The challenges of deepening our ties with India
The challenge for Australia is to see India not for what it was or even is now, but for what it will be.
Time for honesty and humanity on the fate of Manus refugees
The most pressing, fraught and urgent issue for discussion between Australia and Papua New Guinea did not warrant a mention in the Prime Minister's statement announcing his trip to Port Moresby.
Will Australia be drawn into a fresh conflict in the Middle East?
If the situation escalates, Australia would be hard pressed to avoid getting involved.
Putin says support for Assad is not 'unconditional' as Trump flags military action in Syria
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Bashar al-Assad: The doctor who grew up to be a mass killer
Assad improbably started his career as a doctor, training in London. But got his tyrannical break when his older brother died, catapulting him into the heir-apparent spot.
Sketch: Pauline, James and the plane
Pauline and James are 15,000 feet above the outback desert, perched in the tiny cockpit of a Jabiru 230-D.
Trump says Syria attack crossed 'many, many lines'
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McManus abuse shows our immaturity
The public yearns for more consensus rather than confrontation, but our parties are yet to learn.
'Heinous' gas attack in Syria kills dozens
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Climate's threat to Australia's defences
Global warming will radically change our region, with massive military and humanitarian repercussions.
Australia is 'not taking its place in the world': Aid cuts under fire on Q&A;
The former prime minister of Denmark says Australia is failing to take its place in the world and the country's paltry foreign aid contributions have made it less influential on the world stage.
Fears of a Putin crackdown after terror attack on St Petersburg metro
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Evacuation orders issued for northern New South Wales as Rockhampton braces for flood
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Question Time presents name-calling memories of the 'old days'
Members of the public unfamiliar with parliamentary practice may be surprised to learn that there are limitations on how far a member can go in saying offensive things.
Is it any wonder politicians are on the nose?
In a barely noticed respite from last week's hyper-partisan squabbling, Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten actually agreed on a couple of things. It is an enduring curiosity that such moments tend to escape attention.
Turnbull's company tax deal 'exxy' but effective
In the end, the deal to secure Malcolm Turnbull's signature election pledge of enterprise tax cuts, at least for small and medium businesses, was, to use the vernacular, a little "exxy". Big business missed out. A bridge too far. As such the cost to the budget is substantially less - around $20 billion. The X-man of Australian politics, Nick Xenophon has once again proved the master-negotiator, and Turnbull, the great deal-maker and achiever of results. As in all compromises, neither got all they wanted, But both will be happy.
Why are so many people feeling anxious and worse off?
Australia has equalled the Netherlands' record of 103 consecutive quarters of economic growth.
Bliss to be alive, but to be young not very heaven
Bliss to be alive, but to be young not very heaven
18C circus achieved nothing, but at least the clown got his comeuppance
Right then. The parliamentary consideration of section 18C
Super needs a reboot, not a tweak
The simplest way to solve super's many problems is to make contributions voluntary.
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.
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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.