Prime Minister

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Politics & Society

What key quality should Australia’s next PM have?

Australians have had seven prime ministers in ten years and are heading to the polls again. When it comes to leadership, what we need most is a leader who tells it like it is and matches that with vision and action

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Politics & Society

Surviving Australian politics: 4 reforms to stop ousting leaders

Australian politics looks increasingly like a reality TV show, so what can be done to bring stability and end the near-constant Canberra coups?

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Education

Turnbull's chance to break the cycle

Maxine McKew argues new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull can breathe some life into Australian politics desperately in need of change

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