Trump has changed the rules of politics, even in Australia
As the Liberal and Labor bases crumble, the temptation is to chase the strays, writes Mark Kenny
Fragile on the fringe
The party will need to separate itself from Pauline Hanson if it wants to succeed.
Malcolm's power surge
When Malcolm Turnbull assumed the mantle of a nation-building prime minister this week, evoking the vision and courage of those who delivered Australia's biggest engineering project, he could have offered a silent prayer to his Liberal predecessors.
Turnbull prepares his final throw of the dice
The Prime Minister has crossed his Rubicon, without Caesar's armies but equally desperate.
Trump unveils plans to rip billions from aid, environment and UN
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Shorten needs union law breakers like a hole in the head
Just as dwindling unions and, by association, their parliamentary champions, were thrown a lifeline by the prospect of a WorkChoices-style campaign to protect weekend penalty rates, a union leader reminds voters what they hated about the old model of industrial relations: strikes, intimidation, and belligerent lawlessness.
Merging agencies is not simple
There are a series of problems that always crop up when departments and agencies integrate.
A graphic illustration of a political system in ruins
Australia's tortured and toxic debate on energy policy has entered its most destructive phase.
Bill Shorten's ACTU headache
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Four days a week? What are you trying to do to us, Doc?
Greens leader Richard Di Natale may not get the reaction he expects for his proposal of a four-day working week, writes Tony Wright.
Revamping parliamentary work
Virtual parliaments and job-sharing MPs are problematic ideas, but still possible.
Real Malcolm muscles up on gas
Perhaps voters are more awake to it after the bizarre "real Julia" declaration, but when a leader suddenly promises "leadership," it grates.
Turnbull to push for fracking to alleviate Australia's energy crisis
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Why not move public servants to Queanbeyan, Yass or Goulburn?
There is nothing inherently wrong with decentralisation, so long as politics are kept out of it.
SA's state-first energy plan overturns a decade of pointless power-play
Forced to act by catastrophic blackouts eliciting little more than ridicule from the federal sphere, the South Australian Labor premier has cast off the threadbare fabric of Australia's patchy national energy nework.
Scottish leader seeks new independence referendum
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The debrief: Hanson demands a 'please explain'
Pauline Hanson, her head shooting flames, backs her chief adviser, James Ashby, against a Perth wall.
Crash and burn in the west gives Turnbull a chance to change direction
There's a message here for the PM: cut the ideological clap-trap, and get the budget under control.
Liberals pressure Malcolm Turnbull against preference deals with One Nation in the wake of WA loss
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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 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.
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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.