Drunk soldiers blamed for Manus rampage
Provincial police commander David Yapu has slammed the "unethical and unacceptable behaviour of the drunken soldiers" who went on a violent rampage at the Manus Island detention centre on Good Friday.
Michael Gordon is the political editor of The Age.
Provincial police commander David Yapu has slammed the "unethical and unacceptable behaviour of the drunken soldiers" who went on a violent rampage at the Manus Island detention centre on Good Friday.
Violence erupted when a local tried to shut down a soccer game involving detainees.
Malcolm Turnbull has refused to rule out sending asylum seekers who are not included in the resettlement deal with the United States from Manus Island to Nauru.
The PM was in the midst of a counter-attack against Bill Shorten on penalty rates last week when he likened him to Sally McManus, the new (and first female) secretary of the ACTU.
The Turnbull government has hand-balled responsibility for protecting people facing big pay cuts on Sundays and public holidays to the Fair Work Commission, effectively guaranteeing Labor and the union movement will mount a ferocious industrial relations campaign all the way until the next election.
High-profile Aboriginal politicians insist they are waiting on the work of the Referendum Council.
The case doesn't stack up and send a message that, in the words of George Brandis, people have a right to be bigots.
Indigenous Australians have rejected a referendum that offers only minimal recognition in the constitution, insisting they will walk away unless more meaningful change is offered.
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.
Australia's tortured and toxic debate on energy policy has entered its most destructive phase.
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