Lidia Thorpe’s gammin was Charles Dickens’ gammon. Really,no porkies

Lidia Thorpe’s gammin was Charles Dickens’ gammon. Really,no porkies

Gammin is used by Indigenous Australians to describe fakery. The word,also written as gammon,was used in the same way by Charles Dickens.

  • byTony Wright

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Bugged,bombed and burned:The Russian embassy’s turbulent times
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Russia

Bugged,bombed and burned:The Russian embassy’s turbulent times

The Russian embassy in Canberra has never offered comfort. But the Soviets refused to move in the 1970s. Now the Russians have to stay put.

  • byTony Wright
Wong in full flight on housing attack as Labor,Greens scramble for moral high ground

Wong in full flight on housing attack as Labor,Greens scramble for moral high ground

The foreign minister disposed of the diplomatic gloves as she lashed Greens housing spokesman Max Chandler-Mather over his party’s blocking of the government’s signature housing bill.

  • byLisa Visentin
Miserable fate awaits flag that battled worst Canberra could deliver

Miserable fate awaits flag that battled worst Canberra could deliver

Australia’s bravest flag,ripped by the elements and failed by a mechanical contraption,faces being cut into small pieces and dumped in the garbage.

  • byTony Wright
Rift? What rift? Morrison and Hawke put their bromance on display

Rift? What rift? Morrison and Hawke put their bromance on display

When the clocks struck 2pm in Parliament House on Tuesday,Scott Morrison and Alex Hawke knew all eyes would be trained on them.

  • byMatthew Knott
No really,Dr Lowe,we don’t need more of your advice just now
Opinion
RBA

No really,Dr Lowe,we don’t need more of your advice just now

The Reserve Bank governor says he’s sorry we listened to him and took his advice. We’d prefer to listen to his resignation speech.

  • byTony Wright
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The governor-general receives a call from the Palace

The governor-general receives a call from the Palace

The monarch offers the current governor-general a lesson in handling unusual prime ministers.

  • byTony Wright
Captain Morrison refuses to walk the plank

Captain Morrison refuses to walk the plank

The hour-long affair was a tour de force of Morrisonisms,as if the former prime minister felt compelled to trot out his greatest hits.

  • byMichael Koziol
President ScoMo gets loose in the studio

President ScoMo gets loose in the studio

Morrison reveals he didn’t stop at creating a secret cabinet. He made himself “president”. For life. A sketch.

  • byTony Wright
The Morrison cabinet meets itself coming the other way
Opinion
Opinion

The Morrison cabinet meets itself coming the other way

A leaked transcript of a Morrison cabinet meeting demonstrates that Scott Morrison was a man for all seasons... and all ministries.

  • byTony Wright
The day the climate changed and the glee club went missing
Opinion
ALP

The day the climate changed and the glee club went missing

Once,a government went disco over killing a carbon tax. Now,a major climate change bill passes without so much as a high five. Climate wars are exhausting.

  • byTony Wright