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The rise and rise of Peter Dutton, our new security tsar
Peter Dutton has achieved what Scott Morrison could not.
Peter Dutton has achieved what Scott Morrison could not.
Section 44 of the constitution has claimed another victim.
Education stopped being something intrinsically wonderful the moment it became an industry.
Those in the spy and security community aren't for most part panicking about the creation of a super-portfolio like Britain's Home Office.
The next wave of government reform will have to focus on data management.
Menzies, a small-l liberal, initially disliked Canberra and the notion of a great Australian capital city.
Only a Green could tweet his resignation from Parliament like this.
Some days you really do have to wonder: what chance is there of sensible policy being created in this country?
The wets the dries, the Bronweenies, the Soft Left and the Shoppies - politicians strive hard to find the right tribe.
It's time to admit that Adelaide is our future: bright for some, yet tragically squalid for others.
It is conceivable that within a decade, neither the ALP nor the Liberal-Nationals coalition will exist as dominant electoral forces .
Malcolm Turnbull would do well to reflect on the lessons offered by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.
If Coalition marginal seat MPs were beef cows, they'd be smelling the abattoirs about now.
An anxiety-burdened Malcolm Turnbull has ordered a supersonic private jet to remain on standby at Hamburg airport during his visit to Germany for the G20, its motors running and its pilots on 24-hour alert.
Voters would respond differently if Senate elections were not co-ordinated with House of Representatives elections.
​Pity Darwin. Bombed by the Japanese in World War II, blown away by Cyclone Tracy on Christmas Eve, 1974, and forever harassed, according to its local newspaper, by person-eating crocodiles, it now has to be concerned about a missile-obsessed Kim Jong-un of North Korea.
It may sound like heresy, but more seats in New Zealand's parliament helped solve that country's problems.
Those familiar with the Gospels might recall that Peter also denied knowing his leader thrice.
Tony Abbott would absolutely hate to hear it, but he could learn something from Julia Gillard.
Party members with a diverse range of views need enough common ground to prevent gridlock and infighting.
Creating a plan for the future isn't just about having a blueprint or grand design.
Partisans on both the left and right would welcome Malcolm Turnbull's fall at pretty much any cost. And that's the point – the price would be exorbitant.
Without robust government, nothing stands between citizens and a rapacious corporate sector.
Pussycats and footpads prefer watchdogs on short chain
In many cases, public servants' conflicts of interest remain effectively unmonitored.
Banks in a state: taxing super profits to pay for services is a winner
It's one of the most alarming statistics to come out of this week's release of the 2016 census figures.
You can't blame Russia for Trump's successful jaunt to the White House.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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