Penalty cut is 'WorkChoices-dangerous' for PM
After laying siege to the Australian labour fortress of weekend penalty rates over decades, employers have finally loosened a few bricks and clambered over the wall.
Hanson is out of touch when it comes to the cost of raising children
That people still hold hostile attitudes towards working parents, and particularly working mothers, is baffling.
It's what they wanted, but it hurts
Low wage growth is what the Coalition wanted. Within weeks of being sworn in as employment minister in 2013 Eric Abetz warned "weak-kneed employers" not to cave in to unreasonable demands.
Rudd takes on Netanyahu in searing Facebook post
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Mouthpiece, creative genius or sell-out?
With the Coalition in power, why did the banks pick a Laborite as their lobbyist?
Borderline Trumpian, Julie Bishop sidesteps glaring issues in Washington
Maybe it will be called the Donald duck-around - a diplomatic game in which what is apparent to the entire world is not raised and a phone call that stung goes unmentioned.
Dutton's reckless comments could put US deal at risk
Is Peter Dutton deliberately trying to sabotage the deal to resettle refugees from Manus Island and Nauru? Or is the Immigration Minister simply insensitive, undiplomatic and incompetent?
Labor's leftward swing not without risks
When in doubt, soak the rich. It seems obvious because, after all, there's votes in it, right?
Turnbull criticises UN as he welcomes Netanyahu to Australia
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The real cost of childcare
The total cost of six years of childcare is astonishing.
'Just stop digging': Former Swedish prime minister's advice for Donald Trump
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Kevin Rudd calls for Australia to recognise Palestine after Donald Trump's dalliance with one-state solution
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The West's blind support for Israel has done it no favours
Descending east from Jerusalem into the Rift Valley, the landscape turns decidedly hostile, and that's just the start of it.
'Just put it on credit'
The public seems to think a surplus is either impossible or unimportant.
Donald Trump gives ranging and rambling press conference
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Malcolm Turnbull caves after flirting with housing backflip
The public policy case for lowering the concession is strong. But the political cost was seen as too high.
It's a goal, it's a target, no, it's ... Labor's energy policy
The last thing Labor can afford as it weathers a mounting scare campaign against its ambitious climate change policy, is any sense that it does not understand it itself.
Simple solutions won't be a success
Saving the world's resources will take more than just simple solutions.
Trump hedges on two state solution in Middle East
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Some voters are more equal than others
Pauline Hanson hasn't changed. Political circumstances have.
Why have our ministers got it in for the unemployed?
Using the disabled as a human shield to defend cuts to others is as dumb as it gets. Propagating fake news is worse.
PM's new scare campaign is going to work
The noisy parliamentary battle over renewable energy rages on
Trump tries to deflect Flynn scandal with angry tweet over leaks
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Michael Flynn's resignation leaves Australia one less friend in Trump's White House
The rollercoaster that is dealing with a Trump presidency just took another stomach-clenching dip.
Close the Gap: The big question went unasked and unanswered today
The bottom line is that far too many Aboriginal people feel excluded, disrespected, disempowered and discriminated against.
Polar opposites Trump and Trudeau talk during White House meeting about empowering women
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Hypocrisy, thy name is politics
It is among the more glaring ironies that professional politicians tend to recoil in horror when accused of "playing politics".
Renewed focus on renewable energy as fires rage across New South Wales
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The dinner party discussion: Who should replace Turnbull?
For most of its life, the Turnbull Coalition government has mysteriously underperformed – like a luxury car with persistent mechanical problems.
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.
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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.