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The four ages of Malcolm
The Prime Minister has given a few hints he might actually take up his last chance to survive.
The Prime Minister has given a few hints he might actually take up his last chance to survive.
The Coalition needs to undo John Howard's damage and tackle the government's tax shortfall.
A little more money, yes, but don't expect schools to improve. That's a much harder problem.
It's easy to whip up fear but we should be doing better.
Tony Abbott's term in office is now a smoking ruin.
State of origin still matters a great deal in federal politics, which isn't entirely a party v party contest.
There has rarely been such a gulf between insiders and outsiders; between what most politicians and what most people think that politics is about, writes Tony Abbott.
The PM has pulled off a surprising pirouette, wrong-footing his critics, and charting a course to middle-Australian households.
If the politics of education funding were a poker game, a David Gonski unveiling would be a royal flush.
Last week I sauntered to the sandstone loveliness of the University of Melbourne to talk about the coming federal budget.
Rein in the tax avoidance rorts, and cap government spending on contractors and consultants.
There is good and bad in the Turnbull government's measured university changes .
Ordinary, good people who benefit from what the Treasurer demonises as 'bad debt'.
The welfare agency's leaders still insist that its 'clients' are to blame for 'misunderstanding' its letters.
Obviously Westpac's public 'un-friending' of new coal is a body blow for the Adani Carmichael project.
The Immigration Minister effectively put three refugees, and the entire population of detainees, in the dock.
How many farmers on their tractors listen to Double J via their TV? How many of us take out our TV when we're gardening?
It makes no sense to force non-profit organisations to register in every state if they want to fund-raise online.
The budget is unbalanced because of the steady abdication of personal responsibility to the state.
There is a strong undercurrent of: "I am no tree-hugging greenie, but my small business is under threat for no good reason."
PM had been sliding to this outcome all along, given no comfort by gas industry insouciance.
Malcolm Turnbull's inexorable shift to the right has failed to convince Bernardi that the conservative tradition is being represented.
Next month's budget must restore, and adequately fund, the Information Commissioner's office
Senior Liberals must step in and stop the Nationals' damaging, self-interested push to the bush.
America is the world's undisputed military super power, but it faces a strategic conundrum over North Korea's nuclear intentions.
Australia normally doesn't need an excuse to join in wars with the Americans. But North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has just given us the best one there is: survival. Self defence is the most basic sovereign obligation a nation has.
A bunch of outrageously greedy whingers are monstering this woman when she's on maternity leave.
The public has seen little of the Prime Minister they wanted and expected.
Why would a former copper seek to pre-empt an investigation and apportion blame on the detainees?
Casual followers often glean as much useful information at a glance, and less useless detail, as people applying themselves more diligently.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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