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The human cost of Pakistan's floods

Posted: 27 Aug 10 | Normally, Pakistani women don't like to have their photos taken. It's seen to be undignified. But in the camps and along the side of the roads there's no dignity left, and men and women alike push themselves forward to be photographed, hoping that somehow, it will lead to someone somewhere coming to their assistance. |

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Abbott doesn't want to reach a deal

Posted: 27 Aug 10 | Abbott doesn't want to reach a deal, he wants another election |

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Gillard's flexibility makes her difficult to reject

Posted: 26 Aug 10 | THE de-facto co-prime ministership of Australia began last night when Julia Gillard invited the three rural independent MPs to help her set the date for the next election in three years' time. |

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Revolution of the thinking voter turns politics green

Posted: 25 Aug 10 | Ross Gittins says the only clear winner in this election were the Greens with voters wanting real action on climate change. |

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The Dr & The Colonel's election party

Posted: 25 Aug 10 | WHEN The Doctor and The Colonel aren't secretly recording each other during their meetings, they're keeping an eye on Warrnambool, the south-west and, indeed, the whole of Australia. This week, the dynamic duo hosted an Election Night Party in their secret headquarters. |

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Celebrity sinners fail test of true atonement

Posted: 25 Aug 10 | The one thing the public loves more than a fallen hero is a redeemed sinner, says Nina Funnell. |

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Mavericks saddle up for some old-time wrangling

Posted: 23 Aug 10 | BOB Katter is a larrikin famous for wearing a 10-gallon hat over his shock of white hair, an unabashed protectionist who walked out on the National Party in the lead-up to the 2001 election, declaring Howard government policies had destroyed the livelihoods of tobacco growers in his constituency. |

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A grab for the mantle of moral authority

Posted: 23 Aug 10 | THE people have rejected Labor, but failed to embrace the Coalition. So the two parties are left straining not only for extra seats, but arguing for something grander - legitimacy. |

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Broadband network the one big issue in a desultory campaign

Posted: 20 Aug 10 | It has been a depressing election campaign: a stagnant morass of parochial pork-barrelling, tit-for-tat squabbling and mindless trivia. |

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What's next for the loser?

Posted: 20 Aug 10 | A Liberal loss would herald a generational change, but for Labor it would be devastation. |

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Look to the fringes if you want principles

Posted: 19 Aug 10 | Look to the fringes if you want principles - just ask Turnbull and Brown |

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Felled by green plot

Posted: 19 Aug 10 | Miranda Devine: How green activists targeted and brought down John Gay, the former chairman of Gunns. |

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Shock of the new, or why voters want life to be simpler

Posted: 18 Aug 10 | In Australian elections, fear trumps hope. So, each party campaigns against the other's weaknesses - the implicit slogan: ''No they can't''. |

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Labor blood will flow over Rudd dumping, says union boss

Posted: 18 Aug 10 | A senior union leader has predicted a post-election wave of Labor "bloodletting" in a furious backlash over the issue that has overshadowed its campaign: the dumping of Kevin Rudd. |

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Gay marriage: what would it really take?

Posted: 18 Aug 10 | Marriage equality is not the victim of the tyranny of the majority, but of a powerful minority, says Tim Dick. |

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Latham's blank vote blather from mouth of truculent teen

Posted: 16 Aug 10 | If the voters of Werriwa had all voted informally, Mark Latham would have had to get a real job as opposed to living off us for the rest of his days. |

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Burqa defenders' paradox of injustice

Posted: 13 Aug 10 | I am Muslim by birth and I find the burqa confronting. I even wish no women would wear it. Does that make me a bigot? |

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Abbott played room like a Stradivarius

Posted: 12 Aug 10 | Tony Abbott clearly ''won'' last night's People's Forum at the Rooty Hill RSL club, yet the impact of the much-hyped event on the larger campaign will prove evanescent. |

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Kiesha mystery: everyone has a theory

Posted: 12 Aug 10 | Kiesha's shrine reminds us why her name must be remembered. |

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Cut and splice expert slashes Costello

Posted: 11 Aug 10 | This is an election where the political spin doctors and black operations specialists are making the news media look like rigorous, impartial, honourable professionals. |

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