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Johannes Leak cartoon for Commentary Page 03-04-2023 Version: Commentary Cartoon (1024x768 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added) COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications. Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

Why Aston crash is no ‘existential crisis’ for the Libs

There are dangers in writing liberalism’s obituary. If politics is ultimately determined by living standards, then the Lib’s prospects remain strong.

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The Indigenous seaside community of Yarrabah thanked the South Sydney Rabbitohs for their support by unfurling a banner on the halfway line in the pre season NRL game between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the North Queensland Cowboys, held at Barlow Park, Cairns. Picture: Brendan Radke

A sporting chance the voice becomes a wedge in society

The PM wants to recruit the country’s most important sporting codes to support the Indigenous voice. If he succeeds, Australian sport risks being poisoned.

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AUST. NEWS: Former ambassador and DFAT head Richard Woolcott at his Canberra home. 8/8/04. picture: ray strange

Ultimate diplomat trusted by both sides

Richard Woolcott imparted his wisdom to seven prime ministers and 12 ministers for foreign affairs in an unparalleled career.

Alan Howe and Tom Switzer

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 09: The Australian national flag and the Aboriginal flag are seen at half mast on Sydney Harbour Bridge as a sign of respect for the passing of Queen Elizabeth II on September 09, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland aged 96 on September 8, 2022, and is survived by her four children, Charles, Prince of Wales, Anne, Princess Royal, Andrew, Duke Of York and Edward, Duke of Wessex. Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on 21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and acceded the throne of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of her Father, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II was the United Kingdom's longest-serving monarch. (Photo by James D. Morgan/Getty Images)

A time for respect, not playing bitter politics of shame

For those Australians who look at the country our forebears have created, and feel disgust and the need to attack, the plight of remote Indigenous communities is rarely on their agenda.

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TOPSHOT - This handout photograph released by Ukrainian State Emergency Service on May, 8, 2022, show Ukrainian firefighters putting out a fire after Russian missiles hit a school in eastern Ukraine's Lugansk region on May, 7, 2022. - Sixty civilians died in the bombing of a school in eastern Ukraine's Lugansk region this weekend, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May, 8, 2022.

Self-inflicted challenges hit the West on four fronts

As 2022 draws to a close, consider the biggest threats to our way of life: the woke movement, runaway government spending, the belief people are helpless without the state and democratic division in the face of an ascendant China.

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TOPSHOT - US President Joe Biden (C) poses for a selfie with supporters during a rally for Democratic candidates, including New York Governor Kathy Hochul, at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, on November 6, 2022. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)

Partisan games stir up the divided states of America

Why has Joe Biden’s presidency imploded just two years after his win over Donald Trump? Blame the Democrats’ lurch to the left.

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Dark times ahead as Australia faces crisis on crisis

The four Cs – Covid anxiety, cancel culture, climate hysteria, China’s bullying – have well and truly put an end to the golden age Australia enjoyed for decades.

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(FILES) In this file photo former US Secretary of State Colin Powell listens during a ceremony to break ground on the US Diplomacy Center at the US State Department in Washington, DC, September 3, 2014. - Colin Powell, who served as America's top military officer and top diplomat under Republican presidents, said June 7, 2020 he will vote for Democrat Joe Biden, accusing Donald Trump of drifting from the US constitution. In a scathing indictment of Trump on CNN, Powell denounced the US president as a danger to democracy whose lies and insults have diminished America in the eyes of the world. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

Powell a great soldier-statesman and also a realist

We live in an age where political leaders are increasingly shallow and self-serving. Indeed, they are pygmies in comparison with Powell.

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Redefined US role not a signal of retreat

Redefined US role not a signal of retreat

The temptation is to blame Biden or Trump. In fact, blame lies primarily with George W. Bush and his belief the US could impose its will across the globe.

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Postponing day of reckoning would not change a thing

Postponing day of reckoning would not change a thing

It was inevitable that this day of humiliation would come. More Western blood and treasure would not have ensured the Afghan army victory over the Taliban.

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