Robert Manne is emeritus professor of politics and vice-chancellor’s fellow at La Trobe University. His most recent books are The Mind of the Islamic State and On Borrowed Time.
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A fuller story of relations between the Russian government and the Trump campaign is only now coming to light
Trump and Russia: a guide for the bewildered
Roger Franklin’s comments on bombing the ABC Ultimo studio reflect a much deeper problem
The standards that ‘Quadrant’ seeks to uphold
Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey will jeopardise any future investigation
Once upon a time in America
The asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru cannot wait for a medium-term solution
An urgently needed compromise
An open letter to the supporters and opponents of the Nauru and Manus Island asylum seekers
It’s time to rethink asylum-seeker policy
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Dabiq and the Islamic State massacres
Despite Canberra group-think, there is no longer any plausible reason to keep asylum seekers in detention
Yes, Virginia, there is a solution to Australia’s asylum-seeker problem
The Australian’s campaign against Gillian Triggs is another in a long line of crude culture-war offensives
The national broadside
The climate-science champion of 2010 has morphed into the fossil-fuel supporter of 2016
Malcolm Turnbull: A brief lament
The government’s new legislation is an opportunity for Labor to end 15 years of bipartisan cruelty to asylum seekers
It’s time
Thornton McCamish’s ‘Our Man Elsewhere: In search of Alan Moorehead’ is an antidote to forgetfulness
Born in Australia