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Battered by 9 years of Coalition government, the ABC now has a hard road of repair ahead
Image: Joel Carrett/AAPThe Liberal-National Coalition government has been defeated, but the legacy of its nine-year onslaught on the ABC remains.That onslaught consisted of relentless...
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Grattan on Saturday: If the Albanese government did what really needs to be done, it would be a very big target
Image: Mick Tsikas/AAPUsually the speeches of treasury secretaries are relatively bland, echoes of their political masters. But an address this week from Steven Kennedy...
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Need to renew your passport? The weird history of Australian passports explains how they got so expensive
Image: ShutterstockNow borders are open, Australians are applying for and renewing passports in droves. Wait times have doubled.The cost of the Australian biometric passport and the rigour...
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Young Australian voters helped swing the election – and could do it again next time
Greens supporters celebrate on election night. James Ross/AAPThe 2022 federal election saw a significant move away from the two major parties, with a host of independent and...
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View from The Hill: Ten women in shadow cabinet, and Nationals grab trade job
Image: Russell Freeman/AAPAngus Taylor will take the key shadow treasury post in a 24-member shadow cabinet containing 10 women and six Nationals.The lineup was...
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Grattan on Saturday: Albanese government mugged by gas crisis as it faces challenge of managing expectations
Tony Burke reads a poem aloud every day and has a piano lesson once a week.The new minister for employment and workplace relations, as...
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View from The Hill: Peter Dutton faces his own ‘long march’
Image: Jono Searle/AAPA few weeks ago Peter Dutton would have been contemplating, in the event of the Morrison government’s likely defeat, contesting the Liberal...
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Grattan on Saturday: Stellar first week for Anthony Albanese but tough months ahead
Image: Lukas Coch/AAPAnthony Albanese had expected the election might be a week earlier than it was, because last Saturday would bump up against Tuesday’s...
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How well off you are depends on who you are. Comparing the lives of Australia’s Millennials, Gen-Xers and Baby Boomers
Image: ShutterstockMost Australian voters are either Baby Boomers (born 1946 to 1964), Generation Xers (1965 to 1980) or Millennials (1981 to 1996).And at one...
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Grattan on Saturday: ‘Gotcha’ questions are ugly journalism but hazards for leaders
Image: Lukas Coch/AAPThe public don’t have much regard for journalists and many people will be critical of the “gotcha” questioning that found Anthony Albanese...
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