Crikey
Forget the Frontbench
A weekly column looking at the players shaking up Australia's two (and a half) party system
Rachel Withers
Freelance writer
Australia
Rachel Withers is a Melbourne-based writer and commentator who spends an unfortunate amount of her time thinking about politics and how it is reported on.
Rachel has freelanced for Slate, Vox, Crikey, The Saturday Paper and The Monthly, and previously spent three years writing the latter's daily newsletter, The Politics, offering in-depth analysis of the day’s events. In 2021 she was awarded Mumbrella’s “Columnist of the Year” award for providing bold new perspectives on the assault and harassment allegations that rocked federal parliament.
