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Editor’s Note December 2015 – January 2016
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Despite our professed love of irreverence and larrikinism, Australians often have a hard time accepting criticism of our own patriotic ideals, and would prefer not to talk about difficult truths. So it’s with a certain amount of nervous energy that …
Plebiscite ploy
Today
The new same-sex marriage proposal from Warren Entsch and Malcolm Turnbull is an attempt to outmanoeuvre their own party
Editor’s Note November 2015
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Has there been an independent politician in Australia’s history as successful as Nick Xenophon? At the last election, he polled more upper house votes in South Australia than the Labor Party. At the next one, he’ll be leading a new party and fielding …
Distinct signs of competence
Today
The government’s post-Abbott cleanup is going well
Cashless welfare
Today
There is a strong case for the trial of the Health Welfare Card in some Indigenous communities
Metadata retention begins
Today
New anti-privacy law is another step down a dangerous path
Kids in camps
Today
Public opposition to keeping children in immigration detention is reaching a critical point
An era over
Politics
Exit Abbott, enter Turnbull
Editor’s Note October 2015
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The end of Tony Abbott’s prime ministership arrived quickly, but it wasn’t exactly a shock. His leadership had seemed stuck in the past tense for a long time – since he took over the job, in many ways. Malcolm Turnbull and his cabinet must now …
Tough times
Today
Coalition strategists have nowhere to turn
Under pressure
Today
Politicians from all sides of politics are calling for a more generous response to the Syrian refugee crisis
By the numbers
Today
Stopping the boats is not enough to save Syrian refugees
Hockeynomics
Today
The treasurer needs to find some new solutions for our slowing economy
