In The Australian today:
"Coming after the school funding row, last week's Program for International Student Assessment results provided the education lobby with a golden opportunity to vent its claims. Not that those claims needed repeating, for they have become articles of religion. But that doesn't stop them being demonstrably false."

In The Australian today:
"Whatever one might think of the GrainCorp decision, it was never going to be an easy one for the Coalition -- which is why Chris Bowen handballed it to Joe Hockey. After all, the Coalition is precisely that; and with the costs of disunity now seared into politicians' minds, a highly publicised rift between Liberals and Nationals would hardly have gotten the Abbott government off to an auspicious start."

From today's The Australian:
"It was hardly a marriage made in heaven: the suitor's track record was mixed and the parents might well have hoped for a more attractive match. But that doesn't mean Archer Daniels Midland's $3.4 billion takeover of GrainCorp should have been blocked. And by blocking it, Treasurer Joe Hockey has raised any number of questions, while providing all too few answers."

In The Australian today:

"According to the ABC, Australian taxpayers aren't entitled to know how much it pays its executives. But while shrouding itself in secrecy the national broadcaster did not hesitate to divulge highly classified information about Australia's intelligence programs, worsening the crisis unleashed by the US traitor Edward Snowden. "

In The Australian today:
"It would be possible to tell the tale of Jules and Kev comically, pathetically, even savagely."

In The Australian today:
"The Australian car industry is waiting around to die. With every passing day, analysing its problems becomes less a diagnosis and more a post-mortem. The only question is whether anyone has the courage to sign the death certificate."