Opinion
Don’t appease mad and bad views
Peter van OnselenAnyone with a shred of decency will condemn the president-elect.
Fix these real problems now
Dennis ShanahanRepublican voters named immigration, jobs and terror their biggest concerns.
Politicians best play on policy
Chris KennyDisparaging a rival candidates supporters is a sure way of limiting one’s own appeal.
It is the local economy, stupid
Judith SloanThe US is a nation divided with one half deeply resentful of the comforts enjoyed by the rest.
Make Australia great again
John BlackPoliticians here in Australia need to wake up to and act on the divisions that are tearing apart our society.
A quiet word
JAMES JEFFREYMalcolm Turnbull invited the gallery to his post-US election press conference, unlike Bill Shorten.
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And so long, Mr C, it’s time that we began to laugh and cry, cry and laugh about it all again.
A time to hasten slowly
JOHN DURIEA Trump victory was supposed to herald a wave of volatility but so far it’s been one-way traffic going higher.
Sales lets Triggs off the hook
Gerard HendersonPlus: Nancy’s US election coverage highlights; and Hinch on the 9/11-style shock of Trump.
Hopes of reassuring Asian region
Greg SheridanThe Turnbull government will seek to hold an early meeting of the AUSMIN council in the first quarter of next year.
Finishers the spark needed
mark ellaMichael Cheika is still seeking real impact off the bench in the final third of a Test match.
Gong for a song
iain sheddenDarren and Sally Seltmann are the first married couple to collect a trophy at the Screen Music Awards.
Corporate and political scholar
PETER COALDRAKEJohn Hay was a polymath and scholar of true brilliance who became one of this country’s great institution builders.
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Matthew Spencer
Opinion Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Matthew Spencer has been a reporter and editor at The Australian since 1997. He was foreign news editor for five years from 2005 and deputy night editor and a senior editor on The Australian Business Review before taking up the role of Opinion editor. View all our Columnists
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