Strength from stress: Turnbull's defining belief
Peter Hartcher 7:59 PM The Prime Minister's embrace of risk is more than rhetoric – it has roots in deeply personal experience.
Latest Comment
The political glory years are fresh as ever
Alan Ramsey 9:00 PM Paul Keating could well have woken with a smile today and Bob Hawke with a snarl.
Now the hard work begins for the HSC girls
Judith Ireland 1:17 PM They may outperform their male counterparts in the exams, but jump forward a decade or three and the situation is nowhere near as peachy for the ladies.
Storm clouds ahead for Baird after sunny 2015
Anne Davies 8:00 PM The Baird government ends 2015 on a high note. But 2016 has some clouds on the horizon that could become much more threatening.
Web encounters reveal kindness of strangers
Julia Baird 9:00 PM Online relationships are not only about abuse, trolls and dickheads; they can put you in touch with the nicest of people.
Lying to kids about Santa: a psychiatrist's view
Neil Jeyasingam 9:00 PM The story of the serial judgmental housebreaker is one children can easily relate to.
Coal's future looking blacker
Ross Gittins 12:15 AM It's clear Australia will have to lift its game if we're not to be seen as global bludgers.
Surfing's hero a champion beyond sport
Malcolm Knox 11:58 AM There are bigger things for Mick Fanning to deal with. Deal with them he will, for he is a champion in any realm.
Baird's progress on councils welcome
9:00 PM It is better for the Boundaries Commission to make recommendations on priority mergers and the final shape of amalgamations.
DECEMBER 19
Letters to the Editor
9:00 PM The tax cheats who devise and execute dubious strategies should be publicly outed just as individuals rorters are.
Column 8
9:00 PM "On my son's first day at the Soldiers Settlement School at Matraville," recalls Kerry Whalen, of Varsity Lakes, Queensland.
Turnbull will resist poll temptation
Mark Kenny An early election would carry the risk of being perceived by voters as opportunistic and a breach of faith.
League tables don't mean anything
Jenny Allum I am the head of a school which the Herald claims has done very well in our HSC results. According to its coverage, we climbed "dramatically" from 20th to 13th spot.
The end of an era for young performers
Erin James It will be a sad day when the Sydney Entertainment Centre closes its doors for the last time after Sir Elton John's concert this weekend.
Paris agreement could herald a new era
Phil Ireland This time six years ago I found myself in the company of other campaigners and politicians from around the world in the depths of despair after the calamitous Copenhagen climate negotiations.
Science deniers reject authority and facts
Patrick Stokes Many people who choose to ignore accepted scientific conclusions are making emotional rather than rational decisions.
View from the Street
Andrew P Street Because when you're paying a company billions to look after all those human rights abuses, expecting tax from them would appear rude! Your news of the day, reduced to a snarky rant.
Local film gems deserve funding respect
If we're good enough to produce talents of the calibre of the luminous Cate Blanchett, why can't we produce more blockbusters?
DECEMBER 18
Letters to the Editor
I believe the article "Selective and private girls' schools lead the result scorecard" (December 17) has been misinterpreted.
Column 8
"Virgin's use of the word 'guests' is tolerable," writes John Bunyan, of Campbelltown (What's wrong with "passengers"?, Column 8, Thursday).
In the Herald: December 18, 1923
Ellen Fitzgerald Shipping influx record; Return of the lash; Vice-Regal car theft - on this day in 1923.
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Highlights
The Australian fair go is dead
Elizabeth Farrelly: Why are we OK with this? How did the fair go slip so seamlessly into tooth and claw? Or was it always thus?
Captain's speech doesn't represent the Ravenswood I know
Throughout my time at Ravenswood, I experienced an environment that encouraged hard work, equality of standing, humility, and gratitude – virtues that I believe are the very foundation of the school itself.
Where to now for a newly unseated PM
Peter Hartcher: The government may have moved on, but Tony Abbott is still adjusting to his new reality and coming to grips with life beyond the prime ministership.
Big karma hits big pharma
Paul Sheehan: When a venture capitalist bought the rights to a drug and increased its price by 5500 per cent, there was widespread outrage. Now comes corporate revenge against corporate evil.
Islamic State thrives as big boys squabble
Waleed Aly: Force will not wipe out Islamic State because it is a byproduct of a much bigger conflict that needs to be resolved first.
Why Turnbull will be our longest-serving PM
Elizabeth Farrelly: It is a relief to have a leader who uses intelligence to connect with us.
The only thing worse than having your family murdered
When Ann O'Neill woke up in hospital after her estranged husband had shot her and killed their two children, she wasn't prepared for the public response.
A photo diary of France's week of terror
For photographer Andrew Meares, a dinner in Berlin turned into a week of terror after attacks ripped through the heart of Paris.
Why I won't be changing my Facebook profile
I am a self-confessed Francophile. I speak French; have a degree in French; in my 20s I did the obligatory year as an au pair, in Limoges, working for the family of a famous French porcelain house.
Turning hateful tweets into a force for good
Susan Carland: Bombarded with hateful tweets from trolls, it was only natural that my response would be rooted in the fact that I am Muslim.
