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America's freedom fundamentalism impervious to death
Las Vegas is being described as the worst mass shooting in US history but so what? It is a news headline. Nobody, not for a second, imagines it will be the last.
Las Vegas is being described as the worst mass shooting in US history but so what? It is a news headline. Nobody, not for a second, imagines it will be the last.
The "no" side has a list of consequences it claims will arise from same-sex marriage: but do they stack up?
As the bureaucracy nears its deadline, the policy makes even less sense.
Spurning tough choices and hoping for an economic rebound rarely works.
A funny thing happened when I went to work in the Canberra press gallery: I became friends with a politician. As a rule, this isn't something I'd encourage.
Auditor-General gives Malcolm Turnbull's department a bare pass on innovation.
Gas producers give Turnbull a crucial win - leaving Labor's call for market intervention looking a bit foolish
The plight of these politicians is a positive story of immigration and Australia's multiculturalism.
'Sensible' decisions made to protect our diggers will render them more vulnerable.
Ignore the Cassandras who say the 'no' vote is winning ground.
Malcolm Turnbull needs a lot to go right between now and the end of the year, if he is to maximise his slim chances of recovery through 2018.
The foaming response from Abbott haters to the claim that the former prime minister was physically assaulted by a self-identifying "yes" voter in Hobart, is instructive.
When Pauline Hanson returned to Canberra last year after nearly two decades in the political wilderness the conventional wisdom was more "sophisticated".
If Abbott wins and convinces the Coalition to back coal, the Australian economy loses.
A laissez-faire 'let them burn' approach would harm far more people and cost far more public money.
It's time to take religion out of civil marriage ceremonies.
Never borrow money from family or discuss religion. And whatever you do, don't mix politics and sport.
By Christmas, Malcolm Turnbull will be halfway through this term of Parliament. Perhaps further, given an election in late 2018 remains a live option.
Twitter is a land where insults fly with abandon, and sometimes you just have to step away.
When the result it announced, it will be almost impossible to know what influenced it.
Of the arguments against broadening the definition of marriage, Tony Abbott has found the most circular.
The Defence Department has pulled the wool over one of its ministers' eyes.
There's a strong case for increasing the lower income-tax thresholds, despite the costs.
If there is no marriage equality, there should be no marriage law at all.
Unfortunately the downsizing that threatens many workers doesn't extend to human resources sections.
What's in the public interest isn't always what the public's interested in.
After a decade of feckless negation, the last thing this country can afford is more of the same.
Parliament House is getting a new fence. Not that you'd know about it.
The world has been stood on its head here in Canberra.
The push for votes seems stuck in first gear and threatened by apathy.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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