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Barnaby Joyce, Malcolm Turnbull split in spectacular style
Let me take you back. Way, way back to the evening of December 2, 2017. The Prime Minister and his deputy stood arm in …
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Worst outcome for Coalition is if Barnaby Joyce continues to dig in
It might have made for an amusing office sweep. Three politicians clinging perilously to power. One wondered who would be the first to drop …
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No room at the inn for the ideological traveller
You know those silly online surveys that claim to determine your ideological standpoint? Yes, I know. They’re junk. I should have understood this when …
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Show business for ugly people? No thanks
IF you’re like me, you’re sick to death of the Barnaby Joyce story already and it has only been out there for little more …
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Finding David Feeney
I have a rule when it comes to recently fallen politicians. Don’t stick the slipper in after they’ve left the arena. It’s unseemly and …
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Australia’s second-hand secrets
Psst. Anyone know where I can get my hands on some top-secret documents? Never mind. It turns out they can be purchased in second-hand …
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The Stitch Up
They had hoped he would go away quietly, fade into anonymity. Just another ex-cop with an axe to grind. In time they thought no …
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How we can party hard (like it’s May 9 1901)
WE have got this the wrong way around. In American terms what we do in celebrating January 26 as a day of nationhood would …
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Australia Day debate hides the failure of practical reconciliation
THIS is Australia and we can’t even have a public holiday celebrating national identity and consciousness without having a blue. The debate has largely …
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Madness and potty mouth prerequisites for presidency
TRUMP derangement syndrome (TDS) is alive and well. Take Hawaii’s false alarm of an imminent missile strike on Sunday. The alarm was triggered by …