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Rivalries, flashpoints and rattled cages: what could trip us up in 2026

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Clive Williams

Trump wants Greenland. Europe's tepid response is putting NATO and global security at risk

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Shannon Brincat

Reclaim the summer with a good book or two

Back to the January we should have been having. The slow and carefree month of nothing much in particular. The month in which we hold for a few...

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John Hanscombe

Oil, abductions, and the new era of global chaos

Let's be clear eyed about this. He's a tuppenny autocrat. Plasters his face and name over everything. Boasts and brags about himself and his...

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John Hanscombe

We've had 26 royal commissions. Their failures should caution us against a repeat

The manifold failures of 26 Australian Royal Commissions since 1980 to do anything much about the underlying sins, wickedness, and malfeasance that...

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Crispin Hull

Politics smother unity after Bondi atrocity

The first indication something terrible had happened was the buzz of a notification on my phone. Unconfirmed reports of a shooting in Bondi, it...

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John Hanscombe

The hidden violence of Australia's welfare system

Every few months, a new debate erupts about welfare, unemployment benefits, disability payments, or social support. Politicians argue about...

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Zoë Wundenberg

Amped-up and dumbed-down - the words dulling our politics

Allow me to propose a New Year's resolution that will cost you nothing: dump superlatives like "absolutely" and "completely" and encourage others...

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Mark Kenny