Why Tony Abbott's leadership is in peril

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He’s brought this on himself, and now he risks looking like a selfish bully.

Amanda Vanstone: Does Tony Abbott really understand us?

Coalition MPs may well turn to someone with a better connection to Australians.

Defence of free speech brings out the two-faced

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Being doubly two-faced is hard for some, not for others.

It’s up to you to shape the new year

Last week I received a New Year message from an old Italian friend. It was more thoughtful than the usual messages we all send and receive that are so simple and cursory. 

The media got the Sydney siege wrong

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Last week's horrific events should give us all pause for thought.

The ‘Let’s kick Joe’ fest is damaging Australia

It’s wrong to suggest Treasurer Hockey is the problem. Why won’t lazy journalists tell the real story?

Why Whitlam and Thatcher are two of a kind

Gough Whitlam wasn't perfect but he was a charismatic leader who challenged the status quo and made us think.

Rich versus poor is the wrong debate

Can we please leave behind the politics of envy?

Fanatics, not Muslims, are our enemy

Australian Muslims and all other Australians should stand together against these crazy people.

The guilty pleasure of living in the lucky country

Being born in a third world country, gives you none of the privileges and services that, as Australians, we just take for granted.