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Resettling refugees in Papua New Guinea: a tragic theatre of the absurdPapua New Guinea is an extraordinary country very close to my heart, but I can say with absolute surety that it is not an appropriate country in which to resettle refugees -
Any election involving Crosby Textor will include dead cats, and we've just been thrown onePeter Dutton’s line about refugees this week was a classic from the Crosby Textor playbook – Australia should expect more of the same in the weeks ahead
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Medicare co-payments are fine – for those with the capacity to payA universal health service does not necessarily mean it should be free, but underpinning everything should be a commitment that poor and vulnerable Australians are protected -
Be under no illusion: Malcolm Turnbull wants to destroy Australian literatureThe government’s record drips with a contempt for writers and writing that leaves me in despair. The Liberals are a party of philistines
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Better schools will benefit the whole economy. Why can't the Coalition see that?Malcolm Turnbull’s paring back of Gonski funding for Australia’s education system is incomprehensible given the proven value of improving skills
columnists
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Greg JerichoGreg JerichoWith record low wages growth and low inflation, the bracket-creep tax cut is combating wage rises that aren’t even happeningThe real story about growth and why we don't need to worry about bracket creep
cartoons
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Today we take a behind-the-scenes look at the infamous yet mysterious electoral campaign management consultancy known only as Prehistoric Death Birds IncWe have an old saying in the dog-whistle business
Indigenous Australia
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My art is a personal antidote for the effects of colonisationEvery person is a cultural being, says Katie West, who will use her time on @IndigenousX to discuss assimilation, authenticity and how art helps her cope with anxiety
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#IHMayDay16 – a cry for help on Indigenous mental healthLynore Geia and Summer May Finlay take the reins of @IndigenousX to highlight the action around Indigenous health and wellbeing
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What lies ahead is a gruelling and expensive campaign that will leave the country much as it was beforeAustralians crave change. But this election won't deliver it
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As another federal election looms, we need to keep in mind that violence and violent imagery do not prove passion for a nationAustralian patriotism: it's not about war, it's in our love of the land
world view
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Martin Rowson on the EU referendum – cartoonNew plain packs for cigarettes feature gory photographs of diseased organs – but the dire warnings issued by those who want to leave and remain in the EU are even scarier
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Binyamin Netanyahu’s reshuffle was brutal, but don’t rule out one last diplomatic push from President ObamaIsrael has turned right and exposed the battle within
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We have an old saying in the dog-whistle business