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.
The votes are cast, but counting them is no simple task. Peter Martin explains the process - and why it takes so long.
Stephen Conroy's passive-aggressive retirement has left Shorten embarrassed and his leadership more exposed.
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Thursdays, a small bunch of us hunched our shoulders and shuffled down the corridor to an empty classroom that seemed a long way from everywhere.
Fresh from engineering a big backdown on superannuation policy, George Christensen is full of praise for the PM.
Hours after saying election commitments matter, the PM went in to the cabinet room to sign off on abandoning a big one.
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The truth is, Australia is in danger of being swamped by mindlessness if the likes of Pauline Hanson are to be treated seriously.
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Wednesday marks the first year of the Turnbulll government. How has Malcolm Turnbull's team fared in key areas such as the economy, education, health, defence and immigration? Fairfax Media's reporters mark the government's successes and failures.
For all his talk last year about explaining complex issues and building a case, Malcolm Turnbull has done it rarely.
Malcolm Turnbull celebrates (if that is the correct word) his one-year anniversary as Prime Minister on Wednesday. Rather than looking back, here's a look into our crystal ball to foresee his second year.
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Prayers were barely completed before the President of the Senate comprehended the frightfulness awaiting his chamber.
The Turnbull government needs to wake up to itself, fast.
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In Australia, China's short-term game is to buy the government's silence on the South China Sea, making it clear there would be ramifications if it were to follow the US lead and send warships on freedom of navigation missions in the disputed waters.
What do you get the man who has everything for his anniversary? How about an enemy's scalp?
The idea that an emissions trading scheme is the "one true climate policy" is one of the last vestiges of the Kevin Rudd era.
At last some agreement among the three major parties. All agree that it is not acceptable for a frontbencher to take money from a corporation with strong ties to the Chinese government. And that it is a resigning offence.
Malcolm Turnbull's own backers fear they are witnessing the unfolding of a tragedy as epic as the one that destroyed Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard.
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A circuit breaker, that is a short, sharp shock to the system, is needed to reform many aspects of modern politics.
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He had just given a train-wreck press conference. It was supposed to cauterise the week's worth of questions journalists had saved up for the uncharacteristically media-shy frontbencher but his failure to answer the key question about why he sent his personal bill to a Chinese donor to pay remained unaddressed.
Sam Dastyari has been doing so much reflecting in the past few days it's a wonder he hasn't worn a hole in his mirror.
Almost everyone agrees something has to done. But when you get down into the detail, it's not as simple as it seems.
A new political class is upon us - the married couple dynasty.
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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.
How the words must have stung young Sam Dastyari.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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