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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.
A petulant, red-faced tantrum: senators lose their public war with the law
Justin Gleeson tip-toed through a minefield, but one in which years of wrangling with the law had left him well-equipped.
Sorry advocates, but the Gonski review didn't say what you think it did
'Gonski' has become a slogan, a hashtag, a vibe. But nearly everything you think you know about it is wrong.
It has not been a terrific week for Brandis QC. But what's new?
Notable for their woeful behaviour were Tweedledum and Tweedledee of conservative boorishness, Ian Macdonald and Barry O'Sullivan.
Shorten makes big mistake backing new Senator
Kimberley Kitching is smart, charming and engaging. But Bill Shorten made a big mistake in backing her as a new Senator
Michelle Obama rips Trump as Republican candidate attacks accusers
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ABS prepares to cut critical surveys
A decade ago in the leadup to the global financial crisis the Bureau of Statistics dimmed the lights. It suspended its job vacancies survey and slashed its employment survey by a quarter.
Lifting the Senate veil a victory for transparency
This issue was never about photographing sleeping Senators but informing the public about their Senate.
Turnbull takes more friendly fire from incompetent troops
How must Malcolm Turnbull feel? Every time he looks like getting any clear air, some slick operator in his team finds new ways to highlight incompetence.
Anglican Church's gay marriage tactics revealed in leaked document
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It's nice to be popular: Tony Abbott's back in from the cold
He looked as relieved as a schoolkid who's been excluded from the cool bunch for months...and out of the blue, someone offers to share sandwiches at lunch, or maybe a smoke behind the shelter shed.
Old MPs try to pull the other one
If you got 10 free flights a year, an annual pension of somewhere between $80,000 and $120,000, plus large bonuses if you happened to be have been anything but a bog-standard backbencher, you'd reckon you'd take your good fortune to a sun-kissed beach somewhere and giggle crazily as you waddled in your board shorts all the way to the nearest ATM and back.
The same-sex marriage warrior left shouldering the blame
Warren Entsch has been one of the strongest advocates for marriage equality - what now?
Barack Obama sets the date for humanity's mission to Mars
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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.
Hillary Clinton increases lead over Donald Trump after ugly second debate
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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.
Trump discusses daughter's sex life as new tapes emerge ahead of debate
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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.
Tribunal needs to be more than a witch-hunt
If Australia is to support the setting up of a tribunal investigating the MH 17 disaster it should be more than a political witch-hunt.
UKIP leadership hopeful in hospital after 'altercation' at party meeting
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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.
What price a legal battle at these giddy heights? A swirl of silk
Great Leaping Litigants! Imagine the fees. Two Queens Counsel and a Senior Counsel locked in furious dissent.
What's really going wrong with electricity?
The extreme weather conditions and 80,000 lightning strikes that thrust South Australia into darkness last week was extraordinary enough; the disingenuous debate it sparked about Australia's changing energy system has been something else again.
RSL announces independent review into its financial governance
The RSL will hold an independent investigation of consulting fees paid to national president Rod White and three NSW colleagues while they held voluntary positions.
Introducing the next United Nations Secretary-General
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Tony Abbott tells Tories he can come back as PM
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Narev, the $12.3m-a-year man, holds all the power
As Ian Narev fronted the first annual grilling of the banks, who held the power was clear. And it wasn't the government.
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.
No easier access for Aussies to Britain despite Brexit, says Amber Rudd
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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.