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Sky News AU
25-05-2025
- Politics
- Sky News AU
‘Voters never get it wrong': Kel Richards breaks down the Coalition's election defeat
Journalist and author Kel Richards said the federal election was full of Australians who voted for 'nothing and no one" but voted against what they didn't really like. A new Coalition agreement between the Liberal and National parties is expected within days, following a disagreement over policy and shadow cabinet solidarity. 'The voters never get it wrong,' Mr Richards said. 'Their judgment was the Liberal-National coalition is not ready to govern.'
Sky News AU
21-05-2025
- General
- Sky News AU
Words Matter: Kel Richards on the meaning of ‘conservative'
Broadcaster and wordsmith Kel Richards has discussed the origins and the meaning of the word "conservative" with Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'The word conservative came into English in the late 1300s from Latin via French,' Mr Richards told Sky News host Peta Credlin. 'The core Latin word means to protect, to save, to keep intact, that's the core idea.'
Sky News AU
14-05-2025
- General
- Sky News AU
Words Matter: Kel Richards on the origin of ‘Liberal'
Wordsmith and Broadcaster Kel Richards discusses the origin of the word 'Liberal'. Mr Richards told Sky News host Peta Credlin that the word Liberal 'goes back to about 1384'. 'It comes from a classical Latin word, liberalis, meaning freedom.'
Sky News AU
07-05-2025
- General
- Sky News AU
Words Matter: Kel Richards on the origin of ‘fly off the handle'
Wordsmith and Broadcaster Kel Richards discusses the origin of the phrase 'fly off the handle'. 'It comes from the American backwoods, recorded 1834, and it is about what happens when a loose axe head flies off the axe handle,' Mr Richards said. Mr Richards discussed the origin of the phrase with Sky News host Peta Credlin.
