PM faces a rude awakening
The Coalition simply has not given voters enough to ensure their continued loyalty.
Opinion
Eco-warriors need civics lessons
Many teachers and lecturers see themselves as agents of change, not instructors.
Greenpeace denies fake co-founder
A former man living as a woman who became non-binary has admitted it was all a mistake.
Libs’ heart has been hollowed out
Our Left-leaning electorate is no longer spooked by Shorten’s policies.
Labor knows what raises wages
Bill Shorten should embrace the lessons of an earlier time.
Let students take on bullies
School strikes should be discouraged as a form of protest.
Shorten flouts economic basics
The whole idea of a living wage is a complete crock. And a higher minimum wage runs the risk that it leads to job losses elsewhere.
MP’s massage parlour backflip
A Liberal MP who visited a Tokyo brothel at taxpayers’ expense spoke out against massage parlours a few months earlier.
Leaders ‘never stop arguing’
The British Prime Minister’s inflexible nature makes her a pale imitation of great persuaders like Blair and Thatcher.
Nats need power boost from Libs
An anything-but-coal approach to energy will hurt Australia and harm the Coalition.
NDIA consultants’ gravy train
The scheme must be made affordable and transparent.
A dime-a-dozen kind of tale
Borce Ristevski’s plea deal again sends a sad message: the best option if you kill your partner is dump her body, lie, and let time and nature erase the evidence.
Cheat’s guide to Ivy League
Has there been a more exquisite snapshot of contemporary American privilege than the college admissions cheating scandal?
Air safety no laughing matter
As air travel concerns rise, comedy routines and Lego characters probably aren’t the best way of delivering safety briefings.
Sixteen reasons to be wary
Greens senator Jordon Steele-John wants the voting age lowered to 16. But don’t be fooled on the motivations behind his private member’s bill.
Rollercoaster ride gets wilder
The entire House of Commons now appears in revolt over Brexit, making for an even wilder ride tomorrow and in coming weeks.
Climate kids mere pawns
Children have become the latest weapon in the arsenal of activists to pressure politicians whose enthusiasm for Paris targets is waning.
Gladys sweats on voter epiphany
The Premier appears to be hoping that on polling day, electors won’t be able to bring themselves to go back to “bad old Labor”.
A judge with the right stuff
An American shock jock has found himself caught on the wrong side of a Twitter storm.
Get used to the new normal
Treasury keeps foreseeing a rosy economic future that just refuses to ever happen.
Libs lucky Shorten’s unpopular
Imagine how high Labor’s primary vote would be if it had a popular leader.
Crunch time for Brexit havoc
Mrs May’s opponents are yet to propose better alternatives.
A win for competition on loans
Borrowers need access to a wide range of mortgage options.
The battle over two Australias
Coalition can manage its differences but it won’t be easy.
Britannia in the laughing stocks
Politicians have led Britain into its worst crisis since the early days of World War II.
Corporate interests above safety
The US aviation sector appears to shamefully put money and corporate interests above safety with its decision not to ground the 737 Max 8 jet.
Divide poses national trauma risk
Barnaby Joyce is on familiar ground and his battle cry once again is ‘burn the boats’.
Where’s the old vex pistol?
As Kevin Rudd gives advice to other nations, he’s showing worrying signs that he’s softening.
Beware the wounded senior
Forty-eight per cent of federal seats have a median voter age of 50 years or older. So expect retirement and savings policies to be big factors in the election.
Time we took on little nobodies
The left-wing midgets pressurising Sky advertisers did not expect a backlash.
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