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Tim Colebatch

Tim Colebatch (1949–2024) was a frequent contributor to Inside Story between 2014 and 2023. He joined the Melbourne Age in 1971 and was successively environment writer, investigative reporter, editorial writer and columnist before becoming the paper’s Washington correspondent, economics writer, and ultimately economics editor and columnist.

Tim’s widely praised book, Dick Hamer: The Liberal Liberal, was reviewed for Inside Story by Judith Brett. His articles for Inside Story during 2016 received the Keith Dunstan Award for Commentary at the Melbourne Press Club’s Quill Awards.

Peter Martin recalls Tim’s career.

National affairs Tim Colebatch 6 October 2023 The International Energy Agency brings news, good and bad, on climate
National affairs Tim Colebatch 10 May 2023 The framework is right, but timidity has produced bad compromises National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 April 2023 Steady-as-she-goes government is unequal to Australia’s challenges National affairs Tim Colebatch 6 April 2023 Recent election results tell a story Peter Dutton doesn’t want to hear National affairs Tim Colebatch 3 April 2023 As its first leader warned, the Liberal Party can’t win office as the “party of reaction”
National affairs Tim Colebatch 31 March 2023 Does history provide any grounds for a Labor win in Aston?
National affairs Tim Colebatch 27 March 2023 And that shows the scale of the challenge facing the Liberals National affairs Tim Colebatch 27 January 2023 Labor is riding high across Australia, and the Greens are doing better than most observers acknowledge. Where does that leave the Coalition? National affairs Tim Colebatch 27 November 2022 Dan Andrews’s government has cause for celebration — and plenty on its plate National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 November 2022 Polls have inevitably tightened in Victoria, and the shape of the upper house continues to be anyone’s bet
National affairs Tim Colebatch 16 November 2022 The mood has shifted during the current election campaign, but the Liberals aren’t likely to be the beneficiaries
National affairs Tim Colebatch 26 October 2022 Labor’s first budget is a good start, but the treasurer’s roll-up-your-sleeves attitude still needs to be applied to some tough challenges Books & arts Tim Colebatch 24 October 2022 Sumeyya Ilanbey has written a tough but fair-minded account of the high-handed premier National affairs Tim Colebatch 14 October 2022 A grown-up conversation about how we fund better services is long overdue National affairs Tim Colebatch 6 September 2022 One big, vital issue was missing from the Jobs and Skills Summit
Essays & reportage Tim Colebatch 17 December 2021 Singapore is good at solving economic problems, but its political stagnation is stopping it from dealing with urgent social challenges
National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 November 2021 A year before the next state election, the Victorian premier and his party are well ahead in the polls National affairs Tim Colebatch 20 October 2021 As Australia continues to dodge, the International Energy Agency issues a blueprint for action National affairs Tim Colebatch 21 May 2021 Despite a booming state economy, the Victorian government plans even more stimulus National affairs Tim Colebatch 12 May 2021 Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and his colleagues have avoided hard decisions about how the government taxes and spends
From the archive Tim Colebatch 1 May 2021 In search of the artist behind the Art Gallery of South Australia’s widely praised exhibition
National affairs Tim Colebatch 3 March 2021 Ever the optimist, Ross Garnaut has a plan for Australia’s economic future National affairs Tim Colebatch 3 December 2020 Overall, it worked. But there’s still much to be done National affairs Tim Colebatch 25 November 2020 A budget for Covid recovery ventures into contentious territory National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 October 2020 Twelve years into their coalition with Labor in the ACT, the Greens are stronger than ever
National affairs Tim Colebatch 18 October 2020 Labor and the Greens have swept to victory in Canberra • New postscript 23 October
National affairs Tim Colebatch 14 October 2020 Odds are that the ACT government will be returned this weekend, but the balance between Labor and the Greens could shift National affairs Tim Colebatch 7 October 2020 A range of effective and equitable initiatives are missing from this year’s budget National affairs Tim Colebatch 1 October 2020 Will the well-heeled Australian Capital Territory once again vote for the left? National affairs Tim Colebatch 24 September 2020 Progress continues in Victoria, nationally and in much of Asia, but the international figures remain grim