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  1. Drum farewell: A note from the editor

    Dear reader, I haven't written directly to you before and, as it happens, the first time I've chosen to do so is on this, our last day. It's over and out for The Drum online.

    By Chip Rolley

  2. Still in denial, the major parties risk learning nothing from Election 2016

    The major parties are now reaping what they have sown. Warnings about the need for budget repair and taxation reform fall on deaf ears, with voters more inclined to believe in populist solutions.

    By Mike Steketee

  3. Why the credit rating warning should worry us

    The shot across Australia's bows this week from Standard & Poor's should spur us to kick our unhealthy housing addiction, reduce the over-reliance on mining and break-up a range of rent-seeking oligopolies.

    By Michael Janda

  4. Disorder in the court: We need to address inequality in the legal world

    Despite the vast majority of lawyers joining the profession today being female, there is still an enormous pay gap and lack of women at senior levels. New targets for the briefing of women will help address this inequality.

    By Fiona McLeod

  5. Chilcot report offers important lessons for Australia

    The Chilcot report on the invasion of Iraq offers a damning verdict, and adds weight to the call for a sincere apology from John Howard and for Australia to conduct its own inquiry.

    By Amin Saikal

  6. Truth and Blair-bashing in the Chilcot Report

    It would be good for Australia to do a similar report to the UK's Chilcot inquiry into the Iraq war, but one that steers away entirely from playing the man.

    By Jim Molan

  7. Why simply calling Hanson racist doesn't help

    Calling Pauline Hanson racist or treating her like a circus freak guarantees one outcome only: that her beliefs will be reinforced. Instead, point out the issues and explain why she is wrong.

    By Michael Bradley

  8. Comic relief: Marvel's lampoon of Trump has a serious side

    A new Marvel comic book has depicted Donald Trump as a grotesque supervillain that poses a threat to the free world. Is this just a bit of fun, or can comics offer a serious critique of contemporary politics?

    By Naja Later

  9. Economic theory can't match lived experience

    Maybe now political parties are twigging that people are getting sick of hearing about "transition" and talking of a vibrant new economy. Theories don't carry the weight they once did.

    By Greg Jericho

  10. Juno reaches Jupiter in a golden age of space exploration

    Space exploration is insanely difficult at the best of times, and the five-year journey of the Juno spacecraft is pushing things even further. It is one of the most inspirational things we do.

    By Alan Duffy

  11. Chookyard politics prevailed at this election

    Chookyard-style politics dominated this election, and Labor merely exploited its insight that chook-like dependency on government as the Great Provider runs through the Australian electorate's psyche.

    By Terry Barnes

  12. Where did it go wrong for Turnbull? The budget

    It's hard to deny the Coalition's weak election outcome was partly the result of a strategic miscalculation; in particular, the budget failed to give the Turnbull Government's economic story the depth it needed.

    By Chris Berg

  13. This isn't the calm before the storm, it's the sound of a political vacuum

    In a sense there will be a period of relative stability as both the major parties draw breath and sort themselves out. But in terms of legislation, or even policy, there is now something of a vacuum.

    By Mungo MacCallum

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  6. Park bench Instagram account reflects a deep-seated passion

  7. Clinton v FBI: Where their private email testimonies diverge

  8. Did Pauline Hanson win a three or six-year Senate term?

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  10. Election the 'worst possible outcome' for business

  11. Gearing down: Chris Evans quits after one series with Top Gear

  12. Who's who in the zoo: Meet the new Senate crossbenchers

  13. AFL 2016 road to the finals: How will the top eight look

  14. Election results: What happens now?

  15. Huw Parkinson: The battle for Middle-Ground

  16. What. Just. Happened? A guide to how we got to this point

  17. Rise of the minor parties, and how the results stack up historically

  18. Clarke and Dawe: Democracy in Australia, a work in progress

  19. Council worker now Star Wars illustrator? Meesa says yes

  20. Turnbull and Shorten's favourite three-word slogans

The Drum Columnists

  1. Chookyard politics prevailed

    Chookyard-style politics dominated this election, and Labor merely exploited its insight that chook-like dependency on government as the Great Provider runs through the Australian electorate's psyche.

    By Terry Barnes

  2. So long, economic theory

    Maybe now political parties are twigging that people are getting sick of hearing about "transition" and talking of a vibrant new economy. Theories don't carry the weight they once did.

    By Greg Jericho

  3. Turnbull's treacherous path

    With the election hanging in the balance, it is difficult to see a safe path for Malcolm Turnbull to navigate through the minefield that he alone has created.

    By Paula Matthewson

  4. From win-win to lose-lose

    Even the Coalition's most optimistic projections involve Malcolm Turnbull holding power by a razor thin margin. A situation in which party unity is simultaneously of maximum importance and minimum achievability.

    By ABC's Annabel Crabb

Recent Contributors

  1. Juno reaches Jupiter

    Space exploration is insanely difficult at the best of times, and the five-year journey of the Juno spacecraft is pushing things even further. It is one of the most inspirational things we do.

    By Alan Duffy

  2. Duopoly failing?

    If Saturday's vote and its lingering aftermath show anything it's that the political duopoly that has held sway since 1945 is straining at the limits of its use-by date.

    By ABC's Jonathan Green

  3. Lessons on health

    The "Mediscare" campaign will have an impact on health policy development in the new parliament, but to suggest any chance of reform is now dead is both naïve and premature.

    By Stephen Duckett

  4. Death throes of Islamic State

    As Islamic State loses ground in the Middle East it is lashing out with attacks like the one we witnessed in Istanbul. But even these extreme acts can't hide the truth that the so-called "caliphate" is essentially no more.

    By Jacinta Carroll

Business Analysis

  1. So long, economic theory

    Maybe now political parties are twigging that people are getting sick of hearing about "transition" and a vibrant new economy, writes Greg Jericho.

  2. Budgets and polls

    The budget failed to give the Turnbull Government's economic story the depth it needed, writes Chris Berg.

  3. Warning signs were there

    The wealth gap is showing up at the polls in the form of protest votes directed against the established order, writes Ian Verrender.

  4. Brexit and the future of work

    The Brexit lesson is that employment will increasingly be the battleground on which arguments about democracy play out, writes Tim Dunlop.

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