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Plumes of smoke from two simultaneous strikes rise over Tehran on Monday.

Muted reaction to aggression by allies fails the test of our generation

There are many echoes of Australia’s past mistakes in the government’s tacit approval of Donald Trump’s unilateralism.

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City of Port Phillip Mayor Alex Makin (left) and City of Yarra Mayor Stephen Jolly at Melbourne Town Hall.

State can’t wish away the financial problems of local councils

There are no easy fixes here, but the government should at least be willing to canvas solutions.

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CBUS chairman Wayne Swan.

Sorry two years for CBUS shows it’s time super members got a say

There’s no way of knowing what members in the $100 billion fund think, as they are never asked.

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Premier Jacinta Allan: The buck stops with her.

Disgraceful, egregious, insulting: The premier’s spin on CFMEU is out of control

Jacinta Allan’s IBAC letter saga and her shameless press conference deflections only highlight the total inadequacy of the government’s response.

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Jacinta Allan.

Allan’s CFMEU stonewalling is a failure of leadership

The past week’s CFMEU revelations have shocked Victorians. They deserve to know how the state ended up paying billions to bikies.

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Police and demonstrators clashed during protests in Sydney against Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s visit.

The right is to protest peacefully – there’s no place for hate

The visit to Australia of Israel’s President Isaac Herzog has highlighted the complexities of our bedrock rights.

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A general view of the Victoria Barracks on St Kilda Road in Melbourne.

It’s well past time to put Defence’s surplus land to good use

Decades of reviews have produced little action. It is hoped this latest audit will prompt a response that will help ease the housing crisis.

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Barnaby Joyce and Pauline Hanson have teased that more Nationals could defect to One Nation.

Despite the polls, One Nation is still a fringe party

One Nation may be surging in the polls, but voters need to ask, what does the party stand for?

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Victorian education minister Ben Carroll.

Victoria’s ‘Education State’ slogan rings hollow

More than a decade since state Labor vowed to fully fund Victorian schools to the Gonski standard, the Allan government continues to fall short of its promise to make education a top priority.

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In images: The death of a Coalition.

Coalition’s dispiriting meltdown has consequences far beyond its own ranks

The nation needs a functioning opposition and careful, thoughtful debate in these difficult days. Neither looks likely to surface before parliament resumes.

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