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Hinch's Senate Diary: Malcolm better hope that life begins at 30

The PM is heading towards 30 failed opinion polls, so he'd better start squaring up for the inevitable midnight visit from the ghost of Abbott, writes Senator Derryn Hinch.

The Tasmanian Election Tally Room crowd. AAP.

Rundle: bring back the election night tally rooms of old!

The digital revolution has made the tally rooms unnecessary, and we are worse off for it.

Inquiry into ABC and SBS on the launch pad, but who's the target?

A government inquiry into the ABC and SBS is about to start, but it could be the smaller broadcaster that is the real target.

The banality of discrimination: how bureaucratic inertia is failing non-binary people

With so many people now identifying as non-binary, you'd think government departments would be more accommodating. Unfortunately, that hasn't been the experience for many non-binary people.

Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, Philip Lowe.

Reserve Bank head spoils the tax cut narrative at neoliberal frolic

Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe has spoilt the corporate tax cut argument by pointing to surging investment and ignoring the whole issue of tax.

Labor's Ged Kearney at last night's climate debate.

Ged Kearney won’t commit Labor to blocking Adani

At a climate Q and A, Labor’s Batman candidate did the Labor two-step on blocking the mine with environment law.

Think we're better than Trump on protectionism? Think again.

We're little better than Donald Trump when it comes to protecting our steel industry. And we're paying for the stupidity.

Bill Shorten's tactical flip-flopping on Adani

Don't worry, Bill Shorten is happy to think whatever you think when it comes to Adani.

Barnaby Joyce's overshare leaves media with a choice

Now only media bosses, not journalists, can decide how to handle the Joyce affair with maturity.

NAB chairman Ken Henry (Image AAP/Daniel Pockett)

Ken Henry is wrong. It's not about corporations being nicer.

Relying on business to be nice to the community won't solve the problems of neoliberalism: the power imbalance that has favoured business over consumers and workers needs to be fixed.