Malcolm Turnbull
Justin Hemmes takes over Sydney’s most exclusive sports club
The Merivale magnate has skipped the $20,000 membership fee and set up shop inside the exclusive Sporting Club of Sydney.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook
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Trump's White House
Trump 2.0: What four more years mean for Australia and the world
In the first of a five-part series, international editor Peter Hartcher examines why Donald Trump is more inclined to like a US enemy than a friend if he wins a second term as president.
- by Peter Hartcher
Defence conference brings Labor’s old enemies together again
Old foes from Labor’s internal power struggles Kevin Rudd and Stephen Smith will join former PM Malcolm Turnbull at defence think tank’s conference next month.
- by Kishor Napier-Raman and Noel Towell
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CBD
Upstart writers festival aiming to take Melbourne’s mantle
This week’s Melbourne Writers Festival will hope to capture the same success as the Sorrento Writers Festival held last month.
- by Stephen Brook
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Domestic violence
PM to attend rally, vows to unite governments against domestic violence
The federal Coalition joined several premiers, including Victoria’s, in demanding urgent national cabinet attention on the number of women being killed by men.
- by Paul Sakkal, Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
Opinion
Energy
Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet
Australia can bid for solar cell factories, but if we lack the power to run them, the hope is forlorn.
- by Peter Hartcher
Editorial
Crime
Alice Springs cannot be allowed to remain in a cycle of despair
The imposition of a two-week youth curfew in Alice Springs following an outbreak of violence has again exposed Australia’s dark heart ruined by the poverty of dispossession.
- The Herald's View
‘The scheme has failed’: Landmark foreign interference laws set for overhaul
An influential parliamentary committee has found the laws, introduced amid concern about Chinese foreign influence, have major flaws and need to be reformed.
- by Matthew Knott
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Political leadership
Former PMs racked up $1.6 million in expenses. We’re picking up the tab
Our former prime ministers are entitled to taxpayer-funded air travel, an office and staff, as well as ground travel – and it’s costing taxpayers a pretty penny.
- by Olivia Ireland and James Massola
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