So far so good in Labor's Kristina Keneally gamble

• ANALYSIS

Alexander needs Turnbull and Turnbull, sure as hell, needs Alexander, if he is to hang on to his one-seat majority.

Keating steps up attack on Victorian assisted dying bill

Former Labor prime minister Paul Keating has stepped up his attack on Victorian Labor, slamming its move to legalise assisted dying.

Men of God hold no mortgage on the national soul

• COMMENT

Who knew that not discriminating against people would be so good for the soul?

Of marriage, football, ethnicity, and progress

• ANALYSIS

Wednesday November 15, 2017 was a good day for Australia. Even great. Two joyous things happened.

A win for justice and a win for Malcolm Turnbull

• ANALYSIS

This is a win for bigness of the heart. A win for justice. A win for courage. A win for modernity. A win for social cohesion. A win for same-sex couples and the entire LGBTI community. And, it's a faith-restoring win for Australian democracy. It is also, by virtue of that, a win for Malcolm Turnbull.

Paul Keating calls for a new big picture and this one's digital

Paul Keating has called for a return to soaring imagination in public policy development, saying the country was in danger of missing the turns and thus failing to capitalise on the huge opportunities of the global digital age.

Liberals face horror scenario as Labor rolls out another star candidate

• COMMENT

John Alexander must feel like the player returning from injury who draws Roger Federer in the first round.

The great betrayal: Coalition hardliners throw democracy overboard

• ANALYSIS

Having bombed in the public survey they so loudly demanded, Coalition reactionaries have hit upon a play that shows contempt for their leader and looms as the most brazen betrayal of voter sentiment in a century.

The neverending story of an election that could take out Malcolm Turnbull

• ANALYSIS

Technically, the Korean War is ongoing. Technically, the July 2, 2016 Australian election has become similarly open-ended.