the Vice Chancellor of the University of Canberra.
It's a timely moment to have Shorten on the podcast as he obliquely (very obliquely, we stress) came up in the Epstein files this week.
Strangely, in the massive dump of new documents from the files, there is a text message exchange between Steve Bannon, the former strategist for Donald Trump, and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
In the messages, Bannon boasts that he spoke to Australian billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer on his disruptive $80 million advertising campaign during the 2019 federal election.
This was the election contested by Shorten, and we asked him what he thought.
Joining host Jacqueline Maley for this discussion is chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.

Today on&nbsp;Inside Politics, we welcome back former opposition leader Bill Shorten, who is now the Vice Chancellor of the University of Canberra. It's a timely moment to have Shorten on the podcast as he obliquely (very obliquely, we stress) came up in the Epstein files this week. Strangely, in the massive dump of new documents from the files, there is a text message exchange between Steve Bannon, the former strategist for Donald Trump, and paedophile Jeffrey Epstein. In the messages, Bannon boasts that he spoke to Australian billionaire mining magnate Clive Palmer on his disruptive $80 million advertising campaign during the 2019 federal election. This was the election contested by Shorten, and we asked him what he thought. Joining host Jacqueline Maley for this discussion is chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal.

Bill Shorten on his random, oblique reference in the Epstein files

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Another tranche - amounting more than 3 million pages - of the Epstein files has been published.

The US Department of Justice says this is the final drop, but there are reportedly millions of more pages being kept from view.

So is there anything in them that hurts President Donald Trump?

Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on how the Epstein files are driving Trump's "war pageant". 

Another tranche - amounting more than 3 million pages - of the Epstein files has been published. The US Department of Justice says this is the final drop, but there are reportedly millions of more pages being kept from view. So is there anything in them that hurts President Donald Trump? Today, international and political editor Peter Hartcher on how the Epstein files are driving Trump's "war pageant".&nbsp;

The Epstein files troubling Trump and who he’ll threaten next

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The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate for the first time in two years yesterday, to 3.85 per cent. Exactly as mortgage holders have been fearing.

But what if many of us are not actually in the cost-of-living crisis that we keep being told that we’re in? And that this new interest rate is comparativelygood?

Today, senior economics reporter Matt Wade on how obsessing over the cost of living hides the real challenges of our age.

The Reserve Bank lifted the cash rate for the first time in two years yesterday, to 3.85 per cent. Exactly as mortgage holders have been fearing. But what if many of us are not actually in the cost-of-living crisis that we keep being told that we&rsquo;re in? And that this new interest rate is comparatively good? Today, senior economics reporter Matt Wade on how obsessing over the cost of living hides the real challenges of our age.

Why our obsession with interest rates and cost of living is a problem

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The Sketch: Tony Wright on the Coalition’s 'ship of fools'

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