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This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis:www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cart...
January 28, 2026 at 5:17 AM
This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis:www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cart...
“This country is the only one in the world that publicly funds two systems. One has all the rights – to charge fees, enrol only the children they select – and the other has all the responsibilities, for compulsory education, to accept all comers, to not charge fees.”
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How public school students will start the year
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January 28, 2026 at 4:54 AM
“This country is the only one in the world that publicly funds two systems. One has all the rights – to charge fees, enrol only the children they select – and the other has all the responsibilities, for compulsory education, to accept all comers, to not charge fees.”
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Jason Koutsoukis on how the ABC’s axing of its long-running consumer affairs program The Checkout led to a new finding on whistleblower liability.
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ABC whistleblower reaches the Federal Court
A long-running case connected to the ABC axing The Checkout has resulted in a new finding on whistleblower liability.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Jason Koutsoukis on how the ABC’s axing of its long-running consumer affairs program The Checkout led to a new finding on whistleblower liability.
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"Social cohesion needs to be taught and measured as a benefit, like the financial economy. Australia has a unique opportunity to lead globally on this. We can demonstrate how it is possible."
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A minister for social cohesion
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January 28, 2026 at 4:10 AM
"Social cohesion needs to be taught and measured as a benefit, like the financial economy. Australia has a unique opportunity to lead globally on this. We can demonstrate how it is possible."
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Sam Roggeveen on what Donald Trump’s erratic campaign to acquire Greenland means for world order:
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Trump, Greenland and the end of NATO
ANALYSIS: The US president’s erratic campaign to acquire Greenland forces Europe to strategise for NATO’s demise, and Asia to think about the limits of American power.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:49 AM
Sam Roggeveen on what Donald Trump’s erratic campaign to acquire Greenland means for world order:
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Jane Caro on what awaits public school students when they return this week.
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How public school students will start the year
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January 28, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Jane Caro on what awaits public school students when they return this week.
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“It is always more difficult to manage the Coalition partnership in opposition, where leaders have little currency to reward collaborative behaviour, but the current difficulties exceed what is normal,” writes Chris Wallace.
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A brief history of Liberal Party collapses
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January 28, 2026 at 3:03 AM
“It is always more difficult to manage the Coalition partnership in opposition, where leaders have little currency to reward collaborative behaviour, but the current difficulties exceed what is normal,” writes Chris Wallace.
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Productivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood on where Treasurer Jim Chalmers should look to ensure a healthier economic outlook this year:
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New Year resolutions for the treasurer
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January 28, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Productivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood on where Treasurer Jim Chalmers should look to ensure a healthier economic outlook this year:
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"A woman may lead the Coalition, but the parliamentary Liberal party room remains a man cave,” writes Chris Wallace.
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A brief history of Liberal Party collapses
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January 28, 2026 at 2:11 AM
"A woman may lead the Coalition, but the parliamentary Liberal party room remains a man cave,” writes Chris Wallace.
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Talk of a leadership challenge to Sussan Ley is circulating, with right-wing figures Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor the leading candidates, reports Karen Barlow.
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‘This is a disaster for us’: Inside the Coalition’s split
The collapse of the Coalition is as much about the political compatibility of the Liberals and Nationals as it is an attack on Sussan Ley’s leadership.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Talk of a leadership challenge to Sussan Ley is circulating, with right-wing figures Andrew Hastie and Angus Taylor the leading candidates, reports Karen Barlow.
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What began as an internal challenge to how senior ABC executives justified the axing of The Checkout later spilled into parliament, and then into the Federal Court…
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ABC whistleblower reaches the Federal Court
A long-running case connected to the ABC axing The Checkout has resulted in a new finding on whistleblower liability.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:29 AM
What began as an internal challenge to how senior ABC executives justified the axing of The Checkout later spilled into parliament, and then into the Federal Court…
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Editorial: Sussan Ley’s leadership likely is finished, but so too is the party. As has happened before, the country’s right has eaten itself.
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The lost party
The big lie the Liberal Party told itself was that moderates lost their seats at the past two elections because they were moderates. For the hard right, it was the perfect lie. Like much of what they imagine, it is the inverse of what is true.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Editorial: Sussan Ley’s leadership likely is finished, but so too is the party. As has happened before, the country’s right has eaten itself.
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John Hewson and Barry Jones: "As the parliament negotiates hate speech legislation and hopes for a positive result from the royal commission into anti-Semitism, we believe there is a strong case for the creation of a minister for social cohesion.”
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A minister for social cohesion
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January 28, 2026 at 12:39 AM
John Hewson and Barry Jones: "As the parliament negotiates hate speech legislation and hopes for a positive result from the royal commission into anti-Semitism, we believe there is a strong case for the creation of a minister for social cohesion.”
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“It has been common to read, over the course of this extraordinary week in world politics, that the United States is committing something like geopolitical suicide... Yet claims Trump is presiding over the collapse of the global order are at best half true.”
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Trump, Greenland and the end of NATO
ANALYSIS: The US president’s erratic campaign to acquire Greenland forces Europe to strategise for NATO’s demise, and Asia to think about the limits of American power.
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January 28, 2026 at 12:18 AM
“It has been common to read, over the course of this extraordinary week in world politics, that the United States is committing something like geopolitical suicide... Yet claims Trump is presiding over the collapse of the global order are at best half true.”
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A long-running case connected to the ABC axing The Checkout has resulted in a new finding on whistleblower liability.
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ABC whistleblower reaches the Federal Court
A long-running case connected to the ABC axing The Checkout has resulted in a new finding on whistleblower liability.
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January 27, 2026 at 11:45 PM
A long-running case connected to the ABC axing The Checkout has resulted in a new finding on whistleblower liability.
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This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis:www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cart...
January 27, 2026 at 11:21 PM
This week’s cartoon, by Oslo Davis:www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/opinion/cart...
“The one thing private schools won’t get when their students come back this year is any conditions tied to their generous public funding, beyond obeying the law and teaching the curriculum” | Jane Caro
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How public school students will start the year
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January 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“The one thing private schools won’t get when their students come back this year is any conditions tied to their generous public funding, beyond obeying the law and teaching the curriculum” | Jane Caro
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Barry Jones and John Hewson: “We are making this call together, as elders from the Labor and Liberal parties, wishing for the bipartisanship that was once our experience and is increasingly rare.”
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A minister for social cohesion
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January 27, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Barry Jones and John Hewson: “We are making this call together, as elders from the Labor and Liberal parties, wishing for the bipartisanship that was once our experience and is increasingly rare.”
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Editorial: This will be the legacy not just of Sussan Ley but of Dutton and Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott. It is the legacy of a lost party that now will disappear.
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The lost party
The big lie the Liberal Party told itself was that moderates lost their seats at the past two elections because they were moderates. For the hard right, it was the perfect lie. Like much of what they imagine, it is the inverse of what is true.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Editorial: This will be the legacy not just of Sussan Ley but of Dutton and Scott Morrison and Malcolm Turnbull and Tony Abbott. It is the legacy of a lost party that now will disappear.
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Editorial: The big lie the Liberal Party told itself was that moderates lost their seats at the past two elections because they were moderates. For the hard right, it was the perfect lie.
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The lost party
The big lie the Liberal Party told itself was that moderates lost their seats at the past two elections because they were moderates. For the hard right, it was the perfect lie. Like much of what they imagine, it is the inverse of what is true.
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January 27, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Editorial: The big lie the Liberal Party told itself was that moderates lost their seats at the past two elections because they were moderates. For the hard right, it was the perfect lie.
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Former Liberal opposition leader John Hewson and former Labor minister for science Barry Jones on Australia's need to restore social cohesion:
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A minister for social cohesion
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January 27, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Former Liberal opposition leader John Hewson and former Labor minister for science Barry Jones on Australia's need to restore social cohesion:
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“This is the season for resolutions – the time when many of us commit to eating better, exercising more and getting off our phones. Treasurer Jim Chalmers should make a different kind of resolution: Australia’s economy needs to get into shape.”
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New Year resolutions for the treasurer
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January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
“This is the season for resolutions – the time when many of us commit to eating better, exercising more and getting off our phones. Treasurer Jim Chalmers should make a different kind of resolution: Australia’s economy needs to get into shape.”
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