In contrast to Barack Obama, Donald Trump offers a lack of inner change we certainly can believe in.
Australia’s Grand Mufti wants tougher hate speech laws, and economist Joseph Stuglitz needs help with his arithmetic.
Politics of protection makes strange bedfellows of Labor, One Nation and Greens
Victorians are still getting into a knot about how to describe a transgender person.
The former speaker came to the rescue with socialists and sots, but amazingly it didn’t work.
Plus: Peter Brock makes an unexpected appearance, while U2 suddenly goes shtum.
Plus: Sussan Ley’s ground transport bills would have bought one helluva taxi ride.
The politics of the pub test claims another victim — but her critics should take care.
Plus: The science is settled on drinks boozy and soft, and Trump drives a pundit to tears.
Plus: How Sussan Ley’s impulse buying contributed to the health of the Gold Coast property market.
When it comes to pollies having a beer, the politics are all in the eye of the beer-holder.
“Die, yuppie scum!” gets a 21st-century revamp on the mean streets of Melbourne’s Footscray.
Plus: The coming Trump presidency may be just the shot in the arm monarchists need.
Having defied the doomsayers for another year we wade confidently into 2017.
Fireworks may be free, a spot to watch them isn’t. And that’s before you try to get home.
Bob Hawke gets a right roasting and New Zealand discovers it has declared war.
Paper’s expansion plans mean the market for feelpinions just got a little more crowded.
Remembering Carrie Fisher’s wishes while one Huffington Post branch takes an odd tack.
Forget about the electoral college, Barack Obama reckons he could’ve won a third term.
Plus: Christmas is hot but Syria may be hotter, and advice to a young George Michael.
Perhaps Elizabeth Farrelly should try telling Islamists that “prayer is for pussies”.
You can sense the editor’s surprise, but in the end it seems the customer is always right.
Anyone in a liberal democracy has the right to engage in public protests but there are a few things to say about the Women’s Marches.
But, as with most populists, it is impossible to reconcile all the different parts of Donald Trump’s pitch to America.
By so heavily impugning his predecessors, Trump will have few friends among the powerful if he is unable to fulfil his ambitions.
Donald Trump has built around him a remarkable team and they are dedicated to his vision. Here is what could happen now.
As a speech it had no soaring rhetoric, but Americans elected Trump to improve lives rather than make speeches.
It seemed like a normal Friday afternoon in the office. Then came the noise and commotion outside.
A bitter internal war within the NSW Police Force that has been going on at a low level is set to break out.
Premier Mike Baird ran a high-octane race to the very end of his time as leader.
Private experts are unlikely to give up the quest to find missing Flight MH370.
Former New York Post editor-in-chief Col Allan answers Inquirer’s questions about Donald Trump.
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