- Jane Gilmore: How malevolent buffoonery became the new normal of Australian leadership
- Greg Jericho: This is Australia’s debate on economics and security? No wonder we’re dissatisfied
- Michael Gordon: Abbott’s green light to people smugglers
- James Massola: Treasurer Joe Hockey’s gaffes on housing have put more lead in the federal government’s saddle-bags
- Fleur Anderson: Want to know how to fix the housing market and win an election? Don’t bother
- David Crowe: Security concerns must be followed to the letter
- Paul Kelly: The tricky politics complicate the citizenship debate
- Alex Frankel: Progressives failing to tell the Big Story
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