Last updated: September 29, 2017
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Victory out of the mire

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ROSS McMULLIN
Harold Elliott’s courage and acumen at Polygon Wood led to more victories.

Inside nuclear North Korea

Children play with plastic weapons at an orphanage in Pyongyang.JOHN LYONS/THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
JOHN LYONS, JONATHAN CHENG
Children play with plastic weapons and men march against America: what life is like for citizens under Kim Jong-un’s despotic rule.

How Bill would’ve laughed

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Chris Kenny
Just because the bullies want you to vote yes doesn’t make it wrong.

Energy bill death sentence

Energy bill death sentence
Caroline Overington
Pensioners are particularly vulnerable to the threat of power cut-offs in extreme conditions.

Upholding the art of disagreement

Upholding the art of disagreement
Janet Albrechtsen
Bret Stephens was dismayed to find NYT readers turning hostile without engaging with his views.

Too many are married too young

Too many are married too young
Bernard Salt
It’s rarely legal for 16 or 17-year-olds to enter into a marriage, but at 15 it’s pitifully absurd.

Askin deserves a better defence

Askin deserves a better defence
Gerard Henderson
The left is clearly better at defending its own than the conservative side of politics.

Debate pushed in new directions

Debate pushed in new directions
Graham Lloyd
Machine learning and AI threaten to challenge the models on which climate understanding is based.

‘No’ gives a debating masterclass

‘No’ gives a debating masterclass
Peter van Onselen
Arguments against same-sex marriage are misleading.

PM bid to save government

PM bid to save government
Paul Kelly
Turnbull’s ‘trilemma’ is that his key goals in the energy sector are incompatible.

China versus the world economy

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The Economist
The rising powerhouse plays hard ball, and not all its practices are fair.

Teacher knows best

Lenora Chu
Lenora Chu
When Lenora Chu put her son in a Chinese school, she was disturbed by the draconian methods. Now she’s stunned by the results.

Corbyn UK’s most likely next PM

The Prince Of Wales And The Duchess Of Cornwall Attend Service To Mark The 77th Anniversary Of The Battle Of Britain
THE ECONOMIST
Labour is on track to rule Britain. The question is, who rules the Labour Party?

How Keating schooled Clinton

Paul Keating and Bill Clinton, The White House, 14 September 1993
Troy Bramston
Declassified papers show US presidents Bill Clinton and George HW Bush faced a deeply determined Paul Keating.

Fighting words bode well

Fighting words bode well
Greg Sheridan
The cogency of Donald Trump’s tough UN speech on North Korea points up the wider tragedy of his presidency.

The curse that stalks Roebourne

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Victoria Laurie
It’s been labelled ‘Plonk Valley’, the ‘arse end of the earth’ and a ‘mecca of waste’, but its current guise is so much worse.

A grand master lost to history

A grand master lost to history
Rosemary Neill
Albert Namatjira is cherished but strict copyright stifles his legacy.

Panic should be over suicide

Panic should be over suicide
Angela Shanahan
Politicians avert their gaze from this crisis even as they focus on same-sex marriage.

‘Unicorns’ leap to global stage

Bike Shares Power Beijing's Bicycle Revival
The Economist
Having conquered home markets, nimble new firms are heading abroad.

Paul Keating on US presidents

Paul Keating on US presidents
Troy Bramston
Reagan was affable while Clinton had a “natural ability in politics”. But Keating’s assessment of Obama is not so positive.
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