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Grattan / Abbott shapes up in Liberals’ fight over their ‘internals’

CORY Bernardi, the senator who defected from the Liberals to found the Australian Conservatives, sits like a crow on a fence as those in his former party fight bitterly over its directions and organisation. Whatever […]

Grattan / Greens senator Larissa Waters forced out of parliament

THE Greens have lost a second senator in less than a week for having dual citizenship, with Larissa Waters forced to resign on Tuesday after she discovered she was still a citizen of Canada. Like […]

Politics / Pokie wars plague Barr government

“The Labor Party’s conflict of interest over poker machines has been exacerbated considerably by the reaction of the Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, to ClubsACT,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE

Grattan / Greens should press Jordon Steele-John to stay in Senate seat he is set to get

WHAT are the odds of three Senate candidates without a snowflake’s chance in hell of winning the seats they were pursuing at the 2016 election suddenly finding themselves gifted places courtesy of the Constitution? Earlier […]

Grattan / Boost for military’s role in combating domestic terrorism

THE Australian Defence Force (ADF) is to be given a bigger role and greater powers in combating terrorism, under changes announced by the government on Monday. The measures – including specialised training by special forces […]

Grattan / Hanson’s ‘outsider’ politics a challenge for Turnbull as he sits in ‘sensible centre’

NOW that the Liberals and commentators have overdosed on a debate about where the party’s founder stood on the centre-right spectrum, could someone go to a shopping centre and ask a dozen people under 40 […]

Moore / Hard labour of sorting out prisons

“Why is Denmark facing issues of how to close prisons at the same time as Australia seems hell bent on exponentially increasing the numbers of people in prison?” asks MICHAEL MOORE.

Grattan / Turnbull finds the ‘sensible centre’ a slippery patch

IT’s passing strange when Eric Abetz, the navy-blue conservative sacked from the ministry by Malcolm Turnbull, is out defending a prime ministerial speech on the Liberal Party’s history and positioning. But, then again, these are […]

Grattan / Turnbull’s dilemma: we don’t need a homeland security portfolio but Dutton wants a bone

BETWEEN his meetings and public appearances while overseas, Malcolm Turnbull has been mulling over some domestic questions in the security area, notably whether to set up a so-called home office or homeland security super ministry. […]

Grattan / Everything’s going Bill Shorten’s way

BILL Shorten has been on holidays this week. Probably just as well. The “energizer bunny” would have felt the need to be out every day, as usual. His absence left more room for the fractured […]

Grattan / Leaky Liberals spill the beans again

FOR the second time in a little over a week, the Liberal Party has been embarrassed by leaked audio of frank comments from a private event – this time Tony Abbott’s blunt assessment of the […]

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Moore / Banks behaving badly

“The latest round of appalling behaviour by the banks emphasises why Australia badly needs a Royal Commission into banking in this country,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE

Grattan / Liberal Party reform becomes the next proxy battle in Abbott versus Turnbull

FOR his own good, Malcolm Turnbull can’t get out of the country quickly enough. He’s off on Wednesday to the G20 in Germany and, if he has any sense, while he’s abroad he’ll try to […]

Stanhope / Lumpy irony of Labor and the pokie shares

“Labor is also now operating through its clubs more poker machines than it was operating a year ago and appears to have a significant number of poker machines in storage,” writes columnist JON STANHOPE

Grattan / Tony Abbott says he’ll stay around – because he’s needed

THE tensions in the Liberal Party are deepening, with Tony Abbott launching a new broadside on Tuesday and Malcolm Turnbull slamming the door on a Liberal backbench attempt to resolve same-sex marriage before the election. […]

Grattan / Pyne’s self-indulgence damages Turnbull because it reinforces what Liberal right-wing malcontents believe

SOMETIMES it’s hard to believe Christopher Pyne is actually a politician, let alone a cabinet minister. Often he seems a Peter Pan figure who treats federal politics like it was a university campus. To anybody […]

Moore / Big thumbs down to ‘uglifying’ billboards

“The last thing that Canberra needs is a free-for-all of these eyesores,” writes political columnist MICHAEL MOORE

Grattan / Former leader Bob Brown attacks Greens senator Rhiannon’s behaviour on schools

FORMER Greens leader Bob Brown accused Lee Rhiannon of “perfidious behaviour”, as the defiant Greens senator fought back against united condemnation from her parliamentary colleagues. The other nine parliamentary Greens, who include eight senators and […]

Grattan / Plenty of ‘rising damp’ in Turnbull government’s approach

THE Liberals have a new duumvirate at the top of their organisation. Nick Greiner, one-time New South Wales premier, will be installed – in absentia, because he’s in Europe – as president at the party’s […]

Grattan / Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll

FEWER Australians are trusting the US to act responsibly in the world, and they have scant regard for Donald Trump – but this is not translating into people losing faith in the American alliance, according […]

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Grattan / Abbott shapes up in Liberals’ fight over their ‘internals’

Grattan / Greens senator Larissa Waters forced out of parliament

Politics / Pokie wars plague Barr government

Grattan / Greens should press Jordon Steele-John to stay in Senate seat he is set to get

Grattan / Boost for military’s role in combating domestic terrorism

Grattan / Hanson’s ‘outsider’ politics a challenge for Turnbull as he sits in ‘sensible centre’

Moore / Hard labour of sorting out prisons

Grattan / Turnbull finds the ‘sensible centre’ a slippery patch

Grattan / Turnbull’s dilemma: we don’t need a homeland security portfolio but Dutton wants a bone

Grattan / Everything’s going Bill Shorten’s way

Grattan / Leaky Liberals spill the beans again

Moore / Banks behaving badly

Grattan / Liberal Party reform becomes the next proxy battle in Abbott versus Turnbull

Stanhope / Lumpy irony of Labor and the pokie shares

Grattan / Tony Abbott says he’ll stay around – because he’s needed

Grattan / Pyne’s self-indulgence damages Turnbull because it reinforces what Liberal right-wing malcontents believe

Moore / Big thumbs down to ‘uglifying’ billboards

Grattan / Former leader Bob Brown attacks Greens senator Rhiannon’s behaviour on schools

Grattan / Plenty of ‘rising damp’ in Turnbull government’s approach

Grattan / Australians shy away from Trump but strongly embrace the alliance: Lowy poll

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