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Coleman / Funny what lands on your desk…

“Meegan Fitzharris announces that trams will be decorated with ‘urban art’ motifs. This leads to pensioners being arrested after breaking into the storage yard with the intention of restoring the original colours,” writes CHRIS COLEMAN

A "hanging tree" on the Kings Highway, near Warri Bridge, over the Shoalhaven River on the Braidwood side. Photo by Heike Hahner

Opinion / Horrors behind the ‘hanging trees’

HEIKE HAHNER looks at the institutionalised animal cruelty behind the presence of “hanging trees”.

Moore / Big things from big resolutions

WHEN it comes to New Year resolutions, the motto of more than a million members of Rotary International shows just how big you can go: “To do good in the world”. Members of Rotary are […]

Letters / In the eye of the beholder

AH, Canberra, the third best city in the world and, we’re told, a beautiful place to visit for overseas visitors. Welcoming tourists is the overgrown grass, half a metre high, on the median strips on […]

Stanhope / Middle-class values smother Canberra’s compassion

“My sense is that the dire levels of indigenous disadvantage in Canberra would come as a surprise to most Canberrans,” writes columnist JON STANHOPE

Grattan / A reshuffle that’s come with plenty of pain and questionable gain

THERE is not a great deal to be said for Malcolm Turnbull’s reshuffle, and quite a lot to be said against it. The immediate concentration has been on the angst it’s caused – and that […]

Grattan / Budget update shaves growth and wage forecasts but is brighter about the deficit

THE 2017-18 budget update shows an improvement in the deficit forecast for this financial year but predicts lower economic growth and a smaller increase in wages than was expected in the May budget. The deficit for […]

Moore / A crazy year living in interesting times

“Senator Katy Gallagher and the Labor Party were simply not careful enough with her citizenship papers. It must be considered sloppy or careless to fall foul of Section 44 of the Constitution,” writes MICHAEL MOORE

Fair Trading / What rights if the gift goes back?

“You can always exchange an item but you can’t demand a refund if a present is the wrong size or colour or if you change your mind,” writes Frair Trading commissioner David Snowden

Coleman / Please, someone, get back to running the country!

“Here you go, Chief Minister, your get-out-of-criticism-free card. Bulldoze Canberra Stadium. Have it flattened. But don’t replace it with just a sports stadium…” writes columnist CHRIS COLEMAN

Grattan / Two Labor frontbenchers urge Sam Dastyari to consider his position

LABOR senator Sam Dastyari is under renewed pressure to quit after allegations that he repeatedly pressed the ALP’s then foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek not to meet an advocate for Chinese democracy in 2015. ALP […]

Grattan / Bill Shorten faces a summer of uncertainty

IT is not impossible that the Greens, who started the citizenship crisis with the resignation of then-senator Scott Ludlam, could end up winners from this fiasco that has cut a swathe through the parliament and […]

Flood of same-sex weddings in January, after historic parliamentary vote

THE first same-sex weddings will be celebrated early in the new year, after the historic change to the marriage law passed the House of Representatives with only four MPs voting against. MPs clapped and hugged […]

Moore / At last, a look at the reverse Robin Hoods

“Fundamental to the Royal Commission is determining the role of the banks as the rich get richer and the poor poorer,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE

Grattan / Shadow minister Katy Gallagher was British when she nominated for 2016 election

LABOR frontbencher Katy Gallagher can expect to be referred to the High Court after the release of senators’ citizenship declarations on Monday confirmed the ACT senator was a British citizen when she nominated for the […]

Welsh / Funeral glitch silences Steve’s musical message

All my life’s a circle; Sunrise and sundown; Moon rolls through the nighttime; ‘Til the daybreak comes around. SADLY, a technical glitch prevented the playing of Harry Chapin’s song “Circle” at the state funeral for […]

Grattan / Nationals force reluctant Turnbull to dress in Shorten’s banking clothes

ONLY a few months ago Bill Shorten would have thought that if he won the election he’d be delivering same-sex marriage and a royal commission into banks early in his government. Now Malcolm Turnbull is […]

Grattan / Dastyari demoted again – but government demands he leave parliament

BiLL Shorten has forced Labor senator Sam Dastyari to quit as Opposition deputy whip in the Senate – but the government is demanding he quits parliament over his dealings with a Chinese national of interest […]

Labor’s “dark vision” would bring $164 billion tax hit over decade: Morrison

LABOR’s “dark vision” that valued “envy and populism” over growth would suffocate Australia’s economy, Treasurer Scott Morrison has said, claiming an ALP government would bring a $164 billion tax slug for households and businesses over […]

Macklin / Sex hysteria reveals rage among women

“Perhaps it’s time to step back from the Twitter hothouse before relations between the sexes get so fraught that we don’t know whether we’re Arthur or Martha,” writes columnist ROBERT MACKLIN

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Coleman / Funny what lands on your desk…

Opinion / Horrors behind the ‘hanging trees’

Moore / Big things from big resolutions

Letters / In the eye of the beholder

Stanhope / Middle-class values smother Canberra’s compassion

Grattan / A reshuffle that’s come with plenty of pain and questionable gain

Grattan / Budget update shaves growth and wage forecasts but is brighter about the deficit

Moore / A crazy year living in interesting times

Fair Trading / What rights if the gift goes back?

Coleman / Please, someone, get back to running the country!

Grattan / Two Labor frontbenchers urge Sam Dastyari to consider his position

Grattan / Bill Shorten faces a summer of uncertainty

Flood of same-sex weddings in January, after historic parliamentary vote

Moore / At last, a look at the reverse Robin Hoods

Grattan / Shadow minister Katy Gallagher was British when she nominated for 2016 election

Welsh / Funeral glitch silences Steve’s musical message

Grattan / Nationals force reluctant Turnbull to dress in Shorten’s banking clothes

Grattan / Dastyari demoted again – but government demands he leave parliament

Labor’s “dark vision” would bring $164 billion tax hit over decade: Morrison

Macklin / Sex hysteria reveals rage among women

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