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Over the top with Malcolm
Malcolm Turnbull's verbal blitzkrieg against Bill Shorten produced two diametrically opposed, yet predictable, responses from those who witnessed it at close quarters in the national parliament this week.
Malcolm Turnbull's verbal blitzkrieg against Bill Shorten produced two diametrically opposed, yet predictable, responses from those who witnessed it at close quarters in the national parliament this week.
For most of its life, the Turnbull Coalition government has mysteriously underperformed – like a luxury car with persistent mechanical problems.
"Peak energy demand" has nothing to do with a lack of "baseload" power, whatever the government says.
We've been close to nuclear war before so don't blame president Trump for creating fear of it.
The Tax Office's record against high-end tax evaders is lamentable.
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Ian Macdonald just told voters it was never about them. And you can guarantee they heard.
It is hardly surprising that Malcolm Turnbull has immediately followed up his personal attacks on Bill Shorten with more of the same.
So keen has Malcolm Turnbull become to appease his party's right wing that he is actually governing badly.
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Critics who urge the PM to use a progressive issue to win back middle-Australia fail to understand the new reality.
Malcolm Turnbull should declare unequivocally that he is not a conservative.
Everywhere you look on the conservative side of politics, fellow travellers are feuding and old alliances are crumbling.
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People are always complaining that our politicians - on both sides - are "out of touch". They're too high and mighty to understand the things that are annoying ordinary people in ordinary life.
A pall settled across Parliament House. MPs might come and go, but the Gold Card was supposed to go on forever.
There was a time they bonded over the Queen, their distaste for the burka, and love for Margaret Thatcher. But the bromance is over.
When - and where - will Malcolm Turnbull get the chance to "shirt-front" Donald Trump?
Whether it is incompetence, bad luck, or bad judgment, controversies glow white-hot but fade when the next disaster hovers into view.
Despairing over his future, Cory Bernardi confided in Tony Abbott. He was dismayed to later find the details in a national newspaper. Latika Bourke reports.
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The Trumpification of the right wing of Australian politics has begun.
The altitudinous Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi, who fears a move towards bestiality if the 21st century is allowed to have its head, is striking out alone, seeking like-minded companions - a space he has inhabited for his entire political career.
In all likelihood, Cory Bernardi's expected break away from the Liberal Party will achieve exactly nothing.
Australia wants to be sure Donald Trump knows, when he bites, he'll get a bite back.
An inward-looking America could prove to be a blessing in disguise for Australia
It's been a challenging week for the Prime Minister – will the humiliations ever end?
The conservative side of Australian politics has admitted the Constitution is "broke".
The modern Australian senate has ceased to be a house of review, says former PM Tony Abbott.
This is a case of alliance shock for Australia. Donald Trump's rough treatment of Malcolm Turnbull is about more than their personalities, more than the refugee deal, and more than relations between two leaders.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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