Opinion
Beat your chests and feel proud
PATRICK CARLYON IT'S good that we've won the Ashes, but it's better that we've done it with aggression, intimidation and swagger. It's not PC, but it's beautiful.
So easy to fall for social media
JAMES CAMPBELL THE story of the tourist who fell off St Kilda pier while checking Facebook may seem funny but it resonated with those who live through social media.
Rock of ages still on a roll
ELISE ELLIOTT JUST because the Rolling Stones look like something Indiana Jones might have dug up doesn't mean they can't rock - and there are lots more like them.
More speech, debate and voices
Tim Wilson IT'S time to reassert the importance of human rights as universal, consistently-applied principles, not increasingly diluted worthy aspirations.
If politics trumps policy, we lose
Shaun Carney IN the week before Christmas last year, Wayne Swan announced the Labor government was abandoning its promise to produce a surplus in the 2013 budget.
Older pets are the cat's whiskers
Terry Barnes FOUR years ago, not long before Christmas, Molly came into our lives. Molly was not a baby but a 10-year-old nondescript smoky tabby moggy.
Today's Knight
Mark Knight 2013 - December
Mark Knight cartoons for December 2013.
Editorials
Bikies top of cops' hit list
CHIEF Commissioner Ken Lay has made breaking down Victoria's bikie menace a key order of business during his first two years in charge.
A special time of year
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Put children back in the picture
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Bung confession raises doubts
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No more big resources projects
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Unravelling a puzzling tale
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Mandela was master of the smart move
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Ron's back and he's staying classy
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Baby steps toward responsibility
AROUND seven months and three weeks ago my wife and I were informed that our first child was due to hit earth TODAY.
Christmas exchange rate backs cash
ECONOMISTS hate Christmas; and not just because of the plunge in personal productivity that occurs this time each year (hello couch!).
Ugly politics are still in vogue
THE Government is not guilty of driving General Motors out of Australia but it is guilty of handling the issue with heavy hands and little clarity.
So easy to fall for social media
THE story of the tourist who fell off St Kilda pier while checking Facebook may seem funny but it resonated with those who live through social media.
Soft reports failing our children
SCHOOL reports used to give parents a true indication of how their children were doing at school. But now they have become generic gibberish.
Labor mess is Hockey's chalice
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Let's plan to avoid China's mistakes
THE speed of China's development has astonished the world but it hasn't been trouble free - and Melbourne can learn from its planning mistakes.
Beat your chests and feel proud
IT'S good that we've won the Ashes, but it's better that we've done it with aggression, intimidation and swagger. It's not PC, but it's beautiful.
Inspired by so many women
AS the year ends I want to recognise the wonderful energy released into the world by a huge number of dynamic, compassionate and brave women.
Swann retires mid-Ashes series
ENGLAND'S Test side has plunged into further disarray with spinner Graeme Swann's immediate retirement from all cricket.
Politician sent staff video of oral sex
THIS politician has been married for 37 years but it didn't stop him allegedly bombarding good looking female staffers with sexually explicit suggestions and lewd videos.
Aussies stunned by Swann retirement
GRAEME Swann's sudden retirement caught everyone off guard - none more so than his Australian counterpart Nathan Lyon.
Why do so many rockers die at 27?
IT'S the ultimate club you don't want to join - the 27 Club, made up rockers who died when they were just 27.
St Kilda's best 22
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How to get a surfer's body in just six steps
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