There are reasons to be cheerful
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It was people power rather than politicians that made 2017 unexpectedly uplifting
It was people power rather than politicians that made 2017 unexpectedly uplifting
The universities are not self-evidently entitled to as much taxpayers' subsidy as they want just because they think they do a worthy job.
The trade union movement runs a system of power and patronage that owns Australia's main centre-left political party.
The party of the bush and the farmer should be making the most of a rural recovery, not brawling over cabinet places
Shadow finance spokesman Jim Chalmers slams "trickle down economics" but lacks any plan for growth.
The government's mid-year economic and fiscal update confirms that Australia is riding the luck of a better-than-expected global upswing.
As our former modest farmer, the late Bert Kelly, might have said, it hardly warrants rural protectionism or a banking royal commission.
Labor has been stranded with policies that will actually reduce workers' income while relying on populist redistribution.
Any risk that Bennelong is seen as Beijing's election will be very damaging for both countries.
The almost unprecedented part of Alan Joyce's leadership has been in the controversial social issue of marriage equality.
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