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Abbott's Australian vision: poorer, hotter, more socialist
Bernard KeaneJun 28, 201726 Comments
Tony Abbott remains as incoherent on policy as ever.
Pyne pile-on betrays right wing desperation to create unrest
Bernard KeaneJun 27, 201726 Comments
Christopher Pyne's remarks on same sex marriage revealed nothing we didn't already know. The hysterical reaction to them, however, told us a lot.
Australia bids for Global Village Idiot status once more
Bernard KeaneJun 27, 20179 Comments
Australia is becoming an international laughing stock -- again -- as the Turnbull government tries a King Canute routine with encryption.
Sovereign risk ahead -- set investment to full!
Jun 26, 20177 Comments
Amid claims of sovereign risk and complaints of uncertainty, it seems some companies are prepared to invest a lot in Australia, Glenn Dyer and Bernard Keane write.
Turnbull govt exemplifies the sordid hypocrisy of Western politicians
Bernard KeaneJun 26, 201721 Comments
In feting the criminal David Petraeus, Malcolm Turnbull demonstrates his government's hypocrisy on national security.
Murder rates in Australia have plummeted
Bernard KeaneJun 26, 20174 Comments
A new study sheds light on how much murder has fallen in Australia in recent decades, and why that trend is set to continue.
Turnbull finishes the week with a trophy for his shift to the centre
Bernard KeaneJun 23, 201712 Comments
Having pivoted to the left on big policy issues, Malcolm Turnbull goes into the winter break with evidence it can work.
Hanson's lock 'em up disability strategy two decades old
Bernard KeaneJun 22, 201720 Comments
Pauline Hanson has long regarded Australians with disabilities as a problem for the rest of us, an old document shows.
The government gives, and gives, and gives, to get a Gonski
Bernard KeaneJun 22, 201715 Comments
The purists and rent-seekers won't like it but the Turnbull government has produced a decent economic reform with its Gonski victory in the Senate.
The surprisingly quick death of neoliberalism in Australia is underway
Bernard KeaneJun 21, 201721 Comments
The Turnbull government is chucking neoliberal dogma overboard as fast as it can to try to keep up with a deeply sceptical electorate.