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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.
The votes are cast, but counting them is no simple task. Peter Martin explains the process - and why it takes so long.
The biggest concern about the plebiscite is the huge emotional toll it could take on young people seeing the legitimacy of their identity debated on the national stage.
It was the lie that defined the 2016 election campaign, slashed Malcolm Turnbull's majority by 14 seats and almost propelled Bill Shorten to victory.
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Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
If Malcolm Turnbull's agreement to help the United States resettle Central American refugees being held in Costa Rica isn't the start of a solution for those on Nauru and Manus Island, it should be.
Reannouncing a policy or initiative with some sparkly new research or catchy sell is the politician's equivalent of a Kim Kardashian nearly-nude bathroom selfie.
Bill Shorten, who declares himself opposed to Malcolm Turnbull's plebiscite on gay marriage because of its potential to cause social torment and because of its price tag, is having his own mini-plebiscite on the matter.
Malcolm Turnbull is right. Australia does have the world's best border protection policy, if the principal measure of success is that no one gets in without an invitation.
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Aren't you glad to be Australian? If you believe the numbers, you picked a winner. We're celebrating a quarter-century of economic expansion: 25 years of year-on-year GDP growth or, better still, 100 quarters without a recession since June 1991!
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
There are the pragmatists willing to compromise to get at least something, and then there are the idealists who stick to their principles and end up with nothing. Or so the argument goes.
Dastyari should not have been so greedy as to ask for his expenses to be paid by someone else.
Stephen Conroy's passive-aggressive retirement has left Shorten embarrassed and his leadership more exposed.
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
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.
As far as symbolic issues inexplicably beloved by the conservative end of politics go, there have been few as passionately fought as their resolute objection to same-sex marriage.
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.
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
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.
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
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.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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