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Crown prince Packer in damage control after Chinese sting on high-rolling exec

In China’s three-tiered legal system, once a major operation such as this has been executed, the chances for anyone are slim.

Why voting for Trump and Hanson is good for democracy

There's a difference between voting for Trump's mad policies and voting for transformation, writes election strategist Toby Ralph.

Razer: vale Leslie Nassar, engineering genius and champion shit-stirrer

He was not only a man whose satire got rare and real runs on the board, but who also believed that when you loved your family fiercely, nothing else seemed to matter that much. Helen Razer remembers Leslie Nassar.

Maria Lutz with children Elisa (left) and Martin (right),

The Manrique children were murdered, and yes we should be critical

Those who say they can "understand" why Fernando Manrique murdered his family are saying that people with disabilities would be better of dead.

Your taxpayer dollars at work: M3lcolm Roberts on the conspiracy trail

One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts is using estimates hearings to pursue imported conspiracy theories.

An Australian soldier begs to be punished for a crime we forced him to commit

Returned Sergeant Kevin Frost cannot deal with the pain and guilt of what happened in Afghanistan any longer. It's a pain foreign correspondent John Martinkus knows well.

The enemy isn’t smashed avocado, but it also isn’t the baby boomer generation

It's not brunch. It's not coffee. It's neither old people nor asylum seekers who have landed us in this rot.

The party's official logo is a map of Australia with "FULL" stamped across it. We're guessing the AEC would take a dim view of "Fuck off we're ..."

'Love Australia or Leave' is now a political party

The party's official logo is a map of Australia with "FULL" stamped across it. We're guessing the AEC would take a dim view of "Fuck off we're ..."

James Paterson’s sledge of Pollock painting is jingoistic dog-whistling -- and it's wrong

Senator James Paterson says the Australian government should sell Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles. But it would mean selling more than a canvas.

Meet the US group inspiring the ACL's new anti-gay legal strategy

One of this group's passions is challenging the legality of abortion exclusion zones.