Enter the era of Jacindamania
Nobody expected this, and now everyone is asking: what can we expect from this startling new era of Jacindamania?
Opinion
Bill’s bipartisan bombast
And a primary school in the US deep south could make Donald Trump very, very angry.
Vague modelling has run its course
Labor’s refusal to reveal what its energy policy will do to retail energy bills is a major liability for Bill Shorten.
Polish your manners, Julie
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is going to have to be “super polite” to anointed NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern.
Xi speech claimed world power
Xi Jinping gave his 3½-hour congress speech in an even and pleasant tone. But the message was thoroughly combative.
Vanilla poll’s bitter aftertaste
Trust the Kiwis. The thought of perhaps 10 years of good government was ultimately unbearable for them.
Policy headed in right direction
A lack of detail is worrying but the National Energy Guarantee is a welcome improvement on past electricity policy.
Guarantee talks will test PM
Turnbull has given himself an edge on energy but Shorten will exploit any slips.
Lost ditch effort
A new iron curtain has descended across the Tasman now that Jacinda Ardern is NZ PM-elect.
Decision would change the nation
Allowing assisted suicide opens the way to euthanasia creep.
NZ Labour’s Pyrrhic victory
Important economic gains of recent years are in jeopardy.
Lateness becomes an Abbott
Tony Abbott yesterday made a fashionably late entry into question time.
Euthanasia fails doctors’ code
Well-meaning MPs would do more good by improving end-of-life care.
‘I want to die on my terms’
If my condition gets intolerable, I would like to be able to pick my time of departure.
Who’s doing the pontificating?
We live in strange days when a non-Christian feminist invokes a papal encyclical to warn of climate change.
MPs shocked by energy threat
At last, government politicians understand why Australia faces a long term blackout power crisis.
Shorten turns ‘blind eye’ to unions
Union bosses frequently rail against the “big end of town”. In truth, they are the big end of town.
Plastic bags off the shelf
And the left’s golden boy Trudeau is in deep trouble over a religiously insensitive tweet.
Xenophon’s popularity faces test
The initial excitement of Nick Xenophon’s tilt at South Australian politics might wane with some campaign scrutiny.
Can the Coalition sell policy?
Bill Shorten should be under real pressure from Malcolm Turnbull’s new energy plan but is not.
China doesn’t value human rights
The depressing truth is that a ruthless Xi Jinping no longer even pretends to care.
Hooked on debt, banking on hope
We should be prepared for a financial crisis in Australia’s largest trading partner.
Just a journo
The Treasurer may have other views, but our economics editor knows a thing or two.
History students deserve better
Significant events, fundamental to the nation, are not taught.
X marks too many spots
Populist Nick Xenophon bites off too much with too little.
Destructive force for Sunnis
The terrible fate of Raqqa illustrates with brutal clarity the barrenness of the Islamist ideology.
Review you have without a review
The review into costs of the National Disability Insurance Scheme falls short in one key area.
Battles to fill ISIS vacuum
As Islamic State’s territory disappeared, the Middle East’s focus switched to different conflicts.
Shorten thrives with Abbott help
The former prime minister’s quest for revenge is clearing Bill Shorten’s path to the Lodge.
Setting a Katter among pigeons
Those wishing for a bit of biffo in parliament, almost had their wishes granted by the Speaker yesterday.
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