Rising tide of terror, intolerance
Indonesia may well be complacent but one of our own top experts missed the Islamist trend.
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Drag race is too close to call
Meanwhile, the PC tribe wants to resurrect sumptuary rules for the Eurovision songfest.
Hanson risks becoming risible
Elsewhere, down on the hobby farm, there are people with earthier tastes and ambitions.
The rot sets in for Shorten
It seems the Coalition has settled on a fairly basic message about the federal Labor leader.
No ABC to kick around any more
But maybe there’s a filament of hope when Media Watch holds its employer to account.
Labor’s the one for heavy vetting
Meanwhile, expect Trump to ratchet up the pressure on the nuclear mullahs in Tehran.
Golden budget will save us, right?
And in other news, sexism has insinuated itself into every crevice of our benighted culture.
Tax take limit a kind of heresy
Meanwhile, our national broadcaster poses as Mr Joyboy, bringing light where there is gloom.
US leaders put sex into headlines
American comedian Michelle Wolf thinks the Washington press corps is in love with Trump.
Separating Marx from the horrors
It’s hard, but as it’s the 200th birthday of the co-father of communism, someone had to give it a crack.
Kids first, country second
Being a WA MP with kids is hard? Try 12 kids in Tasmania … while you’re prime minister.
French leader takes dig at PM
The French President seems to really love telling off his foreign counterparts.
Cricket conspiracies on ABC radio
And how much Gonski funding is going towards corporate gobbledygook classes?
Femmos don’t spare Sarah Sanders
And Michelle Guthrie used to understand commercial struggles. What happened?
Fairfax fact-checkers go into battle
Did historian Jonathan King get a single thing right in his story about Villers-Bretonneux?
Calling bluff on Trump pessimists
As history is made on the Korean peninsula, it looks like a case of apocalypse postponed.
No room for leftie Libs: Sukkar
The assistant minister says there are no socialists in his party. So he’s sure of that, is he?
Muppet Brigade out in force
Are Catherine Deveny and Michael Leunig really so cut off from ordinary Aussies?
Plibersek passes buck on Medich
Mention of Ron Medich’s money has Labor ducking for cover.
Rainbows good, skulls bad?
And Kevin Rudd says Turnbull is too tough on China. Has he forgiven it for Copenhagen?
O’Dwyer’s trainwreck interview
Why can’t Kelly O’Dwyer say she was wrong to oppose the royal commission?
Commission impossible
One bonus of the bank investigation has been the masterful displays of political contortionism.
Doubting O’Dwyer embraces BRC
And Tony Abbott comes out swinging against those who say Safe Schools is his fault.
Sobbing for sheep
And Tony Abbott tries to say Safe Schools isn’t his fault. Not so fast there.
Bob Carr’s Palestine party crashed
The former foreign minister wasn’t pleased at all when he heard about his warm-up act.
One of many Beattie apologies
For the former Queensland premier, sorry doesn’t seem to be the hardest word.
Ghost of Trumpism Past
The Republican leader certainly isn’t a foreign policy isolationist anymore.
Bad racists vs useful racists
But if all that seems a bit grim, follow one minister’s lead and be cheered by Tony Abbott.
Shorten’s sassy swipe at AMA
And a Labor frontbencher says the ALP isn’t divided on the boats. Yes, he’s serious.
Oz ‘untrue’ scoop confirmed
And why can’t Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese just say ‘I back Bill Shorten’?
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