Roxon's Unfinished Business
Commonwealth Attorney-General Nicola Roxon’s decision to step down leaves some unfinished business for her successor…More
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An Exercise In Creative Constitutionalism
Adam Brereton is quite wrong when he writes in New Matilda that the Australian Republican…More
No Country For Young Voters
As Ben Eltham wrote last week, for a brief moment we managed to have a…More
Canberra Gets Back To Business
Federal politics is never dull, even if is often unenlightening. So it has proved in…More
Slow Politics On High Speed Rail
Last week will go down in history as a golden time for British rail enthusiasts.…More
Abbott's Figures Don't Add Up
In announcing an election date almost eight months out the Prime Minister has delivered a…More
Rebranding The Nation
In his book This Country, A Reconciled Republic, the historian Mark McKenna described the republic…More
Forget Policy, We're Having An Election!
The Prime Minister gave a speech to the National Press Club yesterday. It was quite…More
The Monarchy – Are We In Or Out?
As David Cameron delivered his radical "in-out" UK-EU referendum speech to a salivating British press,…More
How To Con A Journalist
When Federal Court Judge Steven Rares handed down his ruling last month on sexual harassment…More