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.
18C changes shot down in the Senate
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Company tax debate stalls, Senate oversteps its authority again
The performance of the Senate in the company tax debate has been marked by an overweening self-importance.
Bishop rails against socialists while collecting a $250k pension
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.
Bronwyn Bishop expenses probe revealed
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Aliens in their own land
Australia needs a bigger, more coherent foreign policy that resonates beyond election cycles.
Political coups and 'contracts'
Since 1970, governments switched leaders 17 times - and lost almost all the following elections.
Trump tries to dismantle Obama's climate change legacy
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Simplicity. How the Productivity Commission will take on the funds
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.
China syndrome: Turnbull turns on a dime over extradition
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.
Cyclone Debbie upgraded as North Queensland bunkers down
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Boomers are entitled? Look who's talking
The real cheats are those who don't acknowledge their own power and privilege.
We's already relatively safe. What more should we do to reduce the terror threat?
Let ASIO continue its good work. Don't mess about with our security agencies for political gain.
Turnbull government's so-called poll bounce was short-lived
"It reminds me of late Gillard, where it didn't matter what she said, nobody was listening."
Russia's opposition leader arrested as anti-Putin protests sweep Russia
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Clean air hard to find when you're always trailing
The PM badly needs clean air and real traction or colleagues will return to discussing their alternative driver options.
Right voice, wrong answer
There is a growing sense around the halls of power that Malcolm Turnbull is finally starting to get somewhere, writes Mark Kenny.
Political force with uncommon gentleness
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.
Western media blind to atrocities in Mosul
Children are being killed and injured in Mosul but if it's "our" side doing the bombing it's not on TV.
No corruption? A watchdog will help anyway
We're told often we have nothing to fear if we have nothing to hide. It's time to apply that to government too.
How Jimmy Breslin changed my life, and how I missed it altogether
Jimmy Breslin changed my life.
We need to pay more tax, or we'll pay anyway
Politicians' reluctance to discuss 'new' ways to tax makes our unfair system even less fair.
Nothing to see here, move on
The federal and ACT public services say they have no serious integrity problems. But who's actually looking?
London attacker was 52-year old British man
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The $6b-a-year asset that is dying on our watch
The Great Barrier Reef is dying on our watch, and that's almost all we're doing.
It's not 'bullying', it's just lobbying
Peter Dutton has revealed an unusual sensitivity and unwillingness to recognise community concerns.
Barnaby finally looks comfortable in his own skin - and his big job
Barnaby Joyce long teetered on the edge of being remembered as a clown.
Theresa May follows Donald Trump's laptop and tablet ban on flights from the Middle East
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Malcolm Turnbull stands to lose both ways on 18C changes
The case doesn't stack up and send a message that, in the words of George Brandis, people have a right to be bigots.
Gesture politics from the people who claim to be above it
Another moderate shibboleth associated with national unity has been slain. On Harmony Day. Priceless.
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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.