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Unholy trinity suffers a setback. Image of Roman Quaedvlieg and Peter Dutton

Unholy trinity suffers a setback

The sacking of Roman Quaedvlieg is only a minor impediment to Dutton’s plan
Mungo MacCallum
The PM faces failing his own Newspoll test. Image of Malcolm Turnbull

The PM faces failing his own Newspoll test

What next if Malcolm Turnbull loses 30 successive polls?
Mungo MacCallum

Pokies industry wins in Tasmania

Gaming is the next corporate interest to govern in the state
Mungo MacCallum
The Monthly Essays

How politics works in Australia, and how to fix it

An insider’s guide to government
Scott Ludlam

Labor has the most to lose in the Batman by-election

Ged Kearney might be the right candidate in the wrong battle
Mungo MacCallum

Oh the hypocrisy

Last week abounds in examples of double standards
Mungo MacCallum

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  1. Unholy trinity suffers a setback
    The sacking of Roman Quaedvlieg is only a minor impediment to Dutton’s plan
    Mungo MacCallum
    Unholy trinity suffers a setback. Image of Roman Quaedvlieg and Peter Dutton

Federal Politics

What’s not to like about a federal integrity commission?

Punters may be disappointed by what it uncovers
Mungo MacCallum
Comment

Decoding the dual-citizenship crisis

Australia’s founders would be shocked at today’s interpretation of the Constitution
James Boyce
Dutton’s dark victory. Image of Peter Dutton
The Monthly Essays

Dutton’s dark victory

The minister, Pezzullo and the demise of Immigration
James Button

This Time

Australia’s republican past and future: a Benjamin T. Jones book extract
Benjamin T. Jones

Bennelong’s greatest hits

John Alexander’s victory has instilled Malcolm Turnbull with some fighting spirit
Mungo MacCallum

Fire man Sam

Dastyari’s China-related missteps have been a gift for Turnbull – one that the PM hopes will keep on giving
Mungo MacCallum

Nats in the ranks

Turnbull may have an ally in Barnaby Joyce, but the Nationals are a broad church.
Mungo MacCallum
Comment

We are all diminished

Australian politics is full of contradictions, double standards and gaping voids
Don Watson

The Bishop? In the cabinet room?

Staunching a leak will do little to allay the federal government’s troubles
Mungo MacCallum


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International Politics

Without America: Australia in the New Asia
Making sense of a new reality and the return of power politics – a Quarterly Essay extract
Hugh White
The new era. Image of poster in Beijing of President Xi Jinping
The Monthly Essays
The new era
Ready or not, China is here
Linda Jaivin
Trump and Russia: a guide for the bewildered
A fuller story of relations between the Russian government and the Trump campaign is only now coming to light
Robert Manne
The handshake. Illustration
Comment
The handshake
Could Donald Trump finally force Australia to critically examine its feudal obligations to the US?
Don Watson


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Issues & Policies

The Nation Reviewed
Take the cake
One baker’s verdict on the marriage survey result
Helen Sullivan
Do we really need an honours system?. Source © Commonwealth of Australia 2016
Do we really need an honours system?
Australia Day honours are at odds with our democratic ideals
Mungo MacCallum
Betrayal. Image of Noel Pearson
The Monthly Essays
Betrayal
The Turnbull government has burned the bridge of bipartisanship
Noel Pearson
When the politics got personal. Image of Gillian Triggs
The Monthly Essays
When the politics got personal
Gillian Triggs’ culture shock
Margaret Simons


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