Pharmacy protection racket that keeps prices high
Peter Martin 8:56 AM The Harper Review has found a range of restrictive pharmacy industry rules that work against consumer benefit.
Where are our leaders on climate change?
Ian Dunlop 12:38 AM Margaret Thatcher understood the problem three decades ago.
We've failed as a nation on arbitrary detention
Olivia Ball 12:36 AM The United Nations is not lecturing us, but doing its job, responding to complaints and defending human rights.
Common diseases present global problem
Anushka Patel 12:40 AM The figures in the latest WHO report on non-communicable diseases are nothing short of confronting.
Autism - Australia, we’re getting it wrong
Chris Varney 12:39 AM People on the autism spectrum all have strengths, but they need time to reveal what those strengths are and how they can be harnessed.
The Bjorn legacy: Lomborg and aid program
Markus Mannheim 8:29 AM Policymakers should embrace cost-benefit analyses, but be wary of their limits.
Nuclear threat: who has fingers on triggers?
Shashank Joshi 1:55 PM If the deal between Iran and the West holds, implementation will be hard but all this is better than sanctions, provocation, and possibly war, that might follow a collapse of negotiations.
Obama's old foes could still torpedo Iran deal
Andrew Hammond A lasting nuclear settlement could be undermined by opponents in Israel and Iran, as well as the US Republicans.
We’re so aware of looks, we won’t eat ugly fruit
Wendy Squires Globally food worth billions of dollars is dumped each year because it fails retailers' strict cosmetic standards.
Jokowi losing fight to stamp out corruption
Simon Butt and Tim Lindsey The Indonesian president looks impotent as the anti-corruption agency is crippled.
Timeless harvest of blood and bone
Warwick McFadyen Throughout history, the ebb and flow of life and death in times of war is heightened at Easter, a time when life and death merge.
Penalty rates keep us human
Peter Martin Easter has become sacred even for the non-religious and the non-Christian.
Carthage's history can teach Tunisia's leaders
Fethi Mansouri Tunisia must not roll back significant gains in civil rights and freedom of speech as it opposes radical Islamists.
Message of Easter still relevant
Bill Pugh The first Good Friday was a crowd, like some sporting event, gathered around three crosses on a hill section of the town's rubbish tip.
A Hall full of memories
Shane Green From school prize-giving to the teenage thrill of a big concert or a political call, an East Melbourne hall has been home to it all.
Being middle-aged in my best going-out shirt
Danny Katz I'm a middle-aged, middle class, middle-of-the-road man, and I look good.
Finding peace and hope at Easter
Martin Flanagan A group of former Palestinian fighters and Israeli soldiers who agree violence has no future gives me hope despite Middle East turmoil.
Are celebrity feminists glamorous hypocrites?
Soraya Nadia McDonald Famous female stars are taking a public stand on equality but they're chastised for selling empowerment while being slaves to the glamour industry.
Abbott walks a narrow road to resurrection
Mark Kenny Just weeks ago the Prime Minister's fate seemed sealed. New he's rising again.
TV series gets it wong on economic woes
Judith Brett George Megalogenis' series on economics concludes with a bizarre look at migration.
Labor ignores unions and families at its peril
Tony Sheldon There is a danger in politics in being all things to all people and ending up representing nothing.
Is belief in Christ a dangerous idea?
Simon Smart Many people believe more is going on in life than what we can see and touch and measure.
Men must learn to respect women
Nelly Thomas The only known and proven strategy to prevent violence against women is to teach men to respect women and view them as equals.
Why not let a people's jury fix the budget?
Nicholas Reece Public participation in government can be a remedy for our lacklustre leaders.
Jim Jefferies' rape jokes far from funny
Sandi Scaunich Some men simply don't understand why rape jokes are not entertaining.
Harper report does little for consumers
Rohan Miller It is a remarkable piece of spin doctoring for the Harper commission's "stocktake" of competition policy frameworks to suggest consumer interests should be omnipotent in Australia's economy.
Could Jesus have actually been a woman?
Elizabeth Farrelly Jesus' role and resonance are so intensely female it makes me wonder if Jesus was a woman.
First sign of ageing an (offensive) eye-opener
Lonnae O’Neal People who've had good eyesight their entire lives take the apparent sudden loss of vision especially hard.
Time for Abbott to tackle domestic violence
Susan Metcalfe Government responses to the regular murders, terror and harm inflicted on large numbers of (mostly) women and children each day remain cruelly inadequate.
Politicians too timid to drive historic change
Sally Young Our leaders are confused about what the state can, and should, do. Gone is the confidence of visionary men like Whitlam and Fraser.
IS casts its net over a reality TV generation
Simon Cottee A carefully crafted spectacle, powerfully seductive, and seemingly attainable – this is Islamic State reduced to the level of reality TV, and the reason seemingly ordinary young people are answering the call.
Spin doctors called in for unpopular policies
Ross Gittins Treasurer Joe Hockey promotes lower taxes for the rich by incorrectly suggesting Australian taxes are higher than in most countries.
Footy's kicking goals, but AFL is out of bounds
Jonathan Horn Professional footballers take to the field with the careworn expression of another day on a building site. The fun has been sucked out of their game.
Muslims, non-Muslims can live in harmony
Abu Bakar Alam We could clear up misunderstandings between Muslims and non-Muslims by holding a regular event to get to know each other better.
Why budget airlines are high stress for pilots
Adam Minter Pilots' psychological health is being sacrificed to cost-cutting, with tragic consequences.
Tax: go hard on locals but easy on foreigners
Peter Martin The case for being harder on ourselves than we are on foreigners may seem wrong but it's not as unfair as it sounds.
The end of Middle East order as we know it?
Peter Hartcher The fear of a wide-ranging war between the Sunni nations and the Shia is now realised.
Bikes, cars: slow down on our crowded roads
Jason Dowling Our roads are busier than ever, and we need patience, good manners and common sense to make the travelling safe.
China outsmarts US diplomacy on Asia bank
Hugh White Canberra's U-turn on the Asia bank suggests Australian politicians finally accept that a new era has dawned in our region's politics.
Men: engage brains before opening mouths
Jenna Price Men hire people just like them. The next time you use the phrase "unconscious bias", wash your mouth out. There is nothing unconscious in wanting to hire a clone of yourself with your values and your views.
Crash puts focus on workplace mental health
Karen Gately Grief is flowing yet again for loved ones lost in an air disaster, so what can we learn from the appalling end of Germanwings Flight 4U9525?
Cricket's alcohol-drenched culture
Michael Thorn The mix of alcohol, sports, and TV advertising is detrimental to the nation's health.
Editors' pick
Negative gearing: time to kill this sacred cow
John Daley, the man who stopped Joe Hockey in his tracks on Q&A; this week, and Grattan Institute fellow Danielle Wood explain why we should abolish negative gearing.
You're never too old to wear skinny jeans
Fashionable gear isn’t just for the young. Age-appropriate dressing is a thing of the past, writes LINDA KELSEY.
Dipping into super for a house is a good idea
Denying Australians access to their money to stop them entering the housing market is a cruel way to keep a lid on prices.
The hidden story of ADF's role in Iraq
Tony Abbott was desperate to send Australian forces to assist in the "fight against the death cult" but how are we to know how their training is being used in Iraq.
Abbott's "lifestyle" comments are insensitive and destructive
Where the Prime Minister is dangerously wrong is to reduce a complex question to a glib sound bite, writes MICHAEL GORDON.
Hockey's plan to smash a world-class super scheme
The Liberals are always trying to pull the plug out of the bath of retirement savings, writes PAUL KEATING.
Sexism in surgery humiliates me every day
A senior female surgeon is furious about the effect sexism has had on her career and implores the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons not to abandon women in the medical profession.
ISIL's vandalism as chilling as its bloodlust
Just as the Nazis destroyed synagogues and those who worshipped in them, so Isil aspires to erase all traces of those it condemns as infidels, writes TOM HOLLAND.
Parallels in death penalty and Stop the Boats
The death penalty and indefinite detention of asylum seekers are both examples of the cruel maxim "the ends justify the means", writes SIMON LONGSTAFF
Glacial pace of change for women's equality
The unfulfilled aspirations of women will remain until men help to effect change, writes KATE JENKINS.
Baby Boomers put the boot in to young people
Abbott and Hockey talk of intergenerational theft, yet they seek to deny young people the benefits of government largesse that their generation enjoyed more than any other group in history, writes NICHOLAS REECE.
