PM's approach vindicated by Trump's madness
Canberra is on tenterhooks, keenly aware that Donald Trump is volatile, vainglorious, and potentially unreliable.
Hiding Turnbull's donation was a gift to his critics
Now that we know how much, a reasoned debate can ensue. But don't hold your breath.
Malcolm Turnbull attacked for secrecy over his $1.75 million donation to the Liberal party
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Swallow the money: PM's donations delay is foolish and unconscionable
Hiding behind arcane reporting rules for years after the fact is not merely untenable, it is next-level hamfisted.
Prince Charles warns against forgetting lessons of WW2
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Our society is fraying. The damage starts at the top
How moving it was to watch Malcolm Turnbull presenting the Australian of the Year awards last week. What impressive people they were. Made me proud to be an Aussie.
Donald Trump denies chaos caused by travel ban
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Refugee deal brings silence from PM on Trump's immigration ban
Prime ministerial rhetoric may have reached 'peak grandiose' under Kevin Rudd, been oddly suburban under Julia Gillard, and bluntly combative under Tony Abbott. ut under Malcolm Turnbull, it is drifting towards the vapid.
Donald Trump authorises first military raid as US President
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Malcolm Turnbull's soft-shoe shuffle around Donald Trump is either clever or craven
Australians are probably wondering what it would take? What level of betrayal or irresponsible strategic posturing by Washington would be serious enough to get a rise out of Canberra?
Right man, wrong job: Malcolm Turnbull struggles with the politics
Call it a blinding moment of clarity – if that's not too grandiose. Malcolm Turnbull was addressing a pre-Australia Day function at The Lodge in Canberra.
Back in the day, they called it lying
Barnaby Joyce was "post-truth" way before it was cool. In fact, few politicians were better prepared for the new era of "alternative facts" than Barnaby Joyce.
Land rights face setback
Indigenous land rights have faced a setback in Malaysia.
Turnbull weakest and most indecisive prime minister since McMahon
The question for the formal opening of the political year, beginning next week, is not whether Malcolm Turnbull can retrieve his position with voters. It is whether Bill Shorten can step into the vacuum Turnbull has created.
Greens factionalism threatens the party as Lee Rhiannon and Bob Brown trade blows
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Trump's America has Turnbull scrambling
In three ways - and in just three days - Donald Trump has profoundly unsettled Australia's assumptions about the world.
Donald Trump calls for investigation into discredited claims of voter fraud
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Mixing politics and pleasure
The question of the frequent misuse of parliamentary work expenses, known as entitlements, forces us to look closely at what political representation involves and who should pay for it. The recent case of former health minister Sussan Ley is just one of many questionable instances which have stained reputations and ended careers.
Centrelink debt debacle failure rate much worse than thought
The most widely cited figure in the robo-debt debate is wrong. The true number of mistakes is perhaps as high as 90 per cent.
US President Donald Trump stands up for Big Oil as week one rolls on
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TPP was never that good for jobs, never that good for growth
If the Trans-Pacific Partnership was really as good for jobs and growth as Malcolm Turnbull says it was, he would be able to point to a study saying so.
Sydney has the second least affordable house prices in the world
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Malcolm Turnbull's year is not cactus ... yet
The Wire's arch drug lord Avon Barksdale was philosophical in the face of a long jail sentence: "You only serve two days, the day you go in, and the day you get out". You'd think this mentality could work best for parties consigned to the opposition benches. But no. These days, its governments that feel most hemmed in, constrained at every turn by the crushing weight of febrile politics, internal divisions, anaemic growth, and inevitable disappointment.For Malcolm Turnbull, and indeed most governments recently, Barksdale's advice seems most apposite. Although in Turnbull's case, even the day he won was pretty terrible, marred as it was by something of a hissy-fit.
Donald Trump mocks Women's marches as Israel approves hundreds of new settlements
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It's time for Turnbull to tell us his agenda - if he has one
Parliament is set to return in just over a fortnight but why are they even bothering?
New left faction threatens to white ant the Greens
It sounds like something a budding Bolshevik might have whispered into the ear of a political confidant in early 1917.
Why Mike Baird's departure is bad news for Malcolm Turnbull
The PM's back-up is now missing and the outlook is as uncertain as ever.
The faceless men who are supposedly 'public' servants
Until we know more about senior bureaucrats' conflicts of interest, we are inviting corruption.
Hunt minister for damage control in PM's minimalist reshuffle
This is the damage-control reshuffle Malcolm Turnbull had to have after throwing Sussan Ley overboard: pragmatic, minimalist and utterly risk-averse.
How to restore faith in politics and democracy
Should our politicians continue to baulk at real reform, they will rightly be seen as ignoble and hypocritical.
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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.