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Political Sketch
Political leadership
The best of the worst of Bill Shorten’s zingers
Comedian Shaun Micallef, who benefitted from the former Labor leader’s one-liners more than anyone, said “I owe him a great debt.”
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Opinion
Lidia Thorpe
Lidia Thorpe’s gammin was Charles Dickens’ gammon. Really, no porkies
Gammin is used by Indigenous Australians to describe fakery. The word, also written as gammon, was used in the same way by Charles Dickens.
- by Tony Wright
Analysis
Russia
Bugged, bombed and burned: The Russian embassy’s turbulent times
The Russian embassy in Canberra has never offered comfort. But the Soviets refused to move in the 1970s. Now the Russians have to stay put.
- by Tony Wright
Wong in full flight on housing attack as Labor, Greens scramble for moral high ground
The foreign minister disposed of the diplomatic gloves as she lashed Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather over his party’s blocking of the government’s signature housing bill.
- by Lisa Visentin
Miserable fate awaits flag that battled worst Canberra could deliver
Australia’s bravest flag, ripped by the elements and failed by a mechanical contraption, faces being cut into small pieces and dumped in the garbage.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Scott Morrison
Rift? What rift? Morrison and Hawke put their bromance on display
When the clocks struck 2pm in Parliament House on Tuesday, Scott Morrison and Alex Hawke knew all eyes would be trained on them.
- by Matthew Knott
Opinion
RBA
No really, Dr Lowe, we don’t need more of your advice just now
The Reserve Bank governor says he’s sorry we listened to him and took his advice. We’d prefer to listen to his resignation speech.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
David Hurley
The governor-general receives a call from the Palace
The monarch offers the current governor-general a lesson in handling unusual prime ministers.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Scott Morrison
Captain Morrison refuses to walk the plank
The hour-long affair was a tour de force of Morrisonisms, as if the former prime minister felt compelled to trot out his greatest hits.
- by Michael Koziol
Opinion
Morrison portfolio saga
President ScoMo gets loose in the studio
Morrison reveals he didn’t stop at creating a secret cabinet. He made himself “president”. For life. A sketch.
- by Tony Wright
Opinion
Opinion
The Morrison cabinet meets itself coming the other way
A leaked transcript of a Morrison cabinet meeting demonstrates that Scott Morrison was a man for all seasons... and all ministries.
- by Tony Wright
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