Biden takes veiled swipe at Hanson, Trump
US Vice-President Joe Biden has attacked "the gathering forces of racism" in America and Australia.
Turnbull's reported $1m donation one for record books
A reported $1 million donation from Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the Liberal Party would rank among the most generous one-off personal gifts ever bestowed in Australian politics.
General elections become buy-elections
Imagine if this news had come out before polling day?
Winners and losers: the election count so far
It's nearly two weeks since the July 2 election. Here's the current state of play.
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Dharma bums: politicians charging taxpayers for yoga classes
Taxpayers are being charged up to $1000 a month so politicians and their Parliament House staff can cleanse their chakras.
Tony Abbott 'yearns for justice' over MH17 attack
The former PM has talked about the atrocity that brought the darkest and most difficult days of his leadership.
Turkey: An emboldened and vengeful Erdogan will not be good for international security
The failed coup and Recep Tayyip Erdogan's promises of vengeance highlight the worrying trajectory Turkey is on under the ...
Turnbull calls for calm and restraint in Turkey
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for calm and restraint in Turkey after an attempted coup that experts warn could ...
Turkey coup: Australians warned to stay indoors as Julie Bishop seeks answers
Australians in Turkey are being warned to stay indoors amid the chaos and confusion of an attempted military coup.
'I won't back down over Islam': Hanson to PM
Queensland senator-elect Pauline Hanson has told Malcolm Turnbull she refuses to back down on her controversial Islam ...
Making Mischief in the South China Sea
The rocks of Mischief Reef once poked above the water only at low tide. When China occupied the reef in 1995, it erected wood ...
Australian-born PNG politician fails to block doco
A documentary about the forced eviction of 3000 squatters from a shanty town in Port Moresby can be shown after a court threw ...
Abetz bails out of farcical young Libs dinner
Court action could be on the cards after "disgusting" and "unconstitutional" tactics were used to derail a meeting of a ...
US Vice-President to visit Australia
US Vice-President Joe Biden will deliver an address in Sydney next week.
Beijing's response shows why we need law
Beijing's dismissive response to the ruling against it by The Hague sums up precisely why we should be worried about rules, ...
Plibersek urged to return to health role
Tanya Plibersek is being urged by some colleagues to step back into the critical health portfolio as Labor's stronger than ...
Tight election puts Rudd's UN dream on thin ice
Kevin Rudd's hopes for a Stephen Bradbury moment may be on thin ice after the tight election result.
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Three simple tweaks to stop our leaders shortchanging us
What if budgets, and candidates for office, told the truth?
Oh no, not a credit rating downgrade
The rating agencies' involvement in the global financial crisis has destroyed their credibility forever.
Coalition, Hawks - nothing in common
Let's rewind the clock. It's the Tuesday before polling day and Tony Nutt, Malcolm Turnbull's campaign director, rings his ...
Turnbull boxed in by narrow win
Technically it remains unclear whether the beleaguered premiership of Malcolm Bligh Turnbull will continue uninterrupted. ...
Incompetence of Bush, Blair and Howard
The three buccaneers took leave of their senses in invading Iraq – George W. Bush, Tony Blair and John Howard.
Morrison, Bishop hobble PM's mea culpa
Listen to Scott Morrison and Julie Bishop and the explanation for the Coalition's disastrous election result is all down to ...
'Mediscare' fed off voter fears
Scare campaigns only work when they reinforce or add to what is already known.
Amid howling, Turnbull becomes Gillard
If you awoke on Sunday to a feeling of deja vu, you weren't imagining it. Six years ago Australia awoke to something spookily ...
Turnbull hits out and misses the mark
The well-known Turnbull temper boiled pretty close to the surface on election night after his endlessly repeated offer of ...
One of the most engrossing of counts
Australians overwhelmingly expect Malcolm Turnbull to prevail in Saturday's election, but appear determined to give him a ...
Leavers had a dream but not a plan
The Brexit vote was driven by racism and fantasyland dreams and there is no joy in witnessing the disintegration of the EU.
Turnbull's Faustian pact is unravelling
When Tony Abbott suddenly declared the push for marriage equality to be "an important issue" last year it was tempting to ...
Shorten making his final pitch
After eight weeks of dawn-past-dusk campaigning, Bill Shorten still looks fresh, even ebullient.
Julie Bishop: The Coalition's lethal asset
In chess, as in politics, the Bishop is a highly valued piece because it may move as far as it wants, "but only diagonally" ...
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