Finkel question hangs over PM's leadership

• ANALYSIS

Tony Abbott has already come from nowhere to replace Malcolm Turnbull as leader once as the Liberal Party convulsed over Labor's progressive climate policy in 2009.

New coal tech would gain approval under CET, says Finkel

New generation coal-fired power stations and even old ones retro-fitted with carbon capture and storage, would reap financial incentives.

Theresa May and Malcolm Turnbull made the same miscalculation

• ANALYSIS

The commonalities between a series of recent elections, including last year's poll in Australia, are striking.

Green-again Turnbull starts down a familiar path

• ANALYSIS

For Malcolm Turnbull, attempting to be "green-again" is a dangerous but necessary risk.

Not even terrorism is above the political blame-game

• ANALYSIS

Squalid political price-taking has already crept into the public space, and it began right at the top.

Meet the new Malcolm: PM toughens talk against terrorists

• ANALYSIS

Gone was talk of the "most harmonious multicultural nation in the world". Gone too, the front-footed defence of Islam.

Trump bluster cuts through word cloud of platitudes

• ANALYSIS

Within hours of the latest terrorist attack in London, the reliably tasteless Donald Trump was taking political potshots, revealing a procedurally adolescent mind. For most of us, our earliest political statements - the usual blend of fact, idealism, ignorance, and too much passion - were not recorded. Thanks to our juniority, we were in no position to influence anything anyway. But in the digital age? Forget about it. Or rather, don't.

Talk of recession as Australia takes world record

Australia will cement its reputation as the world's most blessed economy next week, but our run isn't as good as it seems.

Keating, Costello, Swan, Hockey and the money men

Australia's former treasurers reflect on their time at the top.