politics

Malcolm Turnbull

Some policies will split the traditional supporters of the Coalition, while others will put the government at odds with key Senate cross benchers, writes Lindy Edwards.

dead fish

The world has global authorities for trade and security, but not for threats to the environment. It's time the natural world got its own seat at the UN, write Anthony Burke and Stefanie Fishel.

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A journalism student explains what it’s like working in Australia’s largest newsroom to cover the federal election campaign for UniPollWatch.

stalemate

If neither side reaches 76 seats, Australia could be faced with weeks of uncertainty, writes George Williams.

book signing

If it’s an election, you can bet that our cash-strapped publishing industry is preparing to unleash another volley of election campaign diaries, writes Christopher Kremmer.

Malcolm Turnbull

Malcolm Turnbull's video and Bill Shorten's book are underpinned by the same idea: the love their parents had for them imbued them with the right qualities to become prime minister, writes Mark Rolfe.

money lure

Our political donations disclosure regime is so opaque we don’t really know who's paying how much and what they get in return, writes Lindy Edwards.

corruption

Companies and unions do not donate funds out of a sense of altruism. They do so based on a hard-nosed calculation that giving money to politicians produces results, writes George Williams.

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Human rights professor Louise Chappell is shining a spotlight on the unwritten rules and institutional legacies that silence women. 

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Twin earthquakes devastated Nepal in 2015, but the political aftershocks have exposed much deeper faultlines, write Hemant Ojha and Krishna Shrestha. 

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