Asylum seeker debate reaches boiling point, Michelle Grattan & Lindsay Murdoch, Age
Burnside: Rudd's solution not much better than Howard's, Michelle Grattan, Age
Ruddock: Little difference between Indonesian & Pacific solutions, Richard Ackland SMH
Indonesian solution: A $50m cheque, Stephen Fitzpatrick & Matthew Franklin, Australian
The Ocean Viking 78 are still at sea, Lindsay Murdoch et al SMH
Rudd carpets Tuckey over terrorist risk comments, Malcolm Farr, Telegraph
"Labor at sea on asylum-seekers", Christian Kerr, Australian
"Coalition misses boat", Dennis Shanahan, Australian
"The Prime Minister is a shameless hypocrite", Tony Abbott, Telegraph
Dutton: Coalition unelectable until discipline restored, Courier Mail
At last, coalition turns guns on one of its rats: Tim Fischer, Brendan Nicholson, Age
Why was Fischer at Gaddafi's 40th anniversary hoedown in Tripoli? Brendan Nicholson SMH
Rudd may change citizenship law after alleged sheik letters, Malcolm Farr & Kara Lawrence, Telegraph
Private Sher's dad: Migrants who can't adapt should go elsewhere, AAP et al, Herald Sun
Albo crash tackles Howard's RL boss bid, Phillip Coorey SMH
Libs want Hazem El Masri as their man in Lakemba, Simon Benson, Telegraph
Rudd, Turnbull in parliamentary ear wax wrestle (with pics), Annabel Crabb SMH
Only 150,000 of Rudd's promised 1m computers are on school desks, Emma Chalmers, Courier Mail
"Uncool Kevin" suits the times, right down to picking wrong "Fire & Rain", Tony Wright, SMH
Henry: We haven't come to terms with the environment... Jacob Saulwick SMH
But we'll be rolling in resources dough until 2050, David Uren & Michael Sainsbury, Australian
Henry: Massive shifts loom for Australian society & economy, John McCarthy, Courier Mail
Henry: Two speed economy likely to continue for a long time, Shane Wright, West Australian
What sort of tax tapestry is Ken weaving? Neil Warren, Australian
The infuriating stubbornness of the gender pay gap, Sue Dunlevy, Telegraph
Youth taking bigger drug, sex & driving risks, Andrew Tillett & Evangeline Majawat, West Australian
Claim govt inaction is delaying Mitsubishi electric car introduction, Neil McDonald, Herald Sun
BHP Billiton's Argus: Don't sell the farm, Matt Chambers, Australian
Canberra should listen to Argus on FIRB revamp, Matthew Stevens, Australian
Corporate whistleblowers to get extra protection, David Crowe AFR
Murray wants Future Fund staff freed from Public Service Act, Glenda Korporaal, Australian
Business data points to recovery being patchier than RBA thinks, John Durie, Australian
Barnaby: $US "almost becoming like junk bonds", Mark Davis SMH
Swan to bollock state treasurers today over pension rise gouging, Phillip Coorey SMH
Rudd may give Vic's dirty power stations extra compo, Adam Morton & Royce Millar, Age
Ex-Vic, now PM&C boss Moran handy on power station compo, Royce Millar & Adam Morton, Age
Vic Health Minister: Canberra knows nothing about service delivery, Nick Miller, Age
Engage with rather than vilify climate change sceptics, Stuart Blackman, Australian
Conroy: NBN broadband price claims "laughable", Ari Sharp, Age
Feds & Telstra will have cut a deal by Christmas, Elizabeth Knight SMH
Two new free-to-air TV channels announced, Geoff Shearer, Courier Mail
Mark Scott "brave" to poke a stick at silverback Rupert, Harold Mitchell, Age
Shipping plays key role in island economies, Paddy Crumlin, Age
Earn-or-learn rules conceal 50,000 from young jobless figures, Anna Patty SMH
Rural & regional students are struggling to get to uni, Heath Gilmore SMH
"Scientists are visionaries of our times", Richard Marles, The Punch
More detail on HSU Thomson election spend emerges, Mark Davis SMH
Conservative church leaders lobby against rights charter, Nicola Berkovic, Australian
Rights charter is ideology dressed up as social justice, George Pell, Australian
Pokie madness must be contained, Nick Xenophon SMH
Nigerian parliament to probe RBA company bribe claim, Richard Baker & Nick McKenzie, Age
"Navy credibility in the balance as three deny sex ledger claim", Andrew Bolt, Herald Sun
ADF chiefs favour US over European chopper for RAN, Patrick Walters, Australian
"Idealism killing Karzai" Anthony Bubalo, Australian
Iranian & Israeli officials participation in nuclear-free Middle East talks, Charly Wegman SMH
New Indon foreign minister is an ANU PhD & Howard critic, AAP/SMH
A new African assertiveness on climate change, Desmond Tutu SMH
The state doesn't seem to mind killing innocent people in America, Bernard Lagan, Age
In which I go the biff on journo Andrew Clennell, Barry O'Farrell SMH
BOF achieves what Nathan hasn't: A unified party, Simon Benson, Telegraph
How to save Sydney - the engineers explain how, Paul Bibby SMH
Guerilla knitting comes to Sydney, Vikki Campion, Telegraph
Kidman: Hollywood contributes to violence by showing women as weak sex objects, Age
Blanchett film axed over Indian concern about Edwina Mountbatten's Nehru affair, Herald Sun
100,000 Italian women protest Berlusconi's misogyny, Nick Squires, Age
Missy Higgins moves back to Melbourne & rents a flat above a shop, Cameron Adams, Herald Sun
Canberra weather: 25, fine, mostly sunny, BoM
International:
New foreign minister one of Indonesia's finest diplomats, Ary Hermawan, Jakarta Post
"China's growth accelerates to 8.9% in Q3", China Daily
After London's Frieze, the old world approach in Paris, Scott Reyburn, Bloomberg
Cognitive pitfalls in medicine (or what your doctor is missing), Jerome E Groopman NYRB
The 9000-year old solution to food waste, Tristram Stuart, Prospect
The Cool Runnings of cricket, Deepti Patwardhan, Hindustan Times