Hanson, under pressure of failure, has lost the plot
The WA election was supposed to be One Nation's demonstration of its unstoppable momentum.
Labor's historic win in the west leaves PM exposed on two fronts
The preference deal helped to turn a certain debacle into an unmitigated disaster.
Why modern politicians should hire glam squads
Here's hoping more people in public office engage the services of our presentation professionals.
Real numbers don't paint a pretty picture for the government
Job sharing and progressive taxation must be part of the solution to tackle automation.
Pauline Hanson discovers the downside of empty vessel politics
It hasn't been the greatest of weeks for Pauline Hanson, the intensity of a campaign in unfamiliar territory exposing flaws many had sworn had been buffed over.
Love in the time of measles
There were few excuses for staying home from school that carried weight with my mother. Mention an outbreak of measles among classmates, however, and sleep-ins were ours.
Trump ally Farage visits Assange, publisher of hacked DNC emails
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Cory Bernardi's $1m property shows why the rules are broken
In 2015 Cory Bernardi and his wife bought a $1 million commercial property in Kent Town, Adelaide. The building now serves as the headquarters for Bernardi's Australian Conservatives party.
Militants disguised as medics kill more than 30 people in Kabul hospital
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Whatever you think of her, Pauline Hanson needs to be understood
When historians of the future write about late Australia in the 1990s and 2000s, Pauline Hanson will be a major part of the story.
Anti-vaxxer movement using tried and true methods to instil fear and doubt
They congregate on social media, challenging facts and muddying evidence, until everything comes with a question mark.
WikiLeaks claims to expose CIA's ability to 'weaponise' smartphones, TVs and computers in new mass leak
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Politicians have worked hard to make houses so dear
It has cost the budget a lot of money to make the prices of homes as hard to afford as they now are.
Do we need a security mega-department?
Our national security organisations are already working together well.
After a rocky start, Michelle Guthrie finally asserts control
The restructure is Michelle Guthrie's baby and she will own its consequences - both good and bad.
Donald Trump's revised travel ban omits Iraq but still doesn't please its critics
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Malcolm Turnbull's Pauline Hanson problem
Malcolm Turnbull is not travelling west this week for the final gruelling days of the Western Australian state election, but his government's low standing and the taint of a resurgent Hansonism are playing their roles in the local contest.
Former National Intelligence director says no wiretap on Donald Trump as the White House calls for investigation into Trump's unsubstantiated claims
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Canberra is full of political delusions, but Turnbull's is the biggest
All eyes will be on the WA state election next Saturday to see how Labor polls.
$1.1m to fly diplomats home? Wouldn't cover a night at Monte Carlo
The Ad Hoc Ways and Means Committee at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is suffering the vapours as it attempts to wrangle 113 Very Important Diplomats, 113 cross-the-world business-class return flights, 113 hotel suites, an unknown number of splendid dining occasions, cigars, champagne, cognac and, naturally, limousines on demand, into a paltry $1.1 million.
Parliament reduced to a Kyrgios-Tomic tennis match. Where's a bartender?
A week in Parliament House, Canberra, has similarities these days with a tennis match involving Nick Kyrgios or Bernard Tomic.
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.
'Where are the feminists?'
Feminism is not a handy tool to be inflated and deflated on request.
Only pests will benefit from pesticide agency move
Whether Barnaby Joyce or Pauline Hanson is the wiser statesman, the better politician or the more intelligent citizen is a moot question upon which few could hold a certain opinion, for now at least.
Partisan officials undermining the public service
We are drifting into cheapskate politics that ignores evidence - and some public servants are helping.
The personal isn't political
Discrediting a person has never been easier, prosecuting an idea has never been harder.
Fresh Russia controversy engulfs White House
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Hiding behind a public servant
Alan Tudge, not Hank Jongen, must take responsibility for the agency's policies and their implementation.
War crimes carried out on Syria's people by both sides, major UN report finds
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Why Malcolm Turnbull show leadership on penalty rates
Malcolm Turnbull needs to change tack if he is to have any prospect of neutralising the debate on Sunday penalty rates in the retail and hospitality industries, let alone winning it – and change tack fast.
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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.