Coal fight casts a pall over Turnbull's clean energy reforms
Australia's energy grid remains messy, ad hoc, stridently politicised and subject to an uncertain outlook.
Australia's energy grid remains messy, ad hoc, stridently politicised and subject to an uncertain outlook.
Our static, outdated, parliamentary democracy is no longer working.
The parliamentary citizenship frenzy gripping Canberra in recent weeks suddenly feels a bit anti-climactic.
Tony Abbott's dare and Bill Shorten's capitulation will now make it impossible for any MP suspected of dual citizenship issues to withhold their documentation.
These are alarming times, what with the Korean Peninsula on the brink of war. Only Bob Katter could summon a more apocalyptic vision.
Malcolm Turnbull can decide whether his slight recovery in Newspoll is an aberration or the start of a structural return to electoral competitiveness.
Labor's wiser parliamentary strategists are reminding themselves of a sage lesson in tactics.
A citizen's jury is a nice theory of government but the opinion of a random collection of citizens won't necessarily stick.
The Prime Minister's proposal for energy retailers to write to one million customers by Christmas is non-binding and ineffective.
It is tempting to explain America's mixed messaging towards North Korea as calculated - the old "good cop, bad cop" routine. If only it were that complicated.
None of the senior figures in either the Abbott or Turnbull governments have handled economic messaging well.
No Australian should be upset by the proposals to change the wording on Cook's statue.
Let's consider Malcolm Turnbull's best case scenario.
The answer: Certainly not Tony Abbott and his reactionary slogans and one-liners.
The Prime Minister dialled it up to 11 but the resting face of Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg presaged the modest scale of the government's energy package.
Sometimes I wonder whether outrage gets lost on the way.
Although royal commissions are costly and lengthy, the weight of evidence against the banks has become compelling.
Labor's become the "do nothing" party, coasting to victory, unwilling to let any policy idea get in the way of a vote
Australia is a nation scared. Scared to fully stake out its own flag. Scared to install an Australian as head of state. Nervous even about bringing into the daylight a more complete account of its own creation.
If only we could afford to live the way we do, lamented Europe's entitled nobility as the continental order crumbled in the 1930s.
I'm starting to suspect the federal government – of whatever colour – has lost its ability to control its own spending.
Pauline Hanson's stunt would have been out of order had Senate rules of years gone by been applied.
Until all federal politicians are independently examined, it is reasonable to expect that more ineligible MPs will emerge.
Barnaby Joyce is not the highest-ranking politician to have his citizenship credentials questioned.
Justice Minister Michael Keenan says the new strategy for protecting crowded places against terrorism will leave the worrying to the experts so the rest of us can enjoy our lives when we venture out.
There is a strong possibility of a major debacle over the result of the marriage-equality plebiscite in November.
There should be no denying the white invasion of Australia or the wars and massacres that took place.
Welcome to the end of the age of reason, sniped the US president as his corrupt ways finally dragged him low.
But Malcolm Turnbull must now rise above his disappointment, park the frustration, and project control, stability, and yes, leadership.
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