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religion September 15, 2018
With the ascendancy of a Pentecostal Christian leader, the Liberal Party slides further to the religious right. But can it find salvation without the coffers of Malcolm Turnbull?
politics September 15, 2018
Exclusive: Dutton’s record on cabinet recusal
In five years, Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has only once absented himself from cabinet discussions relating to child care.
politics September 8, 2018
Agencies spend big to block FOI requests
The government has left the position of freedom of information commissioner vacant for four years, slashing funding of its parent agency while spending almost $1 million blocking FOI requests.
immigration September 15, 2018
I am not a ‘death meat’ of Australia
After more than five years on Nauru, Ashkan watches as his partner, Nima, descends into a catatonic state, denied medical treatment by Australia.
immigration September 8, 2018
Exclusive: Dutton chose not to recuse
As Peter Dutton faces criticism over his intervention in au pair visas, details emerge of his involvement in cabinet discussions of child-care funding.
asia pacific September 8, 2018
Nauru’s fraught Pacific relations exposed
As host of this week’s Pacific Islands Forum, Nauru faced uncomfortable questions about its compromised relationship with Australia and censure of its stance towards China.
resources September 1, 2018
Barnaby Joyce and the Murray–Darling
As Barnaby Joyce, newly minted special envoy for drought, made a grab for Murray–Darling water, the royal commission into the basin faced yet another setback.
media September 1, 2018
How the Murdoch press ran Turnbull from his office
In among the collapse of the Turnbull government was a final gasp of influence from the right-wing press.
politics September 1, 2018
While Scott Morrison presented himself as a reticent candidate, in reality he used unpopular tax cuts to damage Turnbull and fooled Dutton over numbers.
politics August 25, 2018
‘We know where the bodies are buried’
As Malcolm Turnbull’s prime ministership collapsed, with Scott Morrison replacing him, members of his own cabinet threatened to ‘open the bottom drawer’ and release a dirt file they believed would force him out of the leadership.
rural August 25, 2018
Cutthroat politics veil climate change inaction
Throughout all the thrills and spills of federal politics this week, the Coalition’s wilful torching of planned action on climate change escaped scrutiny.
