Abbot & the Government
- Greg Jericho: Government by hints and whispers
- Jane Gilmore: No politics in their politics
- Lenore Taylore: Team Australia needs a captain who is prepared to listen to all members
- Phil Coorey: The reasons behind Joe Hockey’s big budget U-turn
- Chris Wallace: Joe’s own goals
- Laura Tingle: Coalition behind in budget blame game
- David Crowe: Bipartisanship a victim of political war
- Mike Steketee: Tax overhaul could be ticket to success
- Ben Eltham: NSW ICAC hearings look like they’ve spooked the ponies in the federal stable
- Michael Gawenda: Not even Cabinet knows the ‘real’ Abbott
- Monica Attard: Och aye … it’s Tony McAbbott
- Jack Waterford: Why I won’t play for Team Australia
Shorten & Labor
- Peter Brent: Four years on
- Paul Kelly: The tragedy of Kevin Rudd can be traced to a personality flaw
- James Massola: Bill Shorten faces up to rape allegations by attempting to speak out first
Palmer
- Ben Eltham: Looks like crunch time is coming for Clive and company
- Phil Coorey: Palmer taps into a deep vein of political mistrust
Other thinkiness
- Katharine Murphy: We must look past shock tactics like a child holding a severed head in Syria
- Tony Walker: How should we deal with horror?
- Jeff Sparrow: The propaganda coup and the obliging media
- Dennis Atkins: Days of the highly skilled Treasury may be numbered
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