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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

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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
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.

  • The Age's View
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.

  • Parnell Palme McGuinness

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 and Kishor Napier-Raman
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The team from The Chaser’s War on Everything (from left) Chas Licciardello, Chris Taylor, Craig Reucassel, Andrew Hansen and Julian Morrow.

‘We had death threats’: Looking back at the ABC’s most controversial comedy show

When The Chaser’s War on Everything premiered 20 years ago, it soon became the ABC’s most complained about show.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Just hours after the Liberal Party deposed its first female leader, Sussan Ley, the party moved on to planning a dinner party for the 30th anniversary of the Howard government.

Just hours after Sussan Ley was felled, the Liberals were planning a Howard dinner party

Former Liberal Party leader Sussan Ley had been gone a matter of hours before invitations to a dinner celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Howard government landed in inboxes.

  • John Buckley and Stephen Brook
Dionne Gain

The C-word is still taboo in Australia. Why can’t we say it out loud?

The absence of this particular word in the national discussion is holding us back.

  • Malcolm Knox
Angus Taylor and Sussan Ley

Taylor versus Ley, the sequel, shapes up as a box-office bomb

Far from the audience-thrilling rituals of political leadership challenges, this one started out as a flop.

  • Tony Wright