We are living in the age of unreason and that's a fact

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Hollow political bluster afflicts both the right and the left in Australia, but the right has a noticeable talent for it.

Moore triumphs despite shameful attempt to rig election

NSW has had six premiers and the nation six prime ministers in the time Sydney has had one lord mayor, writes Tim Dick.

Erosion of liberty a slippery slope

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Australia's top spy thinks ASIO shouldn't have to bother convincing a judge to lock someone up for interrogation, someone who isn't doing or plotting anything bad but might know someone who is.

The problem Pauline Hanson should really be worried about

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the decline of Christianity leaves us with bigger problems that what to do with empty churches. The decline of Christianity leaves a gap in public conversations and that should worry all of us.

Abbott is wrong: Australia isn't the best country

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There is no better country in which to live than Australia. Tony Abbott, our failed former leader, said so in a speech on Friday and declared it to be self-evident.

In praise of a sensible U-turn

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Leaders should turn when it's obvious they're driving in the wrong direction.

Take the spotlight off money and return the Olympic focus to sport and human camaraderie

When so much of the Olympics show is about money, it's difficult to criticise those, such as Telstra, who skip the expensive razzmatazz.

Parties ignore talent at their peril

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We might hope that merit gets someone into Parliament and onto the front bench, but it doesn't.

Business shouldn't get a vote in any fair election

​If you live in inner Sydney, your vote for Lord Mayor this September will be worth half that of a business. A convenience store gets two votes; a bank gets two votes; an absent landowner gets two votes. Residents get one.