Why Australia needs Turnbull to survive
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.
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Mark Kenny
Mark Kenny is the national affairs editor for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
Schools win salves Malcolm Turnbull's winter of discontent
Atop Capital Hill, the giant flag hung motionless amid a crystal winter's day.
Climate forces consolidate as coal backers rush for government help
As the Turnbull government struggles to convince internal dissenters of the need for tougher carbon reduction measures, forces on the green energy side are positioning for a renewed climate change debate in coming months.
Where Hanson's concerned, look at what's not said
Language and communication are the key tools of politics. Yet a clear message can sometimes be discerned from what is not said rather than what is.
News tide wearies readers, with women most likely to switch off
Almost two thirds of adult Australian news consumers say they are either "very" or "extremely" interested in news stories but 56 per cent also admit to actively avoiding the news either often or occasionally.
Government finds a way on Gonski schools funding
In the end, the admirably calm Education Minister cleverly used the Greens' package as the road map to an acceptable deal with a far less progressive cross-bench.
Privatisation: has it really been that brilliant? Just look at electricity
Privatisation. Back in the day, opposing it was the province of self-interested public sector unions and sentimentalists.
Voters switched off a desperate Coalition
For fractious Coalition MPs amassed under Malcolm Turnbull, Monday's depressing 47-53 Newspoll was old news. Fourteen surveys old.
A war on two fronts: Turnbull faces internal rebellion over schools
The Turnbull government's progress towards a historic victory on its new Gonski 2.0 school funding model threatens to be derailed by an internal rebellion from conservative MPs furious about a $4.6 billion hit to Catholic schools.
Government in secret bid to secure Gonski deal
The Turnbull government has made a series major concessions to the Greens on school funding in a bid to secure the Gonski 2.0 package in the Senate. The proposed deal would be a major breakthrough for the beleaguered government. Education Minister Simon Birmingham has written to the crucial cross bench party granting almost all of its demands for extra funding guarantees etc...
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