The one size fits all approach of the intervention is plainly inappropriate to societies as diverse as Indigenous Australia, writes Mungo MacCallum.
Gough Whitlam
Mungo MacCallum: Calling for a government restructure to address Aboriginal issues
A brief history of props in Federal Parliament
Politicians from both sides have a long democratic tradition of treating Parliament contemptuously.
Mungo MacCallum: Turnbull can’t hold a candle to Saint Kevin
Malcolm Turnbull may or may not be an expert in telecommunications, but he is rapidly becoming one on unsaleable products.
Defence is simply too big for Nick Warner
Of course Nick Warner is the wrong man for the job of Secretary of the Defence Department. That’s because the job is beyond any single individual, and certainly beyond any single Minister, writes Bernard Keane.
Mungo: This is not Howard’s Australia. Praise be.
When you change the government, you change the country. So, after a year of Labor, how is Australia different? asks Mungo MacCallum.
The most financially incompetent government since federation
The run on the mortgage funds — funds which support vast numbers of self funded retirees — was created by the Rudd government, writes David Flint.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
The too hard basket is a wonderful thing … Do as I say not as we do … Guess who featured in that foreign policy speech … Memories of Gough … A batch of election indicators …
