Still waiting for Howard's end
Don't blame Turnbull: almost every trouble afflicting Australia had its genesis in a Howard government decision.
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Crispin Hull
I saw the Great Barrier Reef die last weekend, and I wept
There will be no rescue. We have killed the world's greatest living structure.
Parliament's report card: too busy teasing other kids to get on with schoolwork
Hardly a week goes by without the publication of some well-thought-out, evidence-based paper recommending solutions to some of Australia's pressing economic and social problems – tax, education, health, defence, energy and so on.
Nothing new about US putting itself first
Exceptionalism and isolationism has a long history among US presidents.
Coal-ition is a dunce on renewables
Coalition governments are supposed to be masters of the market. On renewable energy, they are dunces.
Party rat Bernardi reminds us to fix Senate
An ACT-style count-back system would serve federal elections well.
Abbott is right to call for Senate reform, he's just wrong on the details
The conservative side of Australian politics has admitted the Constitution is "broke".
Here's how to fix Australia's housing affordability problems
This will only change if you get rid of the tax breaks and, more importantly, reduce immigration.
I used to blame fat people. Now I blame the sugar industry's propaganda
We acted on tobacco. Why aren't we acting on this killer?
Forget the PM's plan, here's how we should turn Australia into a republic
The republic debate has been trickling along at the same time as dissatisfaction with democracy and political elites grows and voters show a predilection for outsiders.
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