Quadrant Online contributors, gentle and well-mannered folk, sometimes find themselves at odds. In December's Quadrant, just published, Keith Windschuttle and Tom Switzer disagree about Australia's role in bringing ISIS to heel. Now there is discord between Philippa Martyr and Terry Barnes over Nova Peris

The British PM still talks about the likelihood that his Conservatives can claim a majority at the 2015 election, but simple arithmetic makes that a slim possibility. If only the UK had an an Australian-style preferential system, those UKIP upstarts would not represent an almost insurmountable obstacle

The Health Minister seeks to preserved the best of what we have and make better use stretched resources. His ideological enemies aim to strangle this essential debate at birth. They must not be allowed to prevail

Mere competence represents a vast improvement on the shambles of the Rudd-Gillard-Rudd years, but if Tony Abbott is to fulfill his potential as one of the great Prime Ministers he will need to resolve his government's teething problems and get his own house in order

A snap election would almost certainly end the chaos that has made Victoria's lower house a crucible of impotent fury. Alas, a fixed-term provision in the state's Constitution stops voters bringing down the curtains on a sad and tangled farce

Real action and decisive leadership on Indigenous affairs, like the Howard government’s intervention in the Northern Territory or Noel Pearson’s outstanding work in Cape York, are what truly matters

On Tuesday, Treasurer Joe Hockey and Finance minister Mathias “Terminator” […]

Sooner or later Labor will get its act together. When that happens, the Coalition would be well advised to have a fresh battleplan at the ready

Those who watched Annabel Crabb's kitchen-counter encounter with the man who would be our next PM, saw a relaxed, open, honest and reflective Australian. We are likely to see more of him