STATE POLITICS
Palmer party's warning to Tasmania
Qld bikie laws will fail: Fitzgerald
Elders talk up plan to rescue tongues
Abused kids 'must be better treated'
Weatherill turns to Rann past for help
Premier 'drove bus without wheels on'
Pollie's porn pics 'were not of child'
Newman in early win over bikies
O'Farrell demands payout for ADF fire
Newman close to U-turn on sell-offs
SA MP faces child pornography charge
EXCLUSIVE Abused student was paid $40,000
Feds warned state funding not cleared
Plibersek on hand for inside whinge
Shooters call for hunting in parks
Bad back forces ICAC boss out
EXCLUSIVE Time to move on, older Libs told
Judges living in ivory towers: Newman
YMCA 'sought to stop abuse forum'
NSW anti-corruption chief to retire
LNP gets millions from pay-for-access
Most new abuse complaints 'historic'
PM to move quick on gay marriage law
Napthine to raise Toyota with Abbott
Schools' $50,000 Gonski setback
Principals allowed to sack teachers
Brandis to court over marriage laws
'Lack of political will' the trigger
Legal bid to spare rebel MP his seat
EXCLUSIVE New boundaries put McIntosh in hot seat
Opinion
'Carr would be doing his party a service if he dusted off Neville Wran's playbook and shared its secrets'
THE opposition will be in the wilderness until it rediscovers the art of political judgment.
'To believe the carbon tax reduces the likelihood of global warming is on a par with faith in the tooth fairy'
PEOPLE wouldn't live (or die) in fire-prone areas if they had to pay all costs.
'Tony Sheldon he wants to bring the party even more under the control of secretaries of affiliated unions'
A PARTY that has become as narrow as Labor cannot offer leaders worthy of the nation.
'The expenses scandal isn't about bad people and corruption; it's about poor incentives and bad rules'
THEY would be more careful with their own money.
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Ben Packham
Capital Circle
Canberra Bureau, Australia
Ben Packham writes Capital Circle, The Australian’s must-read morning email newsletter on national affairs. He’s been a member of the press gallery since 2006, working for the Herald Sun before joining The Australian in 2011. You can follow him on Twitter @bennpackham
Dennis Shanahan
Political Editor
Canberra Bureau, Australia
Dennis Shanahan has been The Australian’s Canberra Bureau Chief and then Political Editor based in the Federal Press Gallery for 23 years, covering five prime ministers during that time. He has been a journalist for almost 40 years, and has a master’s Degree in Journalism from Columbia University, New York.
Stefanie Balogh
Bureau Chief
Canberra Bureau, Australia
Stefanie Balogh is the Canberra Bureau Chief of The Australian newspaper. She is a former Brisbane Bureau Chief for the paper, former industrial relations reporter, former Queensland political reporter, and was New York correspondent for News Limited.
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