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Joh Bjelke-Petersen

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Liberal leader Sussan Ley and David Littleproud of the Nationals.

The battle for the soul of conservative Australia may have just begun

If the existing split in the Coalition moves beyond a difference about policy, the self-destructive consequences will be devastating.

  • George Brandis

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Mooning at the Sunshine State

It was Joh first and daylight second.

Donald Trump and Joh Bjelke-Petersen. Trump has transformed conservative politics in the USA in a way that has echoes of Joh’s 19-year premiership of Queensland, 1968-1987.

Cult Brisbane author says Queensland did Trumpism first

A classic book about Brisbane music and politics has turned 20, and its author says he didn’t realise how prescient it would be.

  • Nick Dent
Lunch with Kate Miller-Heidke at Woodford Folk Festival.

Kate Miller-Heidke says her singing is like ‘a yodelling ambulance or Enya on meth’

On stage, Kate Miller-Heidke’s self-deprecating sense of humour is clear – the audience laughs at her jokes about the high register of her voice.

  • Helen Pitt
Wallabies captain Eddie Jones and players

Wallabies will bounce back, like all good teams do

Australia’s two-time rugby union world champions may just be naturally bottoming through the peak-trough cycle that all sports teams endure.

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Fractured fare tale

Scratch the chopstick debate.

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Chemical imbalance on the Côte d’Azur

And payola in the Pacific.

Former NSW director of public prosecutions Nicholas Cowdery, QC.

A life dedicated to the law and justice, without fear or favour

Nicholas Cowdery, QC, the longest-serving director of public prosecutions in Australian history, spent the best part of two decades up close to some of the nation’s most complex legal cases.

  • Peter FitzSimons
Australia is one of only a few OECD countries without a death duty.

Why experts think a death tax should be reintroduced

A death duty is politically unpopular, but Australia is one of only a handful of developed countries without one. As inequality rises, the case for a death tax is growing.

  • Shane Wright and Jennifer Duke

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