The Moss review ignores the real cause of the abuse on Nauru, because the government won’t go there

Malcolm Fraser passed away this morning after a brief illness. He was 84. The two periods of his political life – the first leading up to and including his prime ministership, the second covering the three decades since he was finally defeated by Bob …

Budget 2015 is shaping up to be Tony Abbott’s latest book of nonsense

Will Shorten Labor be able to secure protections for journalists, or will it vote for the government’s metadata bill anyway?

Tracking the progress of Christopher Pyne’s higher education reforms

The government’s new Whip brooks no dissent – inside or outside the party room

An extract from ‘Crime and Punishment: Offenders and victims in a broken justice system’

Glenn Lazarus ends Clive Palmer’s influence and the Abbott government’s chances of passing anything contentious

Joe Hockey’s revival of an idea that died 22 years ago shows the government’s thinking about the budget hasn’t changed

Tony Abbott obliterates international law – and 227 years of Australian history – with one phrase

Tony Abbott wants the UN to stop lecturing Australia about human rights

Are we really stealing from our kids to fund a debt crisis?

Why does the right want to Americanise Australia?

Charlie Hebdo, free speech, multiculturalism and 18C

The government alienates doctors and patients over $20 GP fee