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Premiums not the problem with private health insurance
The Coalition's attempts to buy Medicare while publicly praising it are now hurting the private health system, too.
The Coalition's attempts to buy Medicare while publicly praising it are now hurting the private health system, too.
The decades-long obsession with GDP has stifled a more important debate.
The ghastly possibility facing Josh Frydenberg is that, despite his mother being rendered stateless by the Nazi machine as it tried to obliterate Jews from Europe, his political career has been placed in jeopardy more than 70 years later because Hungary has since tried to rectify the wrongs of its dark past.
Labor's refusal to allow and audit just doesn't add up.
There is now a humanitarian disaster on Australia's doorstep. And it's our responsibility.
Politicians who send empathetic letters to voters, but do nothing in their party room, are complicit.
The dual citizenship implosion burning like an underground coal fire in the federal parliament, is in danger of morphing into a full blown legitimation crisis.
The shape of the next Labor government is becoming clearer.
In the end, it's the arrogance of our MPs that really gets you. The sheer sense of entitlement that takes your breath away.
Bizarrely, Labor is not salivating at the likely demise of Liberal senator, Stephen Parry - no less than President of the Senate.
Julie Bishop's first utterance as acting Prime Minister originated in her own portfolio, but was anything but safe.
Why no raids for the allegedly criminal acts in banks, RSL offices and churches?
The Coalition uses and abuses journalists to further its war on unions.
Roberts denied that this showed he knew there were doubts over his citizenship status, but then Roberts has denied a lot of things.
Nothing can obscure the fact that these are dark days for the government and a humiliation for the Prime Minister personally.
When Michaelia Cash read a story on Wednesday evening revealing her office had actually tipped off media ahead of police raids on the Australian Workers' Union, she had nowhere left but the craven plea of ignorance.
By any objective measure, Malcolm Turnbull has had a total shocker of a week.
The main parties must reduce our unduly high immigration before opportunists exploit the discontent.
Tipping off trusted journalists is a key part of the federal cops' modus operandi.
There is too little pressure on state governments to spend Commonwealth money well.
Around six pm on Wednesday evening all hell broke loose at Parliament House.
Standard operating procedure in political scandals is to "follow the money".
Amid the overreach, indignation, lip-curling snarls, and combative theatre, the take out for voters is just another ugly argument in Parliament.
It would be fair to say I have had a complicated relationship with Canberra.
Our political system seems to lack the capacity to produce young, innovative leaders.
It is a tribute to the Treasurer Scott Morrison that he commissioned the report without knowing what would be in it.
As North Korea's nuclear capability grows, the world is hostage to the duelling vanities of two leaders. There is an Australian alternative.
"The NBN was a mistake and might never make money," says Malcolm Turnbull, to the shock and surprise of absolutely no-one.
Malcolm Turnbull is a rich and successful businessman precisely because he is no good at politics.
Bob Hawke and John Howard held off their younger rivals by deploying the oldest trick in the book.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.
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