The greatest carbon price of them all - death
Politicians are now invoking the greatest carbon price of them all – death.
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Jacqueline Maley
Jacqueline Maley is the Canberra-based Parliamentary Sketch Writer for The Sydney Morning Herald.
How same sex marriage could be Malcolm Turnbull's greatest moment
The gays sure have a lot to answer for: same sex marriage policy is fast becoming the new climate policy, the combustion issue for the current cohort of Australian politicians, the intractable telescope-point to which the conservative side of politics has narrowed its focus. This is even more remarkable when you consider that gay marriage is an argument even conservatives know they have lost – which is why it doesn't appear anywhere in Tony Abbott's alternative conservative manifesto.
Breaking news: one in five men are reading this on the loo
If you are a man reading this while seated in the gents', your smartphone clenched in your non-toilet paper hand as you take some quiet time to catch up on current affairs, feel no shame.
Australian values put to the test
Prime Minister has called upon all new aspiring new citizens to "join us as Australian patriots".
They call themselves helpers of God's precious infants, but they are not here to help
It's time to bring abortion out of the legal shadows and remove the stigma from it entirely.
Muslims aren't responsible for sins of others
Why should the victims of prejudice take it upon themselves to soothe the prejudiced?
Re-imagined Anne of Green Gables gives us a heroine for our times
This Anne of Green Gables is complex and dark and some viewers are not coping.
Culture warriors defend Anzacs from behind their laptops
Diggers died for freedom and democracy, which includes a large dollop of free speech.
The housing affordability truth no politician will admit
Is there any political tradition more dispiriting and stupid than the pre-budget dance?
Why Ayaan really cancelled her Australian speaking tour
The truth is mysterious, with plenty of fake news obscuring the important issue at stake.
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