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'When in strife, wheel out the wife' has long been a key strategy in polishing the image of problematic pollies.

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When is it OK to criticise a prime minister’s spouse? We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Save Normal text size Advertisement Magda Szubanski, Australia’s sweetheart and most beloved netball ambassador, recently got herself into hot water when she tweeted about the Prime Minister’s wife, Jenny Morrison. Twitter storms are best ignored entirely, but this one edged into my consciousness because it seemed to run on for so long. Pr...

Ray Martin has revealed that he was only allowed to ask Prince Philip about wildlife and conservation in his landmark 1981 interview. The Duke of Edinburgh died at Windsor Castle on Friday aged 99 after a long illness, with his death confirmed by Buckingham Palace at 3pm local time.    The veteran 60 Minutes reporter remembered his somewhat stilted 45-minute conversation with the high-ranking royal almost 40 years ago on Sunday nights program. The opportunity arose when he got a phone call f...

In his new role, Kamala Harris’s husband can model a masculinity that embraces support. By Cindi Leive Ms. Leive is a co-founder of the media collective The Meteor and a former editor in chief of Glamour and Self. She writes frequently about gender equity. Jan. 30, 2021 Vice President Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff.Credit...Pool photo by Melina Mara The list of barriers Vice President Kamala Harris has broken is thrillingly long — first Black vice president, first South Asian vice president,...