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Populist election rhetoric is designed to deceive us
Ethics and integrity will go by the wayside in Dutton’s lust after power.
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Dutton’s desire for Kirribilli House exposes his double standards
Reader Bill Brown asks how a potential prime minister, whose mission is to cut public service expenditure, could justify moving into Kirribilli House rather than The Lodge in Canberra, just a stone’s throw from Parliament House.
Dutton’s ‘multicultural champion’ image is a cynical election ploy
Eating yum cha and visiting a mosque is not enough to win over the migrant voters he once scorned, a reader writes
A hung parliament is just what our stagnant political system needs
Whenever any idea that’s even slightly transformational is proposed, it’s met with a massive scare campaign, writes Graham Meale.
Tap on to get true patronage
The Sun-Herald reports that traffic on the Parramatta Light Rail is below projections
Voters hoped for something meaningful, all they got was a bag of sweets
Rosslyn Jeffrey wonders why people get so excited over fuel discounts and taxes, rather than a lack of useful plans.
Voters deserve more than lightweight policy promises
Both major parties are simply spending to win votes but have no real fixes planned, writes Mark Nugent.
Modern Labor is losing the battle of ideas
Whatever their faults, former PMs Turnbull, Abbott and Keating were all driven to change things.
Shocking security bungle proves the US can no longer be trusted
We need America out of the Five Eyes alliance now before they cause us serious harm, and then to realign our security arrangements with Europe, writes Bruce Hyland.
Independents have one main priority – their constituents
The teals have consistently shown they consider every policy tabled in parliament on merit, free from party control and influence, a reader writes.
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