Why Abbott should go
Amanda Vanstone ... and a few other Liberal MPs such as Bronwyn Bishop and Philip Ruddock should stop being so selfish and move on.
Anti-corruption bill disappoints
Colleen Lewis 12:15 AM The trouble is, there could be an escape route for the corrupt.
Barbie is beyond fixing
Alexandra Petri 12:15 AM Resizing the iconic doll won't bring her closer to reality.
Engineering is about helping people
Robert Care 12:15 AM The first step to embracing the future is to ensure the next generation have among them a greater proportion of Australians with the ability to create the future, solve challenges, and shape a better world.
Why it is wrong to call Siri a bitch
Andrew Masterson The thing about Siri is you can call her a bitch and she won't mind. You can switch out her voice, replace it with a bloke's, call him a bitch, too, and be greeted with same indifference.
When the law is an ass, picnic on the grass
Michael Short One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.
Andrews hands Guy potent ammunition
Farrah Tomazin Daniel Andrews returned to work this week faced with the unavoidable reality that his political honeymoon was officially over.
A new way to look at people seeking asylum
Ramon Martinez-Mendoza The fear in that moment must be overwhelming and connects oneself to the animalistic instinct for survival. What comes next, after the fire has torn it's way through your world and taken its toll?
Dark side of the hero
Nicholas Kristof This is the story of the Nobel Peace Prize winner and crimes against humanity.
The trouble with political correctness
Martin Flanagan Diversity may be our new buzzword, but we should not forget the need for unity.
I'm filled with freudenfreude and it feels good
Julia Baird When one of your friends stands up on a cold wet day in Canberra to speak about a dream she has fought for and made real, you all stand just that little bit taller.
Sportsmanship, PE and other nightmares
Danny Katz Spoiler alert: It turns out that I was especially good at sitting cross-legged on the gym floor.
Economists have absolutely no idea
Richard Denniss An engineer, a scientist and economist are playing darts. The engineer throws a dart and hits the far left of the dart board. The scientist throws another and hits the far right. The economist screams 'bullseye'!
Time for Australia to ban Taliban terrorists
William Maley and David Savage The government can show solidarity with the Taliban movement or with its victims. It should be an easy choice to make.
Our illicit-drugs policies aren't working
Greg Denham The focus of strategies to reduce drug abuse needs to be on saving lives.
Who would lead Labor against Turnbull?
Mark Kenny Contenders for Bill Shorten's job as Opposition Leader may be dissuaded by the air of looming defeat.
Australia less corrupt than most but slipping
Adam Graycar Our traditions and ethical culture hold us in good stead but we can't afford to become complacent.
Victoria's mental health plan: put it to work
Beth Caird Dismissing suicide as a "tragedy" does a disservice to the community when there is much that can be done for those at risk.
Republic, OK - presidential, no thanks
Michael McGarvie In constructing a model for a republican political system, we need to focus on stability, not popularity.
Analysis of Turnbull's tax plan ... sort of
Jessica Irvine I have obtained exclusive Treasury modelling of Malcolm Turnbull's tax plan. OK, to be clear, I obtained it a decade ago. It turned up again this summer during a frenzied spring clean of my paperwork.
Why authenticity is the greatest spin of all
David Greenberg The resilient popularity of Bernie Sanders' socialism and Donald Trump's populism make it clear that the US electorate is craving "authenticity".
Awful world without vaccinations
Donald Bourquin We should take time to remember that science in the West has defeated the terrible plagues that used to kill our children or degrade their quality of life.
A disarming lesson from the Pacific
Philip Alpers
Solomon Islands, after destroying more firearms than anyone knew it had, is now by law a gun-free nation.
Marriage equality
Marriage equality is more than overdue
Gillian Triggs Imagine being seeing the words "never married" on your new husband's death certificate. As if the grief of losing your husband while honeymooning wasn't traumatic enough.
Kids need to watch more television
Annabel Venning Picture this: it's Sunday afternoon, the Cluedo game has been tidied away, the fire is lit, it's the perfect time to watch a family film, snuggled on the sofa.
Our climate policies are working
Greg Hunt The Abbott and Turnbull governments have demonstrated that they can achieve better results without the economic cost of the Gillard/Rudd carbon tax.
Highlights
Australia Day: Pride and prejudice
Rather than draping ourselves in spurious displays of patriotism, Australia Day should be a time for honest reflection on who we are as a nation, writes HUGH MACKAY.
Election should be about cutting inequality
Solving inequality is about politics as much as it is about economics. We support Malcolm Turnbull's optimism, and trust he can help generate changes that make it an even better time to be alive for an even bigger number of Australians.
Andrews hopes he's on the road to re-election
Despite starting several projects, the government needs to make good on promised cost benefit analysis and business cases. RICHARD WILLINGHAM
Briggs, and so many men like him, fail to get it
I fail to understand how a young man, at all interested in politics, could think it was fine to give a colleague a kiss.
Let's get tough on domestic thugs
Sending more bullies to jail might help tackle domestic violence.
Arch conservatives offer nothing but guff
Abbott and Trump are not intelligently discussing Islam, they’re just demonstrating that their brand of politics is fast collapsing.
Malcolm is an Abbott in Turnbull's clothing
There is largesse being extended to Malcolm Turnbull that would never have been granted to Tony Abbott.
Strong leadership can fix Victoria Police
Women are critical to an effective, contemporary police force, by ELIZABETH BRODERICK.
Tony Abbott reinforces white supremacists
Muslims do not need a Western cultural supremacist like Tony Abbott to tell them what Islam needs.
Triggs steps in from the cold
The end of her period as outcast is significant, not least because it reflects the end of the ascendancy of ideology over civility.
The End of History is nowhere to be seen
So much for predictions of an era of peace and stability under a new world order. It's just power politics as usual.
You can smash that glass ceiling by going shopping
It's all about the rise of the female dollar now.
