Columnists
Saturday 4th November 2017
Beersheba a critical reminder
The highly successful charge of Australia’s Light Horse Brigade highlights our important role in defeat of the Ottoman Empire.
Lessons from the past
The centenary of the Russian Revolution next week is an opportunity for sober reflection.
Premier digs deep to save job
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s shock decision to veto a federal loan to Adani is all about saving her job.
Leader knows he’s on solid ground
Politicians in Canberra are now in control of whether the High Court will be able to resolve citizenship doubts.
Annastacia lets cash do talking
At the end of the first week of Palaszczuk’s campaign, her message seems to be: vote for me for more of the same.
Progression lies in culture club
In mature teams the value of the system is greater than the value of any individual or collection of players within it.
Filter noise from true mission
Robert Mueller is not there to pursue Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, but to safeguard elections.
Shorten aims for maximum trouble
Malcolm Turnbull is right that an audit of all MPs is a bad idea. But he has been upstaged by Bill Shorten.
Friday 3rd November 2017
Henry Lawson gay? Maybe
Plus Derryn Hinch’s old joke; 7.30 embraces left institute; Elizabeth Farrelly’s Abbott-phobia and Leunig rails against capitalism.
Turnbull’s jagged little pill
Like sifting deep through a dung heap and finding one’s lost wedding ring, there is some good to come of the citizenship saga.
‘We don’t buy far right ravings’
Rise of the new right, or left right out? The readers’ comments that caught our eye this week.
Knocking off the PM is foolish
We are in too vulnerable a position to repeat the mistake of dumping the leader.
Lenin’s fetid disease lingers
Even today, the forgetful left has a whiff of the blood-drenched failures of communism.
State poll? We don’t even care
Voter and media apathy suggest that early Queensland election might be a rash call.
We can’t admit to being wrong
Research suggests trying to persuade Brexit or Trump supporters to switch isn’t going to work.
SA Libs build a Pyne box
And Fairfax’s The Age puffs up controversial Labor senator Kimberley Kitching.
PM’s job no longer guaranteed
The sands are shifting beneath Malcolm Turnbull’s feet as he faces a collapse of support among his party room backers.
Thursday 2nd November 2017
The only adults in the room?
The Greens — yes, the Greens — seem to be alone in displaying leadership amid the chaos over MP citizenship.
Libs feud goes to arbitration
Victorian Liberal President Michael Kroger is set to pursue arbitration with the $70m Cormack Foundation.
