Tipping points
The valedictory speech from Greens senator Lee Rhiannon was always going to blaze a fresh trail for Parliament House.
Strewth
Notes for Naipaul
Much has been said about VS Naipaul since his death yesterday, but there is one lesser-known fact that is a real diamond.
Hanging the Queen
Anyone wondering why they can’t get through to their local MP? It might have something to do with an article about the Queen.
Trigger warning
Via the ragged channels of Twitter yesterday, Liberal MP Ian Goodenough reinstilled Strewth’s thoughts on democracy.
Spies like them
One of the smaller spin-offs of the banking royal commission was the conversation Scott Morrison got to have on 3AW.
The Reich stuff
Sky News’s ill-fated chat with an Adolf Hitler fan opens the door to exciting programming ideas.
Dodging coral
The Emma Husar scandal continues to inspire poetry from Labor’s best.
In the trenches
Asked about Emma Husar, one Labor figure responded with a hybrid of poetic lyricism and grim reality.
United by Mal
In the Alan Jones universe, is there any unifying force more powerful than Malcolm Turnbull?
‘Jack Whelan’ steals the show
A greyhound called Jack Whelan has won the hearts and minds of those following the Emma Husar saga.
Let’s go Sharkie
Bob Katter has marked Rebekha Sharkie’s triumph with the sort of blunt poetry for which we’d been crossing our fingers
The day after
The wait for Malcolm Turnbull to emerge was a bit longer than it was on election night in 2016 but it was worth it.
Unions united
Having made his brief salute to the beauty of free speech, Pyne chuffed, and possibly stunned the MEAA with a call for solidarity.
The shipping news
Bill Shorten was invited to contemplate the importance of Pauline Hanson trading the final week of a by-election for an Irish cruise.
All that Albo jazz
Every Anthony Albanese interview has amounted to a room in which everyone is crowded alongside the world’s most thinly veiled elephant.
Popping a cap, Trump-style
The US President threatens Iran with a capital offence.
Seeking Susan
The Queensland seat of Longman has been a bit of a memory Bermuda Triangle for Bill Shorten.
Eric aids and abets
GetUp! donors have been getting shock emails from that dark lord of the Liberal Right, Eric Abetz.
Wild Swan
Wayne Swan has compared himself to Marlon Brando.
Spies and scones
Kevin Rudd has revealed one of the darkest secrets of the Australian deep state.
Fishing frenzy
Bill Shorten was, quite literally, fishing for votes in Tasmania yesterday after getting some advice from an old mate.
Shorten’s dog days
Bill Shorten appears to have a tough time getting his bulldog to support his AFL team.
Sirens’ call
Hats off to Bill Shorten and Susan Lamb for being brave enough to be photographed in an ambulance. With a paramedic.
Niggle and cahoot
‘Don’t believe Labor’s lies,’ Pauline Hanson tweeted, sounding momentarily like a Malcolm Turnbull tribute act.
Mark, get set, go!
There’s probably nothing quite as poisonous in politics as the vitriol some reserve for their own colleagues — past and present.
The lie of the land
Malcolm Turnbull has been dropping hints as to how he feels about his opponents (outside his own party at least).
Buzzers and fibbers
Turnbull’s speech to the LNP conference included everything from hand-feeding drought-affected bees to thoughts on Labor.
Katter wrote a prawno
The closest we come in this country to someone being torn to pieces by a crocodile is Bob Katter in a bad mood.
Charging in
As ABC News 24 dutifully broadcast Malcolm Turnbull’s press conference, a reader was thrown by the captions.
Choosing words
David Leyonhjelm appears to be achieving the double whammy of bolstering his support base and that of Sarah Hanson-Young.
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