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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 15: Cricket writer Gideon Haigh poses for a photo in Corrs Lane in the cbd on June 15, 2015 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Pat Scala/Fairfax Media) *** Local Caption *** Gideon Haigh

‘Like a toddler’: departed senior cricket writer lashes News Corp

Veteran writer and journalist Gideon Haigh, who parted ways with The Australian last month, gave a scathing description of his separation with the paper.

  • Kishor Napier-Raman and Simone Fox Koob

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Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

Dutton, Price want Indigenous spending audited

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said spending on Indigenous programs should be checked to ensure it was going to “the most deserving” people.

  • David Crowe and Paul Sakkal
ATSIC

Before the Voice: Political posturing and failed ambition

The Voice to Parliament is not a new idea. It’s been tried three times in the past 50 years, but without constitutional status, it could always be “wiped away at the stroke of the pen” by the government of the day.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A debate about the use of excess embryos for medical research dominated discussion in the Howard government in early 2002.

The ‘sneaky’ language that failed to stop medical research with embryos

A contentious argument within the Howard government over unused IVF embryos pitted conservatives and liberals against each other.

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Only an inquiry can restore our confidence in the Attorney-General

Age readers respond to calls for an inquiry into the allegations against Attorney General Christian Porter, Amanda Vanstone’s column on the justice system, Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah, privatisation in Victoria, and ministerial accountability.

Brittany Higgins (inset) claims she was sexually assaulted by a colleague in Defence Minister Linda Reynolds’ office at Parliament House in March 2019.

Vanstone’s ‘textbook’ bias taints defence of minister

Readers have reacted with anger and disappointment at Amanda Vanstone’s analysis of the Brittany Higgins rape allegation and its aftermath.

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The Indigenous flag.

What’s being commemorated can no longer be celebrated

January 26 will always be a problematic date for a national celebration because of the event it commemorates.

Scott Morrison

Now world can see through our hollow record on climate

Australia's lack of meaningful action of climate change is now being called out by the international community.

NSW Minister for Education and Early Childhood Learning Sarah Mitchell.

Phoney phonics 'war' fails to fathom learning truths

Educators need a range of tools and strategies - not just phonics - when teaching children how to read.

Josh Frydenberg says he is inspired by the tax cuts of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

Free market ideology puts economy ahead of society

The Morrison government is retreating to ideology when fresh thinking is required to find an economic path out of recession.

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