Swept up in the heat of a moment
On border protection, Morrison is unassailable, but the fact neither party can talk sense to naive schoolkids is an indictment.
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Corporations see trillions adding up on global action
As miners worry about their jobs, delegates at Katowice are warmed by diesel generators.
Wasteful focus on climate change draws precious resources best used elsewhere
Remedying the technology deficit needs to take precedence over failed efforts to cut carbon emissions.
Deadlock on religious freedom is a shambles Deadlock over religious freedom issue a shambles
The blame game over religious freedoms exposes the paralysis and poison in our politics. The situation is a shambles.
X marks the start of informer probe
She cruelled a promising legal career while serving up her own clients on a plate to police. The actions of Lawyer X are still being felt.
May’s mess trumps rest of West’s woes
Faced with action on climate and lower petrol prices, French rioters chose the cheaper fuel in a heartbeat. And the government caved in.
Indigenous uplift begins in class: here’s how Canberra can help
An ex-PM has just one unique trait, and that’s a very big megaphone, and I will continue to use it to see this done.
New leadership rules prone to unintended consequences
Too little attention was paid when Liberals changed the leadership spill rules. The irony is it happened on ScoMo’s watch.
Shorten’s on a roll but wise enough to steer clear of hubris Shorten’s on a roll but wise enough to avoid hubris
The final parliamentary sitting for the year showed that nothing should be taken for granted.
Today’s leaders can learn much from Churchill’s statecraft
The latest biography of British wartime prime minister Winston Churchill is a tour de force filled with fresh insights.
Something revolting about young eco-truants
I mostly felt sorry for the young eco-truants who wagged school to take to the streets and demand action on climate change.
Fighting back at last
There’s a glimmer of hope for the Coalition as the parliamentary year ends.
LAW AND DISORDER
Using a lawyer as an informant was fraught with danger for police.
THE GHOST MOST MISERABLE
Malcolm Turnbull is ruthless, vengeful, malicious and malevolent. But we already knew that.
‘Thousands of people received handwritten notes from George . . . I’m one of them’
George W. Bush said thousands of people had handwritten notes sent by his father. I know he’s right, because I’m one of them.
‘He gave the job his best … and did what he thought was right’
Nothing was ever a big show with George Bush. The theatrics of politics ran against his nature and upbringing.
OILMAN SHAPED THE WORLD
George Herbert Walker Bush was the last US president to serve in World War II.
We can learn a lot about attribution bias from Turnbull
Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull appears to be incapable of recognising what is clear to so many others.
Schism-riven Liberals still a party like it’s 1999
What happened in Hawthorn has shaken the foundations of the Liberal Party. The talk in the street is even more alarming.
Anti-Abbott forces coalesce to put the war in Warringah
He’s fended off challengers in Warringah over the years, but Tony Abbott’s local foes are massing in numbers he’s never seen before.
How hard can it be to show women respect?
The attitudes of too many, in Australian politics and in the general community, belong to another time.
Wage discrepancies are not simply down to gender
Men and women often take home different pay packets because of the way they work: for how long, when and where.
Our man in Buenos Aires
Scott Morrison’s G20 meetings will be important but undramatic.
Out of Kenneth Hayne’s frying pan, bankers scramble to prepare for the fire of reform Out of Ken Hayne’s frying pan
The sickness has been diagnosed. The cure is a matter of heated debate.
A culture left behind
Problematic indigenous attitudes and practices did not arrive with white people in 1788. They are millennia old. The truth is hard to hear.
March of the Malcontents
It is one thing to understand Turnbull’s disappointment; it is quite another to endorse blatant democratic sabotage.
libs in turmoil as agenda unravels Libs in turmoil as agenda unravels
This is the week the zeitgeist of the nation turned against an embattled Coalition. The mood is not just chaotic, it’s dangerous.
Queensland deals welfare reform a killer blow
Scrapping Cap York’s Family Responsibilities Commission blunts 20 years of seeking welfare reform and 10 years of trials.
Danger lies in meddling with faith-based schools
Uniform requirements delivered from on high will cause only chaos and deep resentment.
Broad church teeters on a narrow reactionary base
If the Liberal Party truly is a ‘broad church’, how can it’s base be so narrow, reactionary and out of touch with the mainstream?
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