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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

This referendum folly is as mad an idea as I have heard in years. Dutton must rule it out

The last thing Australians want is the distraction of yet another ideologically inspired constitutional referendum.

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Brandis may be right, but let’s not kid ourselves about Trump

Readers respond to George Brandis over the mistakes that led to the rise of Trump, and to Amelia Hamer’s valuable endorsement.

PM Anthony Albanese

Brandis’ reminder of previous pathetic governments

George Brandis had the gall to denounce Whitlam’s cabinet as “old dinosaurs and clueless eccentrics” but what of those who hid behind Scott Morrison, a reader writes.

Is Albo destined to be a one-term PM?

What is the legacy of the first (and perhaps only) term of the Albanese government? The loss of the Voice seems to have frozen his appetite for reform.

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John Howard (centre) understood the need for a Liberal “broad church”. Departing, departed and sidelined liberals of the party: Simon Birmingham and Paul Fletcher (left); Julie Bishop, Christopher Pyne and Julian Leeser.

Liberals’ ‘broad church’ has become a pervasive sect

Behind the Liberal banner, reasonableness has been steadily squeezed out and, with supreme irony, the breadth of its ranks has been shrivelled to exclude moderation, pragmatism, compromise and tolerance.

Paul Fletcher MP

If the Libs offered more pros, there might be no ‘con job’

I voted for Nicolette Boele in the last federal election not because Paul Fletcher was part of one of the worst governments ever inflicted upon this country, but apparently because I am such a stupid woman I had no idea what I was doing.

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Will the US choose a man serving his own ego? The world awaits

Readers react to George Brandis’ views on Donald Trump, and the PM’s plan to cut HECS debts.

 
Australian Israeli Geoffrey “Danny” Majzner in front of his sister Galit Carbone’s home where she was killed by Hamas during the October 7 attack.

Moving pictures tell heartbreaking story

One day, across a field pockmarked with bomb craters, two parties might walk towards each other in tears and embrace, remembering all those lost on both sides in a stupid, pointless, unwinnable war. I wait for that day.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong.

Wong pulls out of October 7, Jewish community event in Melbourne

Despite a record of failure, the former British prime minister is a hit with some of our local politicians.

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George Brandis

We should be so proud of our voting system

As a former resident of the US, I can attest to the differences between the two nations. For starters, even in the hotly contested 2020 US presidential election, 33 per cent of the voters abstained from voting. Even worse, the crazy electoral system in the US enabled the popular vote loser to become president in two of the last six presidential elections (George W. Bush in 2000 and Donald Trump in 2016).

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