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If the US data gathering stories worried you, we have some bad news ...

News of Cambridge Analytica, the data collection tool that influenced Brexit and the US election, is incredibly alarming, but is it all that different from what Australian political parties have been doing for years?

Greens lose byelection and policy credibility

The Greens lost more than their chance at a second lower house seat on Saturday.

Victory declared in war on third parties

Pundits have declared victory in the war on third parties. But if they go home, they'll find the same challenge returning again to haunt politics.

Poll Bludger: two-party system alive and well in Batman and SA

With whiplash-inducing speed, media takes about the frailty of the two-party system have made way for prognostications on the failure of its challengers to match expectations.

Poll Bludger: TGIF! Except for Labor, who could have a horrible weekend.

This weekend, Labor finds itself threatened in places it could confidently have regarded as its electoral heartland just a few years ago.

Scenes from a wage case

Retailers, apparently oblivious to irony or self-preservation, want wages cut because people aren't spending much in shops.

Filling in the blanks gets repetitive on anti-dumping reforms

Get your spirit level and accelerometer, it's time to check how level the trade playing field is.

The Age gets it wrong on Bhathal and her backers

The Age has made a couple of key blunders in its Thursday splash on the Batman byelection.

Dutton fundamentally misunderstands the 'plight' of white farmers in South Africa

White farmers in South Africa have been pretty bemused by Peter Dutton's recent comments. Here's why.

Hinch's Senate diary: remembering the children the Royal Commission forgot

Progress may have been made in the Commonwealth Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse, but it leaves many behind and risks being hobbled by those who don't want to pay up, writes Senator Derryn Hinch