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Defence matters vexed relations between Labor politicians and the US Government, the Kissinger cables reveal, even as Labor MPs vented their fury over the Dismissal to diplomats.

A man who regards himself as Australia’s leading authority on the Liberal Party does not even know the name of the current Liberal leader’s electorate, writes former Labor leader Mark Latham.

Millionaires are more common in politics than most voters would think. As Clive Palmer prepares for parliament, LeadingCompany’s Kath Walters follows the money.

So it’s the PM v the ex-foreign minister — again. It’s almost 30 years since Malcolm Fraser successfully fended off a challenge from Andrew Peacock. But the circumstances are very different.

If a politician’s entitlements annoy a voter, then an ex-politician’s entitlements must annoy a voter more, writes Stephen Bartos, governance expert and director of Sapere Research Group.

Former prime minister Malcolm Fraser sent the following letter to Immigration Minister Chris Bowen last week …

The tensions between Tony Abbott and Peter Reith have deep roots in recent Liberal history. The former minister’s eagerness to prevent a return to “the Fraser years”, unencumbered by the party presidency, will be fascinating to watch.

Malcolm Fraser responds to The Australian: “In his hyperbole, prejudice and partiality, Greg Sheridan shows himself to be not so much a commentator as a barracker, in this case for political memories.”

There was a great deal we’d heard before in last week’s Whitlam Institute much-debated speech by the Prime Minister. In fact, we’ve been in this grimly Spartan territory on several previous occasions.

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Abbott and Gillard’s recent gaffes on the international circuit pale in comparison to past blunders - including Malcolm Fraser’s rendition of I Like Aeroplane Jelly and Gough Whitlam’s declaration that “trade is so f — -ing boring,” says Tony Wright.

There are times, and this is one of them, when Rudd and his troops look like a bunch of amateurs. The only thing that saves them is that their opponents look even sillier.

The Guardian’s editorial is an ode to Malcolm Fraser quitting the Libs, calling him “a force for moderate good sense” and noting that dull leaders can make fine national elders.

Malcolm Fraser can be blamed for many things, but he cannot be blamed for feeling out of place in today’s Liberal Party.

Former Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser has resigned from the party, saying he no longer supports the way the Coalition is operating.

The old Howard classic “We will decide who comes to this country and the circumstances in which they come” is still the best refugee policy for this country and Kevin Rudd is slowly realising it, writes Greg Sheridan.

Despite the fact that asylum seekers who arrive by boat rather than plane are overwhelming found to be refugees (85% compared to 30%), our government discriminate against them. Why? asks former PM Malcolm Fraser.

Malcolm Fraser opened the door to Vietnamese refugees in the late 1970s and championed a larger Australia through immigration. Here, in an extract from the new Fraser biography, he remembers the birth of multiculturalism.

Politicians, says Malcolm Fraser, have a superior duty to speak with “discretion and respect” on issues of race and religion. How does Kevin Rudd hold up?

Malcolm Fraser’s account of what then Governor General John Kerr said to him on the morning of 11 November, 1975, is not true, says Kerr’s former secretary David Smith.