Malcolm Turnbull's peculiar passion
The Prime Minister wants Australia to grow up, and stop genuflecting to its coloniser. Just not yet.
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Tim Dick
Tim Dick is a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald
Maybe it's time for Shorten to have a turn as PM
He may have "knifed" two prime ministers, but Bill Shorten as the nation's leader offers a better future than Malcolm Turnbull.
The real Malcolm Turnbull exists – in Auckland
John Key shows that electorally successful conservatism can come with a reasonable cloak, it doesn't have to be harsh, it doesn't have to be consistently mean.
Sydney and its nightlife are far from dead
Sydney, boring! The conclusion that 'sin city' is stuffed because you can't buy a drink in the wee hours is overblown.
He was just a little boy, taunted to death
It is difficult not to see Tyrone Unsworth's death as entirely preventable, as a horrific example of the toll intolerance and hatred wreak.
The world's jerks are rising to the top
If there's one thing we don't need right now, it's more jerks, those who revel in treating others badly, particularly those entitled well-to-do jerks, those of the asset-and-tax break generation, and those who grow more successful in spite of their jerkiness.
Why we're falling for fake news more than ever
The only solution for 2016 is for it to end, allowing no further casualties other than the EU and the US.
Empire strikes back with The Crown, unfortunately
That the Queen is so good at being the Queen obscures the outrage that in 2016 we still have a queen at all.
Elite conservative opinion has its priorities screwed up
That one of the wealthiest societies the world has ever seen cannot find the will and means to allow its Indigenous people the freedom of self-determination, the freedom from mass incarceration, the freedom from systemic discrimination, is to our great, collective, continuing shame.
The minority party holding Australia to ransom
A minority party is holding Australia to ransom. It has few supporters, fringe views, a religious constitution, and a clown for a leader.
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