Fresh from his failed bid to become prime minister, Peter Dutton has been reinstated to cabinet despite his key role in destabilising the government.

Malcolm Turnbull is set to resign from Parliament this week, as the Liberal federal executive prepares to call nominations for his Sydney seat of Wentworth.

From Andre Vltchek

Uber Technologies Inc. and Airbus SE. have joined a public-private panel in Japan tasked with developing airborne vehicles in the country within the next decade.

Conservative supporters of Mr Abbott have also told the ABC's Four Corners that he had "unfinished business" and he actively contributed to the volatile climate in today's Liberal Party. 

As a famous-in-my-own-mind anthropologist, I can say there is not much difference between the Neolithic tribes' and corporations’ behaviour: fierce competition against other tribes, for resources and for profit or food. While the Neolithic people had herds and veggie patches, hunters/gatherers had none.

Back in July 2018...

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will tomorrow urge the Trump ­administration to hold Russia fully accountable for its bad global behaviour, including the killing of 38 Australians in the MH17 tragedy.

Earlier this week, David Ignatius at the Washington Post published an interesting column ruing the decline of U.S. “influence” in the Middle East. His central theme is that U.S. “disengagement” from the region is allowing local actors to chart their own courses, and that many of them are now making bad decisions. In his view, the prospects for positive change in the region are receding and that we will all be worse off as a result.

Picture from Gus' collection of useless things...