State of US vote system puts ours in good light

State of US vote system puts ours in good light

The only upside of watching US elections and electoral processes is,as Peter Hartcher says,to develop or renew one’s own appreciation of Australia’s electoral system

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Labor attack ad claims Dutton won’t support WA’s $36.5b GST share

Labor attack ad claims Dutton won’t support WA’s $36.5b GST share

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited WA as his Labor government released an attack ad claiming Peter Dutton and the Coalition don’t support the state’s GST deal.

  • byAlex Condon
Pride of place for grace and values in our lives

Pride of place for grace and values in our lives

Dutton is no Trump and his party are not MAGA idiots,yet the Coalition and Labor have different views on values.

Jobs,costs cut at MinRes’ luxury HQ as Chris Ellison takes the biscuit

Jobs,costs cut at MinRes’ luxury HQ as Chris Ellison takes the biscuit

There will no pay rises for senior employees this year and fewer perks for office workers ahead of a massive reduction in the miner’s remote workforce.

  • byPeter Milne
Multiple frock changes seal Julie Bishop’s role as style ambassador

Multiple frock changes seal Julie Bishop’s role as style ambassador

While her former political colleagues were trudging into freezing Canberra for a gruelling Budget week,Julie Bishop was stepping out in style.

  • byColin Kruger andNoel Towell
Julie Bishop named United Nations special envoy for Myanmar

Julie Bishop named United Nations special envoy for Myanmar

Myanmar has been locked in civil war since the army took power from Aung Suu Kyi’s elected government in 2021.

  • byMichael Mehr andJohn Kidman
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Dick Smith has a true blue 80th birthday bash

Dick Smith has a true blue 80th birthday bash

The entrepreneur celebrated his 80th birthday at an event dripping with cheesy Australiana on Monday evening.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Former Telstra boss David Thodey named new Sydney University chancellor

Former Telstra boss David Thodey named new Sydney University chancellor

Thodey is best known as the former boss of the telco giant and currently chairs Ramsay Health Care and technology company Xero.

  • byDaniella White
Public servant who thought himself an influencer should be cancelled
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Public servant who thought himself an influencer should be cancelled

Secret efforts by a top bureaucrat to build his power while reshaping Coalition governments and Australia’s national security regime illustrates the shrinking influence of the Westminster system.

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Five years. A thousand messages. How a top public servant tried to influence governments
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Five years. A thousand messages. How a top public servant tried to influence governments

Our reporters have uncovered a cache of messages,sent by Home Affairs secretary Michael Pezzullo to a Liberal powerbroker,where he tried to protect his allies and denigrate his enemies.

  • byNick McKenzie,Michael Bachelard andAmelia Ballinger
When Julie Bishop told her father she was leaving her legal career for politics,‘he was horrified’

When Julie Bishop told her father she was leaving her legal career for politics,‘he was horrified’

“But over time he became my biggest supporter,” says the former deputy leader of the Liberal Party.

  • byJane Rocca