How Shorten has the tactical edge on Turnbull
Ross Gittins 12:00 AM Most of us have highly stereotypical, caricatured views of the parties' respective strengths and weaknesses.
Five ways we could do disaster relief better
Peter Walton 2:03 PM It's time to reshape aid. It needs to be much less about flying in international relief teams and a lot more about managing crises locally.
Coalition and ALP singing same tune
Sarah Gill 12:07 AM In a campaign likely to go down to the wire, Malcolm Turnbull took to the podium of an Australian Border Force vessel last week to announce border security is a 'political issue'. Well, stop the press.
Easy for the Greens to promise compassion
Amanda Vanstone The greens can sip Chardonnay in their inner city electorates or on their rural investment properties indifferent to the consequences of their policies.
The problem with Facebook is us
Frank Bruni The internet promised freedom. Instead, it fosters tribalism.
Same-sex apology draws a line in the sand
Anna Brown and William Leonard 4:01 PM Don't underestimate the toll of 'homosexual conduct' laws.
Don't hate me just because I vape
Shane Watson I gave up smoking. And took up something far less socially acceptable...
Farmers pay the price for cheap milk
Peter Martin The next time a well-heeled retiree complains to me about the budget's superannuation changes and "retrospectivity"...
Refugees are vital part of our future
Kon Karapanagiotidis We are a nation of boat people on Aboriginal land. We are a country built on immigration by migrants, refugees and First Peoples and most of us are damn proud of this.
A conversation is worth its weight in coins
David Allegretti The man who sleeps on the park bench has dreams too - you just have to ask.
Malcolm and the boats card
Michael Gordon Malcolm Turnbull had a decision to make this week when Peter Dutton went rogue in his bid to impose border protection and boats on the election campaign.
Turnbull's flubbed it, even if he wins
Norman Abjorensen Political predictions are notoriously risky at the best of time, but here goes: Malcolm Turnbull cannot win.
The paradox of the work-life balance
Julia Baird It's time to bin the notion that mothers must suffer, just as children must suffer, and mothers suffer more if they pursue a career.
Mustafa speaks: Why I changed my name
Tyler De Nawi Tyler De Nawi is the actor Waleed Aly referred to as Mustafa in his Gold Logie speech. Here, he explains the reasons, and the pain, behind his name change.
The unreal world of the election campaign
Latika Bourke Campaigning by parties and politicians isn't confined to elections. It's happening all the time.
Thanks for the offer, but I'm really not that old
Martin Flanagan It's not the end I mind. It's the bits and pieces dropping off along the way like a rusty old car with the exhaust pipe dropping off.
Highlights
Less Michael Bay, more Swedish arthouse
Federal election campaigns used to be like Hollywood blockbusters, moving at such a cracking pace, people missed on all the glaring inconsistencies, writes ADAM GARTRELL.
Multiculturalism: not an ideal, but a reality
We need to create human societies from people of many different backgrounds, writes MARTIN FLANAGAN.
Khan's London a symbol of a working democracy
If Donald Trump is elected US president, London's new mayor would be barred from entering the country because he's a Muslim, writes WALEED ALY.
Gold Logie is more than a win for diversity
The bigots who struggle with Waleed Aly's success fail to understand it has nothing to do with religion.
The biggest issue
Population growth must be addressed to ensure future prosperity and health, writes FARRAH TOMAZIN.
The fight China will take to the brink of war
The world's two greatest powers are competing for military dominance of the western Pacific Ocean and the contest is about to intensify, by PETER HARTCHER.
Surgeons trained on living animals save lives
In emergencies, surgeons, whose training has been as realistic as possible, can make the difference between life and death, by JOHN CUNNINGHAM.
Death in black and white
Imagine if a royal commission was held into a matter of national shame, and it spent tens of millions of dollars, produced a vast report, but the headline indicators of that shame actually went backwards.
Against the odds the stars line up for Labor
Increasing inequality has allowed Labor to start doing something it hasn't done for decades - articulate a worldview.
Better teachers? Better at what, exactly?
We all know it is bureaucratic procedures, lack of funding and poor pay rates that hold back educational standards, not bad teachers, by NED MANNING.
Beauty of science is in the unexpected moment
The CSIRO's pursuit of science will be hampered by the naked hunt for cash, by SURENDRA VERMA.
The sheer stupidity of Trump’s terrifying rise
How would such an ignorant amateur actually run the most powerful country in the world? By JANET DALEY
Gen Y frets over a looming bleak future
Good jobs, affordable homes and peace of mind appear increasingly out of reach for young Australians.
