EDITORIAL: How far is Lidia Thorpe willing to go? She has no hope of another term in the Senate. That means she has nothing to lose. So in her remaining time, she’ll be as disruptive as she can be.
EDITORIAL: For most Australians, whether to sever ties with the British monarchy is not a pressing concern. Not when we’ve got dual housing and cost-of-living crises occupying our agenda.
EDITORIAL: One year and 10 days after the bloody act of murder which was the catalyst for the hideous war, we may finally have seen the beginning of its end.
EDITORIAL: After a brief stop-off at denial, Steven Miles has blown straight past anger and got himself stuck in the bargaining stage of grieving over his imminent political demise.
EDITORIAL: Australia’s response to the crisis in the Middle East has been embarrassingly unsophisticated, and our leaders appear to have allowed themselves to be carried away by domestic protests.
EDITORIAL: The Prime Minister has previously called on Fatima Payman to put her money where her mouth is by resigning from Parliament and re-contesting. She won’t. She might be cynical, but she’s not stupid.
EDITORIAL: What does it say about the state of politics in Australia that our parliamentarians are unable to come up with a set of words on which all can agree to condemn the atrocities of October 7?