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

A very special day in the death of Fairfax

9 November 2017 7:53 pm

The regulators have approved the spin-off and separate listing of Domain. It’s now time to crash The Sydney Morning Herald…

The Sydney University protection racket

9 November 2017 5:52 pm

This is outrageous. Sydney University is not betraying the most fundamental ideals of the academy. Why, it’s even contradicting its…

The conception of modern Israel: remembering the centenary of the Balfour Declaration

9 November 2017 12:18 pm

Great moments in history are sometimes defined by a piece of paper, in this case, a letter penned from one…

Another ATSIC will also fail

9 November 2017 7:27 am

Malcolm Turnbull has firmly, definitely, declared there would be no Referendum on the plans to establish a constitutionally enshrined indigenous…

The death of sex

8 November 2017 12:28 pm

This morning I witnessed a violent rape. And I’m pretty sure she hadn’t been asking for it. I know this…

Dinosaurs and deplorables

8 November 2017 7:34 am

As a former state moderator of the Presbyterian Church, it was with a touch of sadness that I read a…

As The Donald might say, sad

7 November 2017 7:18 pm

ABC News — the American ABC News — reports: A year after his surprise election victory, President Donald Trump is underperforming expectations…

Give me your entrepreneurial masses…

7 November 2017 4:00 pm

What do Albert Einstein, Salvador Dali, Google co-founder Sergey Brin and Freddie Mercury have in common? They were refugees who…

Hanson’s chance

7 November 2017 8:53 am

If Pauline Hanson’s One Nation party ever stands a chance at scooping power, the time is now. Not just now-ish,…

Betting against our rights

6 November 2017 5:24 pm

Last month the Senate Environment and Communications Committee released a report on the participation of Australians in online poker, which…

Shattered – inside Hillary Clinton’s doomed campaign

6 November 2017 12:02 pm

Only the most rabid fans of US politics will have the time or energy to wade through this doorstopper by…

If love wins, we all lose

6 November 2017 7:33 am

All the way back in 1984 –- an ominous year in the literary world to be sure -– Tina Turner…

An audit is not good enough – not even close

5 November 2017 4:29 pm

Any audit of current MPs and Senators will be a waste of a lot of time. The thinking behind this…

Marx, mass murder and moronic Millenials

4 November 2017 2:38 pm

Forty-four per cent of Millennials would prefer to live in a socialist country, seven per cent in a communist country and…

Watching at Beersheba

3 November 2017 5:41 pm

It is hard to describe the feelings of being in Israel for this very special moment. Particularly, that of being…

The kids aren’t alright

3 November 2017 7:41 am

It’s always amusing when you provide extensive evidence of X, then some academics respond only by exclaiming “there is no…

Cassie Sainsbury: when privilege breaks the narrative

2 November 2017 7:05 pm

So, the deal is done. Cassie Sainsbury, the 22-year-old woman from Adelaide caught with 5.8 kilos of cocaine, has been…

Against bum-pinching

2 November 2017 2:58 pm

BOSTON, UNITED STATES – Is bum-pinching acceptable in the workplace? That seems to be where the conversation veered here in…

There’ll be more Manhattan massacres with Trump derangement syndrome

2 November 2017 11:36 am

Eight people were killed in the latest terror attack in Manhattan. Sayfullo Saipov has been charged with federal terrorism offences.…

Turnbull approaches his political death

2 November 2017 7:28 am

The political end is nearing for our Prime Minister. After 22 Newspolls, an eight per cent two-party-preferred deficit, a sustained…

Martin Luther: the first modern man

1 November 2017 12:14 pm

Democracy, civil and religious liberties, in fact, much of Western Civilisation as we know it today, can trace its roots…

One hundred years of double standards

1 November 2017 7:28 am

We are remembering the one-hundredth anniversary of the Bolshevik coup d’etat, popularly misnamed the Russian Revolution (the real Russian revolution,…

Enough is enough: we are all Australians

31 October 2017 8:19 pm

After 50 years of unremitting failure in Aboriginal affairs, it’s time to say, “Enough is enough”! Our once boundless goodwill…

Wild rumour department: dual citizenship special

31 October 2017 6:44 pm

Spreading wild rumours isn’t responsible. It is, however, one of the simpler pleasures of life. In that spirit — and…

The Cash affair explained as Dan Andrews battles Greens behind the latte curtain

31 October 2017 12:45 pm

As usual, I seem to have a minority view on a political issue, but today I actually have two of…