'Piss or get off the potty' blunt advice to Malcolm Turnbull as Bernardi and Christensen consider their futures
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Why an unhappy Australia is all our own doing
Truth is, the alarming levels of distrust, cynicism, betrayal and disappointment are products of home-grown forces.
Who represents us matters more than ever
Who we are as a nation and having representatives who are one of us are closely related ideas. From now until Australia Day there will be increased reflection on these questions.
Berlin truck driver could still be on the run as police chief warns of further attacks
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Why I'm sorry our credit rating wasn't downgraded this week
There is no good reason any sovereign Australian government – federal or state – should allow a few American for-profit businesses to dictate how much it should or shouldn't borrow (nor engage in hugely expensive ways of disguising the true extent of its liabilities).
Russian Ambassador to Turkey assassinated in Ankara
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Call that a budget improvement? The ratings agencies won't
The ratings agencies won't fall for it, and neither should you.
Turnbull could do worse than starting 2017 by draining his own swamp
The political disclosure laws in Australia are a joke. They are opaque, tricky and designed to obscure the link between money and political outcomes.
Bad budget news now in the hope of good news in May
Treasurer Scott Morrison loaded up the mid-year budget update with bad news in the hope that the budget itself, due in May, will appear to contain good news.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation suffers first defection
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Turnbull's chance for a fresh start
Malcolm Turnbull will play the lead role in his own re-make of Mission Impossible in 2017, complete with a cast of villains and traitors and no end of unpredictable subplots.
How to be an outsider when you're already an insider
When people switch on the television news, or open a newspaper or website, invariably the story of the day in federal politics is reported as one politician besting the other, or putting the other in his or her place.
Canberrans can and must do better
Our city is a light on the hill to many in the world. Yet we seem unable to see it.
Majority of MPs support Australia becoming a Republic
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Malcolm, your family needs you to spend more time with them
Australia's tragicomedy plays on, with political instablility continuing under Malcolm Turnbull's leadership.
Pacific's most powerful man may just keep Trump focused
Hard-headed figures like Admiral Harry Harris should offset concerns that Donald Trump will be too cosy with Russia.
Ceasefire falters as UN says Aleppo bombing likely a 'war crime'
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Trump confirms State choice then meets with Kanye
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Fortress Parliament: our elected representatives won. We are no longer above them
Aldo Giurgola would have said these changes rip out the building's heart.
Well done, Malcolm: you've proved yourself a follower
It's our community and our economy and prime ministers don't get to dismiss options without us even being allowed to think about them and decide what we prefer.
Trump declares F-35 costs 'out of control', sending stock tumbling
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Voller's dramatic evidence vindicates PM's strong, snap decision
To those who say this is about things done in the past, the message is that it is about what was happening right now.
Trump rejects CIA advice on Russian hacking
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Politicised Treasury bites own tail, covers for Turnbull
Shadow treasurer Chris Bowen is right: One of the Abbott-Turnbull government's various acts of economic vandalism is its politicisation of the once-proud federal Treasury.
The climate is right to 'do something'
It's a given in sport that if you're not leading, you're losing. So who'd be Malcolm Turnbull right now?
Coalition can't convert its tries
Why does the generation that most benefited from public investment struggle to pass on the flame?
Colleagues dump on Frydenberg but Turnbull comes out most damaged
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APS lacks the right staff
The government spends more than $16 billion a year on IT and there are real questions about whether we get value for money.
There is nothing illegal about Conroy's new job - but it smells bad
Stephen Conroy is hardly the first elected public servant to augment his or her generous publicly-funded superannuation scheme like this. But for some reason, the Conroy example smells worse than others.
Trump says it's a 'tremendous honour' to be Time's Person of the Year
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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.