Adios, Ms Rhiannon
Russia seems banged to rights over MH17, but ambassador Logvinov won’t have a bar of it.
Cutandpaste
Raise a glass to Ross Cameron
Even with all the clouds over the Kremlin leader, the former Liberal MP keeps a wide open mind.
The trouble with saying sorry
It’s a regrettable truth that the more politicians express regret, the less we accept their sincerity.
Conservatives refuse ABC invites
Julia Baird says The Drum does seek balance but is frustrated by refusals from the right.
Renewables vanquish fossil fuels
Unless, of course, it’s religious zeal, not rationality, that drives today’s energy policy.
Cost blowouts feature of NDIS
Consumer choice will not work if the disabled lack the know-how and capacity to choose well.
A soaring American sermon
Challenge the orthodoxy in Australia and get the sack; in China they’ll put you in jail for 11 years
Trying to get a word past Jones
Forget all other political challenges, there is no better proving ground than the 2GB studio.
Frustrations bubble over at $1bn ABC
Meanwhile, media reports of ‘peaceful’ Palestinian protests may have been too hopeful.
Bowen ignores Libs successes
The opposition Treasury spokesman doesn’t rate the last bloke who did deliver a surplus.
Rising tide of terror, intolerance
Indonesia may well be complacent but one of our own top experts missed the Islamist trend.
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.
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