Moderate Liberals believe Tony Abbott will use the presidency to try to drag the party further to the right in pursuit of One Nation voters.

Downer has whack at Abbott as pair square off for plum Liberal Party role

Labor was delighted at the news that Abbott would re-enter the political scene. “This would be like us appointing Paul Keating as Labor president,” one minister said.

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Dionne Gain

We’re pining for the ’90s. Yes,even its politics. Please explain

Cast your mind back to a time when leaders were bolder,braver and less captive to the hurtling news cycles of this online age.

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Antony Catalano is a key investor Australian Community Media.

Antony Catalano and Alex Waislitz’s media ventures are burning millions

Chatter in media circles over a possible sale of Australian Community Media went into overdrive last month. Now we have a better understanding of why.

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Ben Roberts-Smith and his backers,Gina Rinehart,Pauline Hanson,Kerry Stokes,Brendan Nelson,Tony Abbott.

The Roberts-Smith case has split the nation. Just ask his billionaire backers

Gina Rinehart,Australia’s richest person,is standing by the disgraced Victoria Cross recipient after his arrest while another important figure stays silent.

  • Stephen Brook andAlexander Darling
On the rise … One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

This party has no MPs and no candidates. So why are NSW voters so infatuated?

Why are almost a quarter of NSW voters,according to the latest Resolve polling,prepared to back Pauline Hanson’s chimera of a party as it stands in this state?

  • Alexandra Smith
Fallout from the protest at Town Hall has put the premier under pressure.

Leaving so soon? Premier,we were just getting to know you

Nobody asked Minns to muse on the timing of his departure from politics. Was it a slip of the tongue or deliberate?

  • Alexandra Smith
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Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran on Monday.

Muted reaction to aggression by allies fails the test of our generation

There are many echoes of Australia’s past mistakes in the government’s tacit approval of Donald Trump’s unilateralism.

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Anthony Albanese says “Well,we are doing nothing to repatriate or to assist these people. I think it’s unfortunate that children are caught up in this”.

Suddenly,Albo’s a hard-nosed patriot (with an acute scent for votes)

Lo and behold,the PM doesn’t want the ISIS brides or their children to return to Australia. Labor’s U-turn is highly suspect.

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John Howard used nostalgia successfully as a political weapon. Angus Taylor will find it tougher

The pull of the past can be deceptive. It is not only that the past was not the same for everyone. It was often not the past we think we remember,either.

  • Sean Kelly
Attendees arrive at the Sky News rebrand event.

Sky News’ new name and brand revealed at gala event

The outlet has used a star-studded event at News Corp’s Australian headquarters to unveil a refresh,but there was one notable absence.

  • Calum Jaspan andKishor Napier-Raman