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In-depth analysis of the day’s news, plus stories and gossip from Australian politics.

Happy Men’s Mental Health Week, discarded Dads

10 June 2019 5:08 pm

My early years as a counsellor taught me the ‘how does that make you feel’ style of therapy I’d learnt…

Cassidy’s cheerio reveals the groupthink luvvieland that is the ABC’s Insiders

10 June 2019 2:21 pm

For political groupies, Barrie Cassidy’s last episode of Insiders on the ABC was reason to look both backwards and forwards.…

Ground Control to Major Jane

10 June 2019 10:32 am

She’s out of her mind. She’s off the planet. There’s nothing more ridiculous than when a Nor Shor leftie accepts…

Jim Molan’s the only man for the NSW Senate vacancy

10 June 2019 2:00 am

NSW Liberal Senator Major General Jim Molan, in an unwinnable slot on the state party’s ticket, has received a record…

Bring on the Barty party

9 June 2019 10:58 am

It’s 1.51 am Melbourne time and Ashleigh Barty has just made history — winning the French Open and bringing home…

Keep Sydney safe: rein in the police

7 June 2019 5:58 pm

Last weekend, Christie Aucamp-Aschutte and a group of friends dancing to the lights of Sydney’s Vivid son et lumière festival…

Could we repeat D-Day?

7 June 2019 3:46 pm

Seventy-five years ago some 150,000 troops landed on French beaches to roll back the Nazi menace. On the very first…

Be strong, keep ‘young and free’

7 June 2019 1:36 pm

Almost one-third of the players in the State of Origin on Wednesday night refused to sing the national anthem because…

EXCLUSIVE: Dear Rugby Australia…

6 June 2019 9:26 am

The former Brumbies Chaplain writes on Israel Folau: I see a window of hope for our great game. It will…

Do high rise apartment owners risk more than a price tumble?

5 June 2019 7:02 pm

You’ve probably forgotten Sydney’s Opal Tower by now, even though less than six months have passed since the residents of…

Socialists stand up for the workers against immigration?

5 June 2019 4:28 pm

Socialists standing up for workers by opposing immigration? Yes. Apparently, it can happen. Sometimes. “The Guardian” reports on Mette Frederiksen,…

Brexit chaos, a new UK PM: a perfect time to discuss the Anglosphere

5 June 2019 8:52 am

Two years of Brexit logjam has invited a sudden flurry of activity – the resignation of a prime minister, the…

Social media doesn’t equal votes

4 June 2019 3:31 pm

The impact of social media on politics is a contentious topic. Some argue social media harms political discourse, journalism, and…

If Labor is genuine on green energy, it’s got to talk nuclear

4 June 2019 1:26 pm

Following Labor’s embarrassing loss in the “climate change election,” it’s timely to consider renewable energy’s green credentials, as it formed…

A memo to the Morrison Government: we need more democracy, not less

4 June 2019 8:12 am

Public policy is a field where you soon learn that no matter the soundness of your evidence, the perceptiveness of…

Kristina Keneally: Albo’s golden girl – or a golden goose?

3 June 2019 4:38 pm

The week just past in politics, the week to come: Rarely in federal politics has there been as meteoric rise…

Beware the sin bin

3 June 2019 2:15 pm

There was a time when an unknown bloke snooping through your rubbish bin could have expected a punch in the…

Forget GetUp, it’s the corporate climate bullies we need to fear

3 June 2019 8:47 am

If there was a gold medal for corporate climate change hypocrisy, the American company Ben & Jerry’s Holdings Inc. would…

The AFL’s goalless game at Tiananmen Stadium

2 June 2019 6:49 pm

If you need any further evidence that time indeed flies, on Tuesday we will remember the thirtieth anniversary of the…

“ALP: Thought Crimes Unit” – what to expect with the new cast and the new series

2 June 2019 3:25 pm

Big changes are in store for season five of the ACTU/ABC/New Daily-Union Super/Guardian Media hit TV drama “ALP: Thought Crimes…

I love my job

2 June 2019 11:04 am

It’s my first day at the job. I’m walking down Flinders Lane with its shadowy art deco buildings passing Degraves Street…

The things you can learn at university these days

1 June 2019 1:13 pm

From The Conservation, that university funded website for academics who would really rather be breakfast TV hosts, a cracker: Having…

Labor’s problems are all too obvious, but Liberals can’t forget they’ve got issues too

31 May 2019 1:38 pm

It has been said for the past decade or two that the parliamentary Labor Party is finding it increasingly difficult…

Can relearning our history save the West from decline?

31 May 2019 4:00 am

It was the noted English historian Paul Johnson who once wrote: “The study of history is a powerful antidote to…

Five reasons why National Reconciliation Week won’t change a thing

30 May 2019 5:04 pm

In 2008 prime minister Kevin Rudd issued an official national apology for the mistreatment of Australia’s indigenous people. Since then,…