Politics

Long terms in opposition breed bitter factional rivalries, as the NSW Liberals are demonstrating.

Two proposals to reinstate egalitarianism as a policy driver: CEO salaries and negative gearing.

Beyond Anzac Day’s commemoration, the government must grapple with an increasingly difficult defence picture.

Take your time: don’t be bullied by Abbott, Shorten or Abetz ... Don’t be bullied by those destroyers of democratic process – tell the bastards to get lost.

How overt paternalism devalues the human condition.

BDS is justly regarded by many as a war against Israel by means other than violence.

Howard knew better than his heirs how to distract from the government’s problems.

The next generation of extremists is being trained in Middle Eastern conflicts, in bigger numbers than before 9/11.

The structures of nature conservation in Australia, built over more than a generation, are suffering an onslaught that has barely been reported.

Howard was a master of the art of staying this side of the contemptible, always so carefully disguising what he was about: 'We will decide who comes to this country...'