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Vote counting - why so long?
The votes are cast, but counting them is no simple task. Peter Martin explains the process - and why it takes so long.
Shorten stumbles, Dastyari crashes, Brandis blathers
Bill Shorten has stumbled in his defence of Sam Dastyari, Dastyari has crashed in defence of himself and the Coalition has mightily over-reached in its attack.
Dastyari, former Labor star, talks his way to nowhere
How the words must have stung young Sam Dastyari.
Turnbull following in Cameron's footsteps
The recently departed British Conservative prime minister, David Cameron, has left an ambiguous legacy, and one that Australia's Malcolm Turnbull might be well advised to contemplate.
We must confront inevitability of climate change
Our attitudes to climate change are becoming like our attitude to death: we know we must face up to it one day, but right now we'd prefer not to think about it.
The rules stink - we all know it
The public is crying out for change and Malcolm Turnbull has nothing to lose by seizing the initiative on donations reform.
Bernardi joins calls for foreign donations ban as pressure mounts on Dastyari
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18C 'freedom' campaign is about offence, not speech
Thoughtful, respectful debate of this legislation is probably beyond this Parliament.
Inside the Labor ambush
The plot was hatched under their noses, but they didn't see it coming. Not the ministers, who left the Parliament in blissful ignorance. Not the MPs, who did the same, or the party whips whose task is to instil discipline. And not the Prime Minister or his chief tactician, Christopher Pyne.
No profit in banking on Sam Dastyari
Sam Dastyari is probably the best "retail" politician on the federal Labor side. But he's still a net liability to the party.
Grim warning should be tipping point in asylum debate
Paris Aristotle isn't the first respected voice to call on the Turnbull Government to end the misery or those in limbo on Manus Island and Nauru, or face the prospect of awful consequences.
Tony Abbott left grinning as Malcolm Turnbull flounders
Tony Abbott's grin said it all. When the former prime minister left Parliament House after Thursday's embarrassing lower house debacle he looked perilously close to schadenfreude overdose.
Christopher Pyne has to go after this failure
The Turnbull government has just demonstrated indiscipline. It cannot afford to make this a habit.
The Ruddy mess over the UN's top job
Rudd is a dyed-in-the-wool troublemaker. Why couldn't cabinet make that call?
Forget the undercount: what matters is bias
It's important to remember that no census has ever been perfect.
Must heads roll to protect the census?
If the census data turns out to be generally reliable for policymakers, much will be forgiven.
Trump visits Mexico in risky campaign move
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Pressure on Labor Senator Sam Dastyari to explain Chinese donation
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CensusFail: is the Australian Public Service competent?
What does the census debacle tell us about the bureaucracy's capacity and its changing role?
Sir Peter grasps the moment, the big guns boom, and it's on
There seemed something particularly apt about the 19-gun salute to the opening of the latest Parliament.
Brandis urges Labor to 'get out of the way' on plebiscite as Bob Brown backs vote
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Turnbull's gay marriage plebiscite not dead yet
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Point the finger at yourself, Prime Minister
This disaster was waiting to happen. Arbitrary cuts have consequences.
Scott Morrison reverts to type
A retired bank CEO with $10 million in his super pays zero tax each year. Nada. Zip. He wouldn't even pay the Medicare levy.
Hamstrung left set up absurd plebiscite outcome
Q: Want to know why the Greens party does not fear failure - why it does not fret about being blamed for setting back a valued human rights cause potentially by years?
Landmines everywhere for Turnbull as Parliament resumes
Turnbull returns to Canberra the victor, but you wouldn't know it from the mood within the Coalition.
Foreign investment, the economic stimulus we love to hate
If foreign investment in Australian businesses is so unpopular with so many people, why do we persist with it?
No trust without accountability
Who can we trust when it comes to allowing foreign investment in Australia?
Justifying ACT government by faith alone
Neither Labor nor the Liberals seem much bothered about preventing corruption in the capital.
Taxed and the taxed-not: Morrison's timely, if incomplete warning
Heading into its fourth year in office, the Coalition government is again warning of a complacency in Australian politico-economic discourse, which accepts a budget deficit as a more-or-less permanent feature.
France defends burkini ban against global backlash
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Campaign highlights - and lowlights
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.