Petra Rees

MARK Latham’s sudden switch from chief taunter to staunch defender of Julia Gillard, in the second half of 2012, was remarkable.

Chris Kenny and COMMENT

A FULL team of 60 international investigators — including 38 Australian Federal Police — has successfully reached the Malaysia Airlines crash site.

PAUL TOOHEY in DONETSK

MARK Latham has been caught out over denials he was part of a defensive media strategy to try to keep former PM Julia Gillard in her job.

A YOUNG Australian soldier fired the first shot in WWI, from Port Phillip Bay.

WHEN are we going to be relieved of the misery of having the minerals resource rent tax on the books?

Judith Sloan and comment

THE future was not so much bright, as black and white, at David Jones’s spring/summer season launch last night.

GLYNIS TRAILL-NASH

KOSTYA Tszyu was a professional face-breaker, but in the pro-Russian rebel strongholds of eastern Ukraine he’s an icebreaker.

PAUL TOOHEY in DONETSK

A SPEECH by former PM Andrew Fisher in July 1914 signalled that Australia would soon be at war.

AUTHORITIES identifying the victims of MH17 say it is still too early to know how many have been recovered.

CINDY WOCKNER in AMSTERDAM

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin is being increasingly isolated on three fronts in the latest political developments over the downing of MH17.

JACQUELIN MAGNAY in AMSTERDAM