Is the era of assassins over?
Australians may be dumbstruck to imagine a government that isn’t rocked by disloyalty.
Cutandpaste
PM has already polarised opinions
It’s not safe to become prime minister in a land down under, according to an ABC radio jock.
Malcolm’s mates miss big stories
No News Corp reporters meant no hard questions.
For Malcolm, if you are reading
Turnbull forgot, so let’s hope Morrison remembers it’s time to balance the books.
Uhlmann goes to war
The man formerly from Aunty gets his knickers in a twist after being scooped by News Corp.
PM’s problems fake news for Aunty
Every election is winnable with clear air but it’s a commodity often in short supply.
It’s not quite stability
Aunty and Fairfax agree that Westerners are the most violent people on the planet.
Alas poor Malcolm
Bye-Bye Ms Neo-Stalinist Pie but don’t worry, the struggle continues at Sydney Uni.
No NEG guarantee without advice
There was so much early promise, but NEG just could not live up to parental expectations.
Whitey is stricken with guilt
Students ask: what is a good communicator or creativity, but the reply won’t be Shakespeare.
Dad’s Army will save Brits
When is a gang not a gang? When it’s a collective of individuals who know each other.
Learning to spot anti-Semitism
Fraser Anning’s final solution attracted more condemnation than Shaoquett Moselmane.
Grad student bites back
Speech isn’t free on campus but at least it’s cheaper when you can get the fees waived.
Blaktivists enjoy free speech
Deplorable racism must be in the eye of the beholder if letter boxes are such a threat.
Dylan is not about a-changin’
Touring American songman Bob Dylan poses the key question on William Shakespeare.
Rudd lectures PM on China
There’s no doubt that Australia is deplorably racist and it’s all the fault of the white trash.
Inequality of billionaires in boats
While Andrew Leigh plays the blame game, Victorian cops cut crime by not arresting crooks.
Tax policy bad but verse is worse
Labor’s poet steals from poor Julia Gillard and sings solidarity with bloodstained Sandinistas.
Inconvenient truth about batteries
And Captain Cook was wrong to take over Australia so let’s go back to traditional law.
No limit for Aunty on neo-Nazis
Funny how there was no outrage when the ABC interviewed a far-right activist.
Greer no stranger to criticism
Writers festivals seem destined to travel with snobs and those afraid of conservatives.
They Day makes space
At least in Victoria, everyone can self-define, invent their pronoun and enforce respect.
Aunty puts up the blinkers
Turns out Australia is not the only country where politicians must wade into the doggy-do.
Trump’s tax cuts trickle down
Workers’ wages have increased under Trump, but Labor seems determined to look the other way.
Aunty can Faine indifference
Nothing wrong with a few kiddie-fiddler jokes, it seems, so long as you are a Trump hater too.
Too many toy trucks and tea sets
Odd how it seems to be OK to blame a white woman for the threat of male Muslim violence.
Shorten rode shotgun for banks
And Labor’s plan to confiscate franking credits is bad news for retirement income policy.
Pride before the fall of Fairfax
Perhaps Waleed Aly could share a joke about African gangs with the latest carjacking victim.
Shorten wades into poo-gate
American politicians need an urgent briefing on how to identify Sacha Baron Cohen.
Forced to write own racist slurs
Let’s hope that one day brown robots will be programmed to help out with this vital task.
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