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The PM’s farcical bus tour cements spin over substance as his brand
I left the immigration department to speak out
An insider breaks ranks on offshore detention
Scott Morrison’s foreign forays
The PM concluded a week of patchy diplomacy with his first major speech on foreign policy
The rise, duck and weave of Australia’s no-fault prime minister
Welcome to the hung parliament
This minority government could lead to some much-needed parliamentary reform
It started as theatre of the absurd, but by the end the “it’s OK to be white” episode had become an improbable fairytale.
Promo ScoMo and commodifying public space
The crass commercialism of last week’s promotion on the Opera House was a step too far
Mental health is taken seriously in Australia, but not for those incarcerated on Nauru
Democracy and the rise of the strongman – a Quarterly Essay extract
Blowing up the government to save it
The Coalition has learnt nothing from Labor’s leadership disaster