Election 2016

Fairfax revenge: The Age attacks — and airs its political bias in Melbourne Ports

Peter Wicks

A dispute over the erection of campaign bunting and corflutes on the eve of a Federal election is nothing new, so what is behind Fairfax publishing three [...]

31 July 2016, 6:00pm Michael Danby Peter Wicks David Asmar

Millionaire Mal and the fortunes of the Liberal Party

David Tyler

David Tyler discusses the Coalition's continuing civil war between its own factions and the ramifications for Turnbull's ability to deliver "stable gove [...]

18 July 2016, 12:00pm David Tyler Urban Wronski Malcolm Turnbull

Cruel arithmetic and the future of Turnbull: Herbert holds the key

David Donovan

The Coalition under Malcolm Turnbull have gained a bare majority of 76 seats — but will he get to 77 and why does it matter? Dave Donovan crunches the [...]

18 July 2016, 10:00am David Donovan Malcolm Turnbull Ewen Jones

Racism: Pauline Hanson is the symptom, not the problem

Natalie Cromb

It's easy to vilify Pauline Hanson because she is a parochial wind bag but it should not be in ignorance of the fact that she is a symptom of whiteness and [...]

12 July 2016, 4:30pm Natalie Cromb Pauline Hanson One Nation

Sexist Michael Kroger's put down of Cathy McGowan and Independents

Tess Lawrence

In a repugnant and patronising radio interview Liberal boss Michael Kroger showed why his Party has squandered what little goodwill they have left in the [...]

12 July 2016, 12:30pm Tess Lawrence Michael Kroger Paul Mitchell

Five uneasy pieces on the mainstream media and the election

David Stephens

Dr David Stephens examines the role of the mainstream media in the federal election, noting the editorial analysis of IA's managing editor David Donovan.

12 July 2016, 12:00pm David Stephens #AusVotes2016 Honest History

Turnbull: The ballad of the small government and the big nothing

Jed Hutchinson

Jed Hutchinson discusses whether Malcolm Turnbull was the man to reverse the Liberal party’s fortunes after all.

11 July 2016, 11:30am Jed Hutchinson #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

The Coalition, Hanson's resurrection and the rise of racism

John Passant

Hanson's resurgence combined with a Coalition Government and a renewed racialised right in the Reclaim Australia movement, signal dangerous times for Austr [...]

11 July 2016, 7:30am John Passant #ausvotes2016 #ausdecides

A weakened Coalition with Hanson's politics on the table

The Conversation

The resurgence of Pauline Hanson reflects disillusionment with mainstream politics and this may be dificult to reconcile for a weakened Turnbull-led gove [...]

10 July 2016, 8:40am Amy Maguire The Conversation #ausvotes2016

James Ashby: Pauline Hanson's hand grenade

Ross Jones

A hand grenade is about to enter the House and its name is James Ashby, writes Sydney bureau chief Ross Jones.

7 July 2016, 12:01am Ross Jones James Ashby #Ashbygate

A hung parliament and climate action: The pressing need for leadership

Peter Boyer

A bipartisan climate platform may be Turnbull’s last chance to make a mark on his nation, writes Peter Boyer.

6 July 2016, 4:30pm Peter Boyer South Wind #AusVotes2016

Another hung parliament for Australia or was that just a warm-up vote?

Dr Benjamin T. Jones

Uncrumple those how-to-vote cards and wake up Antony Green, we’re going back to the polls. Dr Benjamin T. Jones analyses the election tally so far.

6 July 2016, 11:30am Dr Benjamin T Jones #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

Is Nick Xenophon the car industry's X factor?

Andrew Warrilow

Australia's automotive industry can still be saved and Nick Xenophon might be the man to do it, says Andrew Warrilow.

6 July 2016, 7:30am Andrew Warrilow #AusVotes2016 #AusDecides

Election blame game

Peter Wicks

Peter Wicks discusses the political fallout following the Coalition's election performance and the resultant blame game.

5 July 2016, 4:30pm Peter Wicks @madwixxy #AusVotes2016

Chocolates, bananas, ionising radiation and a nuclear waste dump

Noel Wauchope

On the matter of ionising radiation and health, Noel Wauchope rebuts five misleading speakers at the Nuclear Citizens' Jury hearings on Australia's [...]

5 July 2016, 11:30am Noel Wauchope #AusVotes2016 Nuclear Citizens' Jury

Australians deliver reality check for major parties in cliffhanger election

John Passant

John Passant discusses Australia's close election result and what is says about our disengagement with out of touch politicians.

5 July 2016, 7:30am John Passant #AusVotes2016 #AusDecides2016

Is a Labor Government looking likely?

Alan Austin

As Australia waits for an election result and many pundits continue to predict a Coalition victory, Alan Austin discusses the growing prospect of a minority [...]

4 July 2016, 11:31am Alan Austin #AusVotes2016 #AusDecides2016

Senator Sinodinos, don't forget ...

P. Miles

Constituent P. Miles emails Arthur Sinodinos to remind him to vote and then follows up with another email to help jog the Senator's ever-failing memory.

4 July 2016, 7:30am P. Miles #AusVotes2016 #AusDecides2016

Is a hung parliament good for the environment?

Giles Parkinson

RenewEconomy's Giles Parkinson discusses the prospect of a hung parliament and what it will mean for climate change and renewable energies.

3 July 2016, 9:00am Giles Parkinson #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

IA’s election QUIZ #10: Winners and losers in Australian politics

Alan Austin

It's Election Day and if your brain hasn't gone to putty, test your knowledge with Quizmaster Alan Austin's final quiz for IA's political tragics.

2 July 2016, 12:00pm Alan Austin @AlanThe Amazing Quiz

Seven more reasons why you'd be a fool to vote for Turnbull!

Frank Sykes

With one more sleep before voters go to the polls, Malcolm Turnbull asks us to trust him but Frank Sykes has put forward seven compelling reasons why we'd [...]

1 July 2016, 3:30pm Frank Sykes #ausvotes2016 #election2016

Russia bashing: Hartcher and the SMH rewrite history yet again

James O'Neill

James O'Neill warns that without independent media, we could easily sleep walk into yet another war on behalf of a dangerous “ally.”

1 July 2016, 11:30am James O'Neill Robert Cooper Peter Hartcher

Election QUIZ #9: How well do you know the Labor Opposition?

Alan Austin

So you think you're a political expert, 'eh? Well, let's find out with quizmaster Alan Austin's eighth pre-election quiz — this time about the Opposition [...]

1 July 2016, 10:30am Alan Austin Coalition #AusVotes2016

Destructive neoliberalism was the root cause of #Brexit

Dr Geoff Davies

Dr Geoff Davies analyses the factors leading to Brexit which amounted to a backlash against a history of inequality and disempowerment delivered by followers [...]

1 July 2016, 7:30am #Brexit EU #ausvotes2016

An open letter to #FakeTradie

Tony Lewis

In an open letter, true blue Aussie Tony Lewis appeals to the Fake Tradie to be a champion of the great Australian fair go and stop hogging his mates' [...]

30 June 2016, 4:30pm #FakeTradie Tony Lewis #ausvotes2016

Mainstream media: Now just a propaganda mill for Big Business?

Christian Marx

Mainstream media is hopelessly conflicted these days with an ideology to sell, bought and paid for by their corporate puppet masters. Christian Marx calls on [...]

30 June 2016, 11:30am Christian Marx #MSM mainstream media

Experts' opinions vs the People's voice

David Donovan

Will the People confirm the expectations of the establishment and experts when they vote on Saturday — or will they confound them, as they have done in [...]

30 June 2016, 9:00am #AusVotes2016 David Donovan @davrosz

Is Turnbull's PaTH just a cleverer dole queue?

Marcus L'Estrange

According to Marcus L'Estrange, a former DEECD employment officer, Labor Market Programs/schemes don't create jobs. They just churn over a lucky few at the [...]

30 June 2016, 7:30am Marcus l'Estrange PaTH Labor Market Programs

Nuclear waste importing: The taboo election topic

Noel Wauchope

An international nuclear waste dump is planned for South Australia but it is hardly mentioned in the lead up to the federal election. Noel Wauchope ap [...]

29 June 2016, 4:30pm Noel Wauchope #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

Australia's economy: Swallowing the austerity lie

Mike Dowson

Austerity has crept into our public affairs, disguised as good economic management. Mike Dowson thinks we should unmask this imposter.

29 June 2016, 11:30am Mike Dowson #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

The pipe dream of a national infrastructure pipeline

Max Berry

While politicians and bureaucrats pay lip service to the aspiration for a national, long-term and bipartisan infrastructure plan, the reality is as far away [...]

29 June 2016, 7:30am Max Berry #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

How will O'Dwyer fare in Higgins?

Peter Wicks

Peter Wicks ventures to Kelly O'Dwyer's Melbourne seat of Higgins for first-hand voter intel.

28 June 2016, 4:30pm Peter Wicks #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

Australia faces its own Brexit experience

Peter Boyer

As in Britain, Australians are dissatisfied with the establishment but we mustn't opt out. Despite the Coalition's claims to the contrary, our emissions are [...]

28 June 2016, 11:30am Peter Boyer South Wind #AusVotes2016

The Coalition’s Medicare policy: Be afraid — be very afraid

Ash Ghebranious

Despite the Turnbull Government's insistence that it has no intention to privatise Medicare, the facts seem to indicate otherwise. Ash Ghebranious dec [...]

27 June 2016, 4:30pm Ash Ghebranious Medicare privatisation

Nash, Cash and the Coalition's idea of "misogyny"

John Maycock

John Maycock discusses recent cries of "misogyny" by Senators Nash and Cash in response to Bill Shorten's comments about childcare.

27 June 2016, 11:30am John Maycock Fiona Nash Bill Shorten

Little Britain: Keep calm and carry on

Tess Lawrence

Little Britain must keep calm and carry on — and so must Australia, says contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence.

27 June 2016, 11:30am Tess Lawrence David Cameron. Boris Johnson Little Britain

Brexit, Turnbull and fake stability

John Passant

There are lessons for Australia from the Brexit vote but they have little to do with economic "stability" as Turnbull and the Coalition would have us [...]

27 June 2016, 7:30am John Passant #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

Election QUIZ #8: How well do you know the Federal Coalition?

Alan Austin

Quizmaster Alan Austin's eighth pre-election quiz for IA's political tragics — this time you need to try to be right about the Right.

26 June 2016, 4:30pm Alan Austin Coalition #AusVotes2016

Ag-gag laws forgotten as AJP joins forces with the Liberals

Peter Wicks

Peter Wicks looks at the unlikely alliance between the self described "party for animals" the Animal Justice Party and the live export and "ag-gag" [...]

26 June 2016, 12:00pm Peter Wicks #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

Technology, democracy and the power of the people

Andrew Chambers

Australia's political duopoly only perpetuates a watered down democracy, which is now little more than a regional office for corporate interests, writes [...]

26 June 2016, 9:00am Andrew Chambers #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

How Big Mining's donations influence the political agenda in Canberra

The Conversation

Voters take note: As the old adage goes, if you take the King's shilling, you do the King's bidding. In this case, it is King Coal — and its biggest [...]

25 June 2016, 4:00pm David Holmes Big Mining #ausvotes2016

Fisher's bad luck continues as LNP nominates anti-tradie candidate

Ross Jones

So much for the Liberal-loving fake tradie, the LNP in Fisher have nominated a candidate actively despised by subbies.

25 June 2016, 1:00pm Andrew Wallace Fisher Mal Brough

Facing an uncertain future after Brexit, Brits stay calm

Alan Austin

IA's Europe correspondent, Alan Austin, analyses the fall out from the Brexit vote but reckons on the legendary stiff-upper-lipped Brits keeping calm [...]

25 June 2016, 11:30am Alan Austin @AlanThe Amazing #Brexit

Privatisation and the hollowing out of Medicare

John Menadue

The destruction of Medicare is the end-game for vested interests like private health insurance. The Coalition is facilitating that process with an $11 billion [...]

25 June 2016, 7:30am John Menadue Pearls and Irritations Medicare

Let's all vote for an Australian Republic

Glenn Davies

As this long Federal election campaign starts to come to a head, it's worth recalling that Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten agree on at least one thing: an [...]

24 June 2016, 4:30pm @DrGlennDavies Glenn Davies ARM

Why isn't the erosion of our democracy an election issue?

Greg Barns

Criminal lawyer and spokesperson for the Australian Lawyers Alliance, Greg Barns, looks at the erosion of rights over the course of the past three years by [...]

24 June 2016, 7:30am @barnsgreg Greg Barns Australian Lawyers Alliance

Bill Shorten is right: Turnbull is a major threat to Medicare

Ian McAuley

On the basis of the Coalition's record in office, Bill Shorten is absolutely right that Medicare as we know it is at risk if the Coalition is re-elected [...]

23 June 2016, 4:30pm Ian McAuley Pearls and Irritations #ausvotes2016

Election QUIZ #7: How well do you know Australia’s hidden economic history?

Alan Austin

So you think you know Australian politics, huh? Find out for sure with quizmaster Alan Austin's seventh pre-election quiz for IA's political tragics — this [...]

23 June 2016, 4:00pm Australian politics economics political quizzes

George Brandis should Braxit

Tess Lawrence

Attorney-General George Brandis is at it again, trying to corrupt democracy, protocol and age-old legal doctrines and supplant them with his own warped [...]

23 June 2016, 12:00pm George Brandis Tess Lawrence Solicitor-General

Labor's fair Medicare scare

David Donovan

We should be scared about the Liberal Party's plans to privatise Medicare, because that is exactly what they want to do.

23 June 2016, 11:00am David Donovan Michael Gannon Leigh Sales

Voting for Turnbull? Here's 5 reasons why you shouldn't!

Sandi Keane

With just over a week to go to the election, deputy editor Sandi Keane kicks the Turnbull tyres, sticks her head under that suave bonnet and comes up with [...]

23 June 2016, 7:30am Sandi Keane @jarrapin Malcolm Turnbull

ANSWERS to election QUIZ #9: How well do you know the Labor Opposition?

Alan Austin

Answers to election quiz #9, on the Labor Opposition.

23 June 2016, 12:00am Alan Austin Coalition #AusVotes2016

Election 2016 and the state of our democracy

Klaas Woldring

As we approach the 2016 federal election, Dr Klaas Woldring says our antiquated system of government should be reviewed to improve representation, cut [...]

22 June 2016, 4:30pm Dr Klaas Woldring #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

A tale of two campaigns: The Australian and Spanish elections compared

Tim Ginty

Tim Ginty analyses the Spanish and Australian elections and finds a common structural shift towards class conflict.

22 June 2016, 7:30am Tim Ginty #AusVotes2016 Spanish election

Dudded Dennis Jensen exposes the Liberal Party's Parakeelia rip-off

Ross Jones

By shutting out disendorsed MP Dennis Jensen from the Liberal's Feedback software, the Party has helped expose to the world its systematic rorting of taxpayer [...]

18 June 2016, 1:00pm data mining big data software

IA's Election QUIZ #6: How well do you know Australia’s place in the world?

Alan Austin

Campaign-comatosed already? Test your knowledge with Quizmaster Alan Austin's sixth pre-election quiz for IA's political tragics. We hope a focus on [...]

18 June 2016, 12:00pm Alan Austin Quiz # 6 @AlanTheAmazing

Brown coal's bleak future as Victorian Labor joins other Labor states to ramp up #renewables

Giles Parkinson

Victorian Labor joins Labor states of SA, ACT and Qld in trumping the Turnbull Government on renewables with a new RET of 25% by 2020 rising to 40% in [...]

18 June 2016, 8:30am #ausvotes2016 #election2016 fossil fuels

Stuart Robert slams Peta Credlin and attacks constituents over his conflicts

David Donovan

Video emerges of former minister Stuart Robert avoiding awkward questions from his constituent by going on the attack — including against senior figures [...]

17 June 2016, 12:30pm David Donovan Sunland Gail Hislop

NBN: The more fibre the better

Paul Budde

We need a bipartisan policy on the NBN instead of Turnbull's quick fixes which will cost us more both financially and in missed opportunities for Australia. [...]

17 June 2016, 12:00pm Paul Budde BuddeComm #ausvotes2016

How much international media attention will it take to get action on the #GBR?

Anthony M Horton

How much international media attention will it take to get direct action and protect the Great Barrier Reef? Dr Anthony Horton reports.

17 June 2016, 7:30am #GBR #ausvotes2016 #election2016

The Turnbull Government appears criminally liable for Manus and Nauru

Max Costello

The Turnbull Government appears criminally liable for health and safety in Regional Processing Centres, Nauru and Manus, despite it repeatedly claiming [...]

16 June 2016, 11:30am #ausvotes2016 #election2016 #asylumseekers

Shorten should play to Labor's strengths

Warwick Elsche

Shorten needs to become the aggressor promoting Labor’s own agenda instead of passively responding to the government’s economic probes, writes Warwick [...]

16 June 2016, 7:30am #ausvotes2016 #election2016 Warwick Elsche

The Crossbench: Minority rule is better for the majority

Thomas Mansfield

With the crossbench apparently here to stay – despite the major parties' best efforts – minority governments should be welcomed rather than feare [...]

15 June 2016, 7:30am Thomas Mansfield #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

Parakeelia: The (almost) perfect Liberal Party scam

Ross Jones

Every Federal Liberal MP pays Liberal Party 'software' company $2,500, but that doesn't come close to covering all its revenue.

14 June 2016, 12:00pm Parakeelia Liberal Party WysWeb Pty Ltd

How can there be fairness in an unfair economy?

John Passant

A preoccupation with Triple-A ratings mean Labor's economic policies are only marginally more considerate of Australia's rising inequality than those of the [...]

14 June 2016, 7:30am John Passant #AusVotes2016 #election 2016

IA’s election QUIZ #5: How well do you know Australia’s women in public life?

Alan Austin

Campaign-comatosed already? Test your knowledge with Quizmaster Alan Austin's fifth pre-election quiz for IA's political tragics. We hope a focus [...]

11 June 2016, 8:00am #ausvotes2016 #election2016 Alan Austin

Queensland: Pendulum swinging back to Labor for #election2016?

John Maycock

Queensland's backlash against the Rudd/Gillard Government delivered Abbott in 2013. John Maycock writes it's time to abandon the LNP whose attacks on health [...]

9 June 2016, 4:30pm #ausvotes2016 #election2016 Queensland

Malcolm Turnbull on the campaign trail with Rocky Dabscheck

Rocky Dabscheck

Musician/songwriter and well known as the front person for ‘Rocky and The Two Bob Millionaires’, Rocky Dabscheck has a bit of fun with Malcolm Turnbull [...]

9 June 2016, 8:00am Rocky Dabscheck #ausvotes2016 Turnbull

Poor little Malco: A modern day PM tragedy

David Tyler

Are we to feel sorry for Malcolm Turnbull – a man with a net worth of $200 million who went to Sydney Grammar – or recognise the political desperat [...]

8 June 2016, 4:30pm David Tyler #ausvotes2016 #ausvotes

IA's election quiz: How well do you know Australia’s prime ministers? (No 4)

Alan Austin

Campaign-comatosed already? Test your knowledge with Quizmaster Alan Austin's fourth pre-election quiz for IA's political tragics. We hope a focus [...]

8 June 2016, 11:30am #ausvotes2016 #ausvotes Alan Austin

Malcolm chokes up: #PoorMalcolm!

David Donovan

Malcolm Turnbull is choking! Choking up, that is, over his sad family history and Disney-like relationship with his 'battler' father.

7 June 2016, 1:00pm Malcolm Turnbull Turnbull poverty David Donovan

Nova Peris' case highlights shortcomings of Australian hate speech laws

Brooke Murphy

The legal response to racist Facebook posts about Nova Peris highlights the shortcomings of Australian hate speech laws, says PhD (Laws) student, Brooke [...]

7 June 2016, 8:00am Nova Peris racial vilification #ausvotes2016

Labor seeks to thrust #renewables onto election centre stage

Sophie Vorrath

With Turnbull’s “innovation” tethered to the right's fossil fuels push, Labor moves to wind back fossil fuel subsidies and increase support for [...]

4 June 2016, 12:00pm #ausvotes2016 #election2016 #renewables

Dismal economic news through May

Alan Austin

Australians are now poorer, in greater debt and with fewer job prospects — Alan Austin analyses Australia's miserable economic trajectory under the [...]

3 June 2016, 7:30am Alan Austin #AusVotes2016 #ausvotes

Turnbull fails public by caving in to neocons on same sex marriage plebiscite

Jonathon Ireland

With Turnbull ignoring public opinion and caving in to the neo-cons on a plebiscite for same sex marriage, Jonathon Ireland recommends we turn up the heat by [...]

2 June 2016, 4:30pm #ausvotes2016 #election2016 Jonathon Ireland

Australia's real lifters and leaners

Phillip Soos

Economist Philip Soos encourages Australians to rise up and see Turnbull's neo-liberal capitalism for what it is: A racket designed to generate free banquets [...]

2 June 2016, 12:00pm #ausvotes2016 #budget2016 #election2016

Q. How will the Turnbull Government's corporate tax cut be funded?

Dr Richard Dennis

The only way to make the Turnbull Government's corporate tax cuts budget neutral is via an outbreak of corporate philanthropy, big personal tax increases or [...]

2 June 2016, 8:00am Dr Richard Denniss Turnbull Government corporate tax cuts

IA's election QUIZ: How well do you know Australia’s quirky political system? (No 2)

Alan Austin

Campaign-comatosed already? Test your knowledge with Quizmaster Alan Austin's second pre-election quiz for IA's political tragics. We hope a focus [...]

1 June 2016, 4:00pm #ausvotes2016 #ausvotes Alan Austin

Company tax, the coffee shop and Ciobo

David Donovan

Steve Ciobo's dismissive response to a coffee shop owner's question about company tax cuts further uncovers the Government's real big business agenda.

1 June 2016, 11:00am Steve Ciobo Nathan Scholz company tax

Morrison the Magician: How to make our jobless and economic ills vanish

John Haly

Scott Morrison, the magician, illusionist extraordinaire, has made all Australia’s failing job and economic growth problems vanish in a puff of smoke and [...]

31 May 2016, 4:30pm #ausvotes2016 #election2016 John Haly

Is Turnbull edging closer to catastrophe with latest polls and demise of his loyalists?

Martin Hirst

This week's opinion polls and likely demise of his loyalists seem to point towards a catastrophe for Turnbull and celebrations for Shorten, writes Dr [...]

31 May 2016, 12:00pm Martin Hirst @ethicalmartini #ausvotes2016

Political party donations: Time for real reform, say public

The Conversation

As recent scandals have shown, keeping political donations clean isn’t easy. The Conversation's series on Australia’s system of political finance e [...]

31 May 2016, 8:00am #ausvotes2016 #election2016 political party donations

Why not tax the rich instead of screwing the less well off?

John Passant

John Passant examines Labor's social welfare policies and finds they are edging closer to those of the Coalition rather than a progressive workers' [...]

30 May 2016, 11:45am John Passant #AusVotes2016 #election2016

Can Labor win? It ain’t gonna be easy but it ain’t impossible either

Martin Hirst

A Shorten election victory is now looking more likely but it is not due to the figures alone — Turnbull himself looks defeated, writes Dr Martin Hirs [...]

30 May 2016, 7:30am Martin Hirst #AusVotes2016 #AusVotes

IA's election QUIZ: How well do you know Australia’s colourful political history? (No 1)

Alan Austin

Campaign-comatosed already? Quizmaster Alan Austin introduces the first of his weekend and mid-week pre-election quizzes for IA's political tragics. We [...]

28 May 2016, 4:30pm #ausvotes2016 Alan Austin @AlanTheAmazing

Turnbull's #Innovation and #IdeasBoom is to flog fossil fuels. KaBOOM!

Tracey Anton

Transitioning the economy away from fossil fuel dependency is now the global catchcry. So why is Turnbull funding DICE-y coal technology at the expense of [...]

28 May 2016, 8:15am Tracey Anton Community over Mining @COM_TraceyA

Corangamite door stop: #Fraudband mess blunts PM's election pitch

David Tyler

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull held a doorstop in Corangamite, Victoria this week, accompanied by Minister Nash and local member, Sarah Henderson MP. But as [...]

27 May 2016, 8:00am David Tyler @urbanwronski Malcolm Turnbull

Turnbull Government acts on leaks to hide the mess of its NBN

Pearls and Irritations

Why are Turnbull, Fifield and Morrow hiding NBN's problems from public scrutiny and why is the Coalition hell bent on “demolishing” this nation’s [...]

26 May 2016, 4:30pm Mark Gregory Pearls and Irritations #ausvotes2016

ACCC gas report is nothing more than LNP propaganda

Lachlan Barker

Has another government-funded entity, the ACCC, fallen victim to the Abbott/Turnbull Government's bullying and in a similar abusive relationship to the ABC [...]

26 May 2016, 11:30am #ausvotes2016 ACCC gas

WTF! A secret deal that sees Abbott replace Turnbull in the Lodge?

Sandi Keane

Have Abbott and his cohorts stitched up a secret deal with Turnbull to hand back the baton after the election? Margaret Simons once told deputy editor Sandi [...]

26 May 2016, 8:35am Sandi Keane @jarrapin #ausvotes2016

The Free Enterprise Foundation, Michael Yabsley and Arthur Seenodonors

David Donovan

Former Liberal Party money man puts Arthur Sinodinos in an untenable position by belling the cat on illegal developer donations.

25 May 2016, 8:00am Arthur Sinodinos Michael Yabsley Four Corners

Malcolm in the middle

Mark Hipgrave

Mark Hipgrave analyses the 2016 election campaign and Malcolm Turnbull's leadership performance to date.

24 May 2016, 7:30am Mark Hipgrave Malcolm Turnbull #AusVotes2016

Election 2016: Asylum seekers, AFP raids and dead cats

John Passant

Dutton offends every Australian migrant, AFP raids highlight the disaster that is Turnbull’s NBN and Labor's fairness mantra endures.

23 May 2016, 7:30am #AusVotes2016 John Passant #Election 2016

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