Vote no to Baird's fight for fossil economy
Elizabeth Farrelly 10:51 AM When you stand at New Zealand's northern tip you can see the seam, stretching to infinity, where two oceans meet. In history, similarly, there are times when the clash of vast forces becomes momentarily visible.
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The unreal world of Sydney real estate
Heckler 2:01 PM The smell of cookie dough hits my nose and I imagine Martha Stewart in an apron. But Martha Stewart isn't here because Martha Stewart doesn't live in a crack den.
Why Vote Compass doesn't work for me
Patrick Batchelor 1:49 PM Every election I take the ABC's Vote Compass survey, and every election it tells me to vote for a party I don't support.
Skulduggery attaches to single-issue parties
Paul Sheehan 10:51 AM On a ballot paper with 16 political parties and 390 names, there is plenty of room for mischief. And skulduggery. Nothing is as it seems with the single-issue parties.
Same-sex marriage bill only about equality
David Leyonhjelm 11:19 PM The modern "marriage for love" represents a decisive rejection of parental and social control over individual romantic choice.
Time to act on harm caused to detainees
Steven Glass 11:10 PM On September 25 last year, for the more than 900 asylum seekers in Nauru, hope for a life free of persecution turned instantly to despair.
Greens keep environment on the agenda
Bob Brown 11:43 PM Whichever party forms government after the NSW election, the Greens will be essential in both houses of the State Parliament if the environment is to be kept high on the agenda.
Poles and wires solution in our own backyard
Melina Morrison 3:37 PM The debate about the potential benefits versus the possible longer-term harm from the government's planned partial electricity privatisation shows no sign of abating before Saturday.
Australia and India build ties through cricket
Shaun Star Competitive, colourful and sometimes even controversial: there is something about an Australia versus India contest in cricket.
Netanyahu ill-advised to dash hopes for peace
1:08 AM Israelis have yet again made it clear they want the hard man of the Middle East back on the job.
MARCH 26
Catholic schools growth falls short
9:00 PM Yes, I admit, I do beam every time a new or expanded Catholic school is opened.
Column 8
9:00 PM "While waiting at a supermarket checkout, I noticed a sign on an adjacent cash register that said 'Please note – this register has been end of dayed'," reports Peter Moore, of Forbes.
In the Herald: March 26, 1926.
Harry Hollinsworth 9:00 PM Sydney's new playhouse in Elizabeth and Castlereagh streets, opened on this day in 1926.
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Highlights
Is this the recession we had to have (again)?
Peter Reith: If both sides of politics decide we may as well walk away from fiscal repair before the next election, Australia could experience a serious blow to our economy and real poverty for potentially hundreds of thousands.
Slow-building nation requires jump-start
Peter Hartcher: The golden days, when Australia was the standout success story of the world economy, seem a world away after the mining boom delivered a deep dose of stupefying complacency.
Psycho killer - Qu'est-ce que c'est?
Sam de Brito: Daniel Kelsall isn't evil - he's sick. One day our hysterical pronouncements will seem as ignorant as schizophrenics being deemed "possessed by the devil".
Nick Xenophon's plea to Indonesia
Nick Xenophon has written an open letter in Bahasa Indonesia to our northern neighbours calling for clemency for the Bali nine duo.
Chinese dragon losing its steam
Peter Hartcher: An eminent US Sinologist has listed five "telling indications of the regime's vulnerability".
Politicians don't speak for the selfie generation
I am 23 years old. I have no experience in politics. And I am standing against the Premier in this month's NSW election.
New parties have all the answers until kissing stops
Annabel Crabb: Protest parties are the Vegas weddings of the political world.
Tony Abbott's shameful return to the base
Peter Hartcher: The Prime Minister's populist assault on minority groups is disqualifying him from the leadership of a united country.
Remote communities aren't a lifestyle choice
Joe Morrison: Aborigines live in outstations to give their families a better chance of survival.
Hockey's plan to smash a world-class super scheme
Paul Keating: Superannuation for the Liberal Party is fundamentally an ideological matter.
Tony Abbott doesn't speak for me
Tony Abbott, I never tire of hearing the truth and, whether you call it lecturing or anything else, I hope you listen, learn and change, as you so recently promised.
