Captain Turnbull needs to switch off the auto-pilot

• COMMENT

A double dissolution election could solve the Prime Minister’s problems in one go.

Middle class bickers over negative gearing while thousands of kids go homeless

While the country debates every detail of changes to property taxes 44,000 young people and children have no home to go to at all.

'Opportunity' can't hide failure of first cabinet

• ANALYSIS

By definition, the biggest question posed by Malcolm Turnbull's emergency election-year reshuffle cannot be answered yet.

Turnbull struggles to embrace change

The PM's backdown on the GST at the first whiff of grapeshot has punctured overblown expectations.

GST: political hot potato chips away unity

An unpopular policy could deal a blow to the goodwill that Malcolm Turnbull's government has so far enjoyed.

Who would lead Labor against a rampant Turnbull?

Contenders for Bill Shorten's job as Opposition Leader may be dissuaded by the air of looming defeat.

Turnbull will resist poll temptation

An early election would carry the risk of being perceived by voters as opportunistic and a breach of faith.

Politics, climate, Islam, and the credibility gap

The secret to success is sincerity - once you can fake that, you've got it made, quipped the French diplomat and writer, Jean Giraudoux . For politicians, the daily quest to convey conviction is hardly aided by their tendency to shift ground when it suits without even acknowledging they've done so.

PM's Abbott problem simply won't go away

Tony Abbott is causing waves and Turnbull will have to work out whether to ignore him, embrace him, or perhaps even induce him to leave.

PM holds firm on Syria while Abbott snipes

The proxy wars being fought by regional and global powers have a domestic component.