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.
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Michael Gordon
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.
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.
Dutton wrong on refugees' citizenship, court finds
The Federal Court has found Peter Dutton unreasonably delayed making decisions on applications for citizenship by refugees in a landmark ruling that has implications for thousands of would-be citizens.
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.
Recognition a step toward a treaty, says Shorten
Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians will not be a roadblock to a treaty, but a step toward a final settlement and the closing the disadvantage gap, Bill Shorten has said.
Yes, PM, it's business as usual: disunity, ill-discipline and undermining
"This is business as usual," Malcolm Turnbull declared this morning, as he defended the decision to release a set of broad terms of reference for a climate change policy review that has been Coalition policy for years.
These numbers reveal an underwhelmed and disengaged electorate
Forget post-truth. This is the era of post-hope, where the instinct of voters is to give the finger to an established order.
Norway pension fund told to get out of offshore detention
'The reputation of the Norwegian sovereign wealth fund investing ethically would be tarnished by ongoing investment in these camps'.
When words fail
Peter Dutton found himself in unfamiliar territory this week, cast as the victim of the "tricky language" of Bill Shorten.
UN warns of asylum-seeker 'social time bomb'
Australia faces a "social time bomb" over the failure to process and integrate more than 30,000 asylum seekers who are in the community on bridging visas after arriving by boat during the term of the former Labor government.
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