'All happy families are alike,' Tolstoy observed, but 'each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way'. And especially unhappy just at the moment are the Murdochs, described in a spate of recent reports as deploying lawyers in a bitter dispute over the future of the family trust. For those who value The Australian, this is important

There is a decision that can be made which would […]

One doesn't like to be morbid, but when the press magnate breathes his last Australia's last remaining decent newspaper will likely fall victim to the bean-counters. A Guardian-style trust would guarantee its survival, and only the man who founded it can make that happen

You will never hear a politician explaining what is wrong with “direct democracy”—they just hope the ideas don’t catch on