Turnbull holds his nerve as Liberals sweat on Abbott's next grenade
Malcolm Turnbull needs to find a solution to his Tony Abbott problem as Coalition MPs sweat on the next negative development in this toxic rivalry.
The key to understanding Turnbull's Tony problem
All of a sudden, Labor went quiet on Friday, right when it was gearing up to hammer Malcolm Turnbull over slashed penalty rates for hospitality and retail workers.
Pyrrhic victory for employers
Australia's economy is held back because wages are too low, not too high.
Iraq dossier timely lesson ahead of potential new Middle East venture
Any decision to increase Australia's commitment now, must imbibe the lessons of the last decade and a half.
The rise of blah-blah politics
There is an important discussion to be had about the penalty rates decision, but our politicians appear incapable of engaging in it, much less leading it.
Centrelink an easy target
Could it be possible that Centrelink is sometimes unfairly castigated?
Civil war as Abbott lights up against Turnbull and Shorten sits back
Civil war has broken out in the federal parliamentary Liberal Party, and more importantly, within the government of Australia.
Abbott calls it; Turnbull won't be provoked. Not half . . .
If the Liberal Party were a schoolyard - and really, it is, isn't it? - there'd be excitable kids rushing about yelling that oldest of rallying cries: "fight, fight, fight".
In a time of hot, angry air, simple pleasures rule
I attended a country show a couple of weeks ago.
Is Tony Abbott preparing to strike?
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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.
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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.