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The sudden collapse of the Assad regime is one of those “in retrospect it was inevitable but no one saw it coming” moments. Exactly where it leaves Syria is still unclear, so it is also one of those ...

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Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk want to drastically cut government jobs. Dan Honig makes the case for better not fewer ...

Will the next federal election, due by May next year, result in a hung parliament? Everyone seems to think so. The opinion poll ingredients — low major-party primary support; two-party-preferred ...

Before he resigned from the House of Commons in 2023, Boris Johnson updated his register of parliamentary interests to reveal that he had received an advance of £510,000 (a shade over A$1 million) for ...

With almost half the world’s population voting in national or Europe-wide elections during 2024, Time magazine declared it “the ultimate election year.” Now it’s almost over we can stand back and try ...