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June 1, 2020Surrounded by pygmies: Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘A Bigger Picture’
The former PM’s memoir fails to reckon with his fatal belief that all Australians shared his vision
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A fuller story of relations between the Russian government and the Trump campaign is only now coming to light
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Laura Poitras’ ‘Risk’ sidesteps the biggest question about Julian Assange
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Roger Franklin’s comments on bombing the ABC Ultimo studio reflect a much deeper problem
Politics
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Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey will jeopardise any future investigation
Politics
May 3, 2017An urgently needed compromise
The asylum seekers on Manus Island and Nauru cannot wait for a medium-term solution
Politics
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Robert Manne responds to Klaus Neumann
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Donald Trump and Russia
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How precisely is this kind of permanent terror to be explained?
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December 21, 2016Yes, Virginia, there is a solution to Australia’s asylum-seeker problem
Despite Canberra group-think, there is no longer any plausible reason to keep asylum seekers in detention
Politics
December 16, 2016The national broadside
The Australian’s campaign against Gillian Triggs is another in a long line of crude culture-war offensives