X marks too many spots
Populist Nick Xenophon bites off too much with too little.
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African adventures haunt Rio
Fraud charges against Rio Tinto flow from a coal debacle that rammed home the risks of operating in the third world.
Individuals to be reform target
Scott Morrison’s looming productivity reforms will be sold on their benefits to individuals, rather than to companies.
Islamic State on the run
The liberation overnight of Raqqa is a profound blow not only against Islamic State but against its toxic ideology.
Voters want guts, not Malcolm
The Prime Minister promised Howard-like conviction, but he hasn’t the ingredients.
The big issue with share bikes
It’s not yours, so what do you care about what happens to it? It’s little wonder share bikes are stuck up trees and lamp posts.
Powering the investment boom
Add power stability and cheaper energy to the infrastructure boom and you turn Australia’s outlook on its head.
Life still worth living
Voluntary euthanasia legislation sends the wrong message to the chronically ill and those responsible for their care.
O’Dwyer’s second choice for ASIC
And George Brandis needs a few elocution lessons before he’s finally sent to London.
Bid to cut bills will push up costs
The proposed emissions guarantee is the carbon tax you get when you ask a regulator to design one.
Turnbull’s fight continues
New energy policy defies all predictions and gives the government a real chance.
Vortex of colliding dead stars
The waves created by the collision of dead stars brings us to the latest episode of the Turnbull/Abbott show.
Scheme faces early test in polls
A clash with the states comes before any test for the Senate in the PM’s strategy to win back voter trust on energy.
The flaw in PM’s energy plan
Malcolm Turnbull wants everyone to believe he has turned the proverbial grit sandwich into a magic pudding on energy.
Costs down while lights stay on
Reliable supply plus emissions control sums up the National Energy Guarantee.
Inner circle needs to tell truth
Republicans are well aware it takes a tremendous amount of work to keep Donald Trump on the middle of the road.
Barbarians at the door
The cultural left now controls the academy and its long march has been ongoing for years.
What Nine didn’t tell Wilkinson
The truth is, Nine didn’t want Lisa Wilkinson to have wage equality with Karl Stefanovic. They couldn’t afford it.
PM wins battle, faces long war
Malcolm Turnbull has declared his hybrid energy plan has the potential to ‘end the climate change wars’.
The end of negative politics?
Malcolm Turnbull’s plan is promising but faces a perilous path.
UN human rights reform vital
Australia should bring balance and credibility to the agency.
A NEG is as good as it gets
Thank god the Clean Energy Target is gone; it was just another vehicle subsidising the intermittent renewable sector.
How things have changed
The Australian economy is no longer the world-beater it was in the years following the global financial crisis.
Economic lessons lost on us all
This month marks the end of the slow, tragic and extremely painful death of the Australian car industry.
Turnbull needs win on energy
The Coalition is in a dire position in the polls and struggling to cut rising power prices. It desperately needs a win.
Victoria sleep walks to euthanasia
Anyone who thinks Victorian Labor will stop at suicide for 150 people a year is utterly deluded.
ASIC boss has key credentials
James Shipton may not have been the first choice to head the corporate regulator, but he is a credible pick.
Energy repairs we need to make
As we debate what to do with power, there are four aspects of the crisis that will be buried in political correctness.
Trump right to pressure Iran
Tehran’s support for terrorism and Assad is deplorable.
Abetz v sex
The Tasmanian senator gets hot and heavy over the ABC’s Snapchat guide to better sex.
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