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George Williams

Time to give people say in how governor-general is chosen

George Williams When Prince Charles and Camilla arrived at Longreach on Monday, they were met by the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce. Ms Bryce did so as the Australian representative of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Josh Gordon

Integrity commission could be left twiddling its thumbs

Josh Gordon The anti-corruption body may be hamstrung from the outset.

Elizabeth Farrelly

Cosy deal for casino patricians but dice loaded against proles

Elizabeth Farrelly When James Packer had his stomach stapled the event made national headlines. We were supposed to be impressed that, unable to master his own appetite, he paid someone else for surgical help that...

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Tim Williams

City might appear to be down, but it is far from out

Tim Williams The chief executive of the Committee for Sydney responds to Elizabeth Farrelly's column last week on Sydney's urbanism.

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Kellie Tranter

Terror laws taking liberties

Kellie Tranter The COAG review of anti-terrorism legislation is a chance to establish independent scrutiny of the agencies involved in implementing the laws.

Kathryn Wicks

Not all disabilities are created equal

Kathryn Wicks If your son or daughter attends a school with more than 88 kids in it, the chances are that one of those children has autism. There's a greater chance, though, you don't even know.

Julia Baird

Scourge of the corporates pulls no punches

Julia Baird Elizabeth Warren, the first female senator elected by the state of Massachusetts, has long been the scourge of Wall Street.

Michael Gordon

Amid the politics of fear, steps to reconciliation

Michael Gordon They were the other expert panel, the one that wasn't charged with stopping the boats.

Peter Costello

Sunshine House becomes lost in the sleazy shadows

Peter Costello A minority government protects conduct that should not be tolerated.

Peter Costello

Difficult to cast house of sin in a good light

Peter Costello 'T his will be a different Parliament'' Rob Oakeshott claimed when he announced he would swing behind Labor and make Julia Gillard Prime Minister, again, after the 2010 election.

Problems take back seat to the farce

Barnaby Joyce Sometimes the whole political creature gets so fascinated with its own navel, the media staring intently full frontal at it as well, that frustration in the suburbs and the regions goes from anger to...

Josh Gordon

A new rort claim, and Parliament's reputation falls further

Josh Gordon Our politicians continue to give us reasons to not believe in them.

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Elizabeth Farrelly

By accident or design, Labor's legacy of bad planning lives on

Elizabeth Farrelly As a primate of signal curiosity I often feel like some urban fringe dweller, guddling about in the detritus of the culture industry, feeling with my fingerless gloves for gleams of truth or...

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As Albanese navigates, another MP burns

Judith Ireland Australian politics may be busy trying to out-bizarre itself, but Anthony Albanese has been getting on with the business of government.

Shaun Carney

Gillard paying price for gamble on the numbers

Shaun Carney Most notable among the non-Craig-Thomson news this week was the passage in the lower house of the Gillard government's gambling reforms with the support of the independent member for Denison, Andrew...

Chris Berg

Obama beats Bush in assault on civil rights

Chris Berg It's been fun for the left in Australia to fixate on the Republican candidates for the American presidency. It's been fun to joke about their policy quirks and eccentricities.

Michelle Grattan

The tricky business of rights and risk

Michelle Grattan Refugee lawyer David Manne is on the legal hunt again.

Annabel Crabb

How to Finnish speeding Clive

Annabel Crabb The incomparable Clive Palmer steamed on last week, marking his $2 billion devaluation at the hands of the boffins at BRW's Rich List by initiating several immediate austerity measures, including not...