At last they're governing, but ducking hard decisions
Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull have got back into the business of governing.
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Peter Martin
Peter Martin is the economics editor for The Age, based at Parliament House
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Malcolm Turnbull isn't axing temporary migration, and that's a good thing.
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How to walk back from the housing abyss
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How the Senate saved the government from itself
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How Turnbull can kill stamp duty and produce a budget to remember
There's still time to craft a budget that actually does something.
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We're using credit cards more than cash.
That sucking sound is Australians being robbed of their own gas
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