How our political process has lost the plot, creating despair
If there were a law against insulting and offending the political class, a lot of my mates and acquaintances would be in strife.
If there were a law against insulting and offending the political class, a lot of my mates and acquaintances would be in strife.
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The performance of the Senate in the company tax debate has been marked by an overweening self-importance.
Consider this: since Bronwyn Bishop finally left the federal Parliament nine months ago – kicking and screaming after being rolled by her own party – Australian taxpayers have paid her nearly $200,000.
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Australia needs a bigger, more coherent foreign policy that resonates beyond election cycles.
Since 1970, governments switched leaders 17 times - and lost almost all the following elections.
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The non-profit industry funds want you to think there's nothing wrong. They are most often the funds new employees are defaulted into and they perform the best, on average far better than their for-profit competitors.
The government says it supports an extradition treaty with Beijing because it will ensure Chinese criminals are sent back to China, where they belong. And it maintains that righteous enthusiasm right up until suddenly, it's gone.And so, another column in the facade of orderly, government, topples to populist whimsy.Cory Bernardi's power as a rookie independent, just got a pretty big kick-along. The government's prestige, not so much.
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The real cheats are those who don't acknowledge their own power and privilege.
Let ASIO continue its good work. Don't mess about with our security agencies for political gain.
"It reminds me of late Gillard, where it didn't matter what she said, nobody was listening."
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The PM badly needs clean air and real traction or colleagues will return to discussing their alternative driver options.
There is a growing sense around the halls of power that Malcolm Turnbull is finally starting to get somewhere, writes Mark Kenny.
Politicians normally avoid airing their dirty linen in public but for Australia's longest governing leader, it was actually a laundry incident that nearly brought him undone.
Children are being killed and injured in Mosul but if it's "our" side doing the bombing it's not on TV.
We're told often we have nothing to fear if we have nothing to hide. It's time to apply that to government too.
Jimmy Breslin changed my life.
Politicians' reluctance to discuss 'new' ways to tax makes our unfair system even less fair.
The federal and ACT public services say they have no serious integrity problems. But who's actually looking?
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The Great Barrier Reef is dying on our watch, and that's almost all we're doing.
Peter Dutton has revealed an unusual sensitivity and unwillingness to recognise community concerns.
Barnaby Joyce long teetered on the edge of being remembered as a clown.
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The case doesn't stack up and send a message that, in the words of George Brandis, people have a right to be bigots.
Another moderate shibboleth associated with national unity has been slain. On Harmony Day. Priceless.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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