A Greens preference deal has snared votes for Sarah Hanson-Young while funneling preferences to conservative former HR Nicholls Society board member Bob Day, who has the effective balance of power.
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A Greens preference deal has snared votes for Sarah Hanson-Young while funneling preferences to conservative former HR Nicholls Society board member Bob Day, who has the effective balance of power.
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Malaysian democracy activist Haris Ibrahim was supposed to visit Australia this week, but the Australian government refused him a visa. Anthropology lecturer Gerhard Hoffstaedter calls for the decision to be overturned.
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The world had an opportunity to save parts of the Amazon from oil exploration. But diplomatic diddling means the developing world has abdicated its responsibilities to the globe’s great lung.
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What’s George Brandis — crime fighter and fun arts guy — displaying on his bookshelves?
READ MOREShe was formidable, flawless … and highly electable. Julia Gillard’s speech in Melbourne last night showed us a glimpse of the prime minister she could have been. So what happened?
READ MOREThe Coalition has promised to involve industry groups more in trade negotiations. But Dr Matthew Rimmer of the ANU College of Law argues industry already has too much influence.
READ MOREIf the government is serious about deregulation — which it isn’t — it would pursue these totemic reforms. Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer run through the options.
READ MOREFormer media boss Ian Law lost his battle with cancer this week. His friend John Rowsthorne, who worked with Law for more than 25 years at Rural Press and PBL Media, remembers a dedicated businessman.
READ MOREThe Australian Financial Review has kept quiet about the merger of its reporting team with Fairfax’s BusinessDay.
READ MOREAlan Davies goes behind the excuses and rhetoric to find out.
READ MORETony Abbott still takes the lion’s share of media mentions, despite controversy among his MPs.
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WHAT WAS SAID:
"Packing my bags at Hawthorn and saying goodbye [has] been really tough... but (I'm) looking forward to getting up to Sydney and playing some good footy."
"My footy mates are mad at me, but hey, I'd join any team for $10 million. "
Another prime ministerial performance from Gillard
She was formidable, flawless … and highly electable. Julia Gillard’s speech in Melbourne last night showed us a glimpse of the prime minister she could have been. So what happened?
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