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Paul Bongiorno: Business as usual in Canberra – so much for a kinder, gentler politics

Winston Churchill once observed that “democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others that have been tried”.

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Paul Bongiorno: Voice referendum debate too often involves racism and prejudice

Playing the race card to defeat the Voice invites condemnation – it is “simply unworthy of the alternative prime minister of this nation”.

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Paul Bongiorno: Racial hatred directed at Stan Grant even more reason for the Voice to succeed

There is a poignant symmetry between the Voice referendum legislation debate and the last hosting of Q&A by Stan Grant.

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Paul Bongiorno: Prepare for another tax and spend budget

The rituals of the budget are as predictable as they are frustrating, including the mantra that all Labor governments do is tax and spend.

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Paul Bongiorno: ‘No’ campaign veers off the rails in Alice Springs

The leveraging of fear and prejudice for partisan advantage is happening again in the Coalition campaign to destroy the Voice referendum.

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Paul Bongiorno: Reckoning time in the Senate strands the Coalition

The Coalition is playing a cynical wrecking role of Australia’s ability to contribute more meaningfully to reducing global emissions.

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Paul Bongiorno: AUKUS submarine project should torpedo Stage 3 tax cuts and other myths

Projected to cost $240 billion over 10 years, the Stage 3 tax cuts would go a long way to help pay for the submarine project.

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Paul Bongiorno: Government needs to play the politics of broken promises carefully

The worst thing a government can do, according to opposition politicians and some of the commentariat, is to break election promises.

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Paul Bongiorno: Peter Dutton faces his moment of truth in Aston by-election

You have to wonder if Opposition Leader Peter Dutton can take a trick. On Friday he ventured into the seat of Aston to begin campaigning.

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Paul Bongiorno: Aston by-election puts sharp focus on political faultlines

The by-election date for the Melbourne seat of Aston hasn’t been announced, but it is already having a significant impact on politics.

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Paul Bongiorno: Balance of power shift in Senate creates uncertainty for more than the Voice

Lidia Thorpe intends to spend five years in the Senate throwing bombs at what she believes is the illegitimate legacy of a bloody colonialism.

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Nine and Seven go from TV ratings spat to claims of lost ‘landmark defamation’ case

Nine’s James Chessell says star reporter Nick McKenzie’s case settled, not lost. Plus: Norman Swan’s ‘controversial’ award

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Paul Bongiorno: Media echo chambers added to Liberals losing touch with voters

The Liberals and Nationals seem increasingly incapable of breaking with their losing ways, writes Paul Bongiorno.

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Paul Bongiorno: Standing up to the bullies sets a welcome precedent on workplace relations

When it comes to strident political hyperbole, few can match the Liberals’ workplace relations shadow minister Michaelia Cash.

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Paul Bongiorno: A bread-and-butter budget with no hundreds and thousands

Treasurer Jim Chalmers started it and Infrastructure Minister Catherine King joined the chorus telling us about “a bread-and-butter budget”.

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Stage-three tax cuts spark bigger question about trust in government

Treasurer Jim Chalmers is bracing for grim news this week in Washington DC from the world’s pre-eminent financial movers and shakers.

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Paul Bongiorno: Time overdue for a conversation about our welfare state

The penny is dropping even in the citadels of western capitalism that trickle-down economics is no longer fit for purpose – if it ever was.

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Paul Bongiorno: Now the Queen is laid to rest, it’s time to right historic wrongs

Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Special Envoy for Reconciliation Pat Dodson are on a reset mission to the United Nations in New York.

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Paul Bongiorno: The Queen’s death helps resolve our identity crisis

The death of Queen Elizabeth II has been a reminder of our place in the British monarch's world – among the realms and overseas territories.

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Delivery will determine the success of Albanese’s jobs summit

How Anthony Albanese delivers on the expectations his gesture politics have built up will be critical to the success of his two-term strategy of government.

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Paul Bongiorno: Scott Morrison’s ‘frightening’ secret ministry trashed democratic conventions

Scott Morrison having himself secretly appointed as health, finance and resources minister is more than weird and bizarre – it is a frightening revelation.

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Paul Bongiorno: Albanese discovers the pitfalls of juggling debt and the pandemic

Being in government is always a seat of the pants enterprise no matter that our political leaders try to convince us otherwise.

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Paul Bongiorno: Truth in politics – now that would be something

The Albanese government is determined to prevent oligarchs like billionaire miner and developer Clive Palmer from distorting future federal elections.

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Paul Bongiorno: Peter Dutton still fighting the last election suits Labor

The unequivocal message voters sent the Coalition at the election is completely lost on new Opposition Leader Peter Dutton.

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Paul Bongiorno: A new era in politics may be here. But don’t count on it

Claims that the Morrison government's defeat marks the end of an era of divisive politics and the birth of a newer more inclusive one are premature.

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