Same-sex marriage denied and everyone shares the blame
In a bizarre circumstance where major party leaders all back same-sex marriage, the nation's political machinery cannot deliver.
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Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny is Fairfax Media's chief political correspondent. A director of the National Press Club, he regularly appears on the ABC's Insiders, Sky News Agenda, and Ten's Meet the Press. He has reported from Canberra under three prime ministers and several opposition leaders.
Republicans still hoping to avoid blame for Donald Trump implosion
Conservative credibility has been spent on a circus of partisan amateurism authored by people who not only should have known better but actually did.
Goodbye to a country that once built cars
To my mates and me, the acrid fumes from the automotive paint and subsequent baking booths merely provided enough cover for our most daring stunt yet – smoking cigarettes right under the nose of one of our most reviled and authoritarian teachers.
Selling Blue Poles, a shameful abrogation of Australia's cultural history
A call to sell one of Australia's most famous artworks in order to pay down debt is not merely financially stupid, it is artistically vapid.
George Brandis' uncanny ability to put himself in the dock
The cabinet post of Attorney-General usually sits above the fray. Sober. Reasoned. Deliberately low profile. Not under this AG.
Batteries could hold key to electricity security
Federal Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg believes a meeting of the COAG energy council in Canberra on Thursday "couldn't come at a more important time" just one week after South Australia experienced a statewide blackout triggering a federal political war in its aftermath.
Pollies on trial as much as bankers
Fabulously remunerated bank executives no doubt feel they are on public trial as they front the first of Malcolm Turnbull's new annual hearings before the House of Representatives Economics Committee from Tuesday.
PM's move on bank CEOs not enough for voters
Voters are unconvinced by Malcolm Turnbull's move to drag bank executives before a parliamentary committee beginning this week, suggesting many regard it as an attempt to forestall a full royal commission, according to a new survey of community attitudes.
PM's bank fix presents 'compound danger' for him
It's likely that by week's end, there will be more questions on bank behaviour rather than less. And that could make for some very tricky politics.
Turnbull says Islamic State on the cusp of defeat in Syria
Malcolm Turnbull has emerged from high-level talks in the US capital, increasingly hopeful that a final defeat for Islamic State forces in Syria is nearing.
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