Michaelia Cash and ‘white noise’
The post-Valentine’s presser by Senator Cash is starting to look like a troubling prediction.
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Partner’s gender might play a part
And who had forgotten that Michaelia Cash wasn’t minister for women any more?
ALP senator slays Jobs Minister
And was a long-running Nine Network business show really powered by Emmanomics?
Private parts and toilet talk
And Bill Shorten to scrap industrial laws written by infamous Liberal Julia Gillard.
McCormack’s misfiring mouth
He’s supposed to be Mr Boring, but Barnaby Joyce’s successor is just as controversial.
Our most mysterious politician
Never mind Mark or Michael McCormack. It’s Bridget McKenzie everybody wants …
Eight days is an eternity in optimism
We salute Michaelia Cash, who clung to the idea Barnaby Joyce was just a bit of ‘white noise’.
Muppets before miners on US trip
And Labor is still trying to push marriage equality as a wedge issue. Get over it, guys.
Kearney left in the cold on coal
And lefties claim to love the international system. Will they listen to calls to cut company tax?
Cormann’s calls go unanswered
And a sloppy Media Watch forces us to defend Emma Alberici, of all people.
Fairfax with company tax scoop
Meanwhile, both sides of politics come to terms with life under Malcolm Turnbull’s bonk ban.
Company tax proves hard for ABC
The fallout from Emma Alberici’s wayward economics analysis dogs her employer.
Barnaby issue escalated quickly
Before things all turned to custard, Michaelia Cash took a touchingly glass-half-full approach.
If union officials paid own fines
Meanwhile, the Barnaby smorgasbord features one news offering that’s been carelessly reheated.
A cautious welcome for Harris
Meanwhile, it’s toodle pip as the Royal Navy gets ready for a jaunt in the South China Sea.
Albo a team player or Albotross?
And what kind of match play would it be for Labor to run in a pack even further to the left?
Shorten struggles to save the workers
Meanwhile, the ABC applies Occam’s razor to explain Israel’s motives in Syria.
Barnaby is the real story
Welcome to another jolly water crisis, where it matters how you take the piss.
When life was simpler for Joyce
Even without the help of movie stars, the Barnaby saga shows no sign of losing steam.
Barnaby’s very private life
And Bob Katter wants his fellow MPs to keep their private matters away from their staff.
Labor’s power play short-circuits
The McKell Institute turns to a uni graduate and a musician to solve the power crisis.
Bernardi’s boy fights on
And Daniel Andrews promises he has decided against changing Anzac Day after all.
People are pining for Plibersek
Wayne Swan could be the next ALP president. Will he help Tanya get to the top?
Kearney’s ‘left’ boats stance
And Albo makes his pick for the party’s national president. Shorten won’t be happy.
Shorten puts extra value on seat
Perhaps we’re missing something but it’s quite a task working out the Labor leader’s arithmetic.
Turnbull’s early call on reform
And do the Liberals support a National Integrity Commission or not? Who really knows?
Shorten’s a Corbyn copycat
And someone should get Peter Greste a subscription to The Australian as a gift.
Family feud over foreign affairs
Ruling families seem to be in a bit of strife worldwide. Power is thicker than blood?
Greens’ war on war begins
And Elon Musk has another new toy on the market. No, it’s not another big battery …
Hillary, Julia to fight sexism
Will sodium soon join the Greens’ list of nasty, unhealthy things to tax out of existence?
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