The four things that drag Australia down
Matt Wade 12:00 AM They cost the nation a lot but have received very little attention this election campaign.
Australia needs to start making its own luck
![Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke with wife, Hazel, at the Labor Party campaign launch and policy speech at the Sydney ...](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/n/n/i/6/d/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpcrtj.11nabt.png/1465283381910.jpg)
John Brumby 1:29 PM It's more true than ever that Australia has to make its own luck.
Are you a Chronically Late Insane Person?
![Number one threat to punctality: the replacement bus.](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/j/e/z/n/9/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpdkdw.11nabt.png/1465285711891.jpg)
Lucy Mangan 11:45 PM In the era of the smartphone. A meeting time, it is fully understood by all, is provisional.
Why Bernie Sanders must end his campaign
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Nick O'Malley 12:00 AM If Bernie Sanders hopes to be remembered as a positive force in American politics, he must now end his campaign for the Democratic Party's nomination.
Weasel words hide nature of super changes
![Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull: "remains the focus of unabated public anger".](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/c/0/6/z/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpccok.11nabt.png/1465283381910.jpg)
Ramesh Thakur 11:45 PM More than halfway into the long election campaign, the Coalition still cannot shake off the self-inflicted super debacle.
Why Trump will win the White House
![Donald Trump never apologies and never backs down.](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/d/4/j/o/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpd47b.11nabt.png/1465286254409.jpg)
Ben Boychuk 5:37 PM Donald Trump will win the 2016 presidential election.
That's all folks
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Fraser Nelson 12:03 PM America is tired of being the world's protector. We have been warned
A second double dissolution election?
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Peter Reith Many people have been saying that voters are not engaged yet because the election is still weeks away. But there's another reason.
New visas threaten Australian jobs
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Joanna Howe When we invite workers into our country, be they from China or elsewhere, we have a responsibility to ensure they are treated fairly.
Silver splitters and living to 100
!["Juvenescence": a state of being youthful, open, flexible and adaptable to change.](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/5/c/2/t/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gp91q3.11nabt.png/1465283381910.jpg)
Judith Woods People are living longer, and it's set to transform the patterns of our relationships, health and finances.
For God's sake, stop
![The rainbow flag flying at Parliament House.](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/b/n/w/s/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpa2rn.11nabt.png/1465283381910.jpg)
Michael Short Our young people are being betrayed and harmed by religious ideologues.
Rough sleepers offer us all a harsh lesson
![The visibility of the homeless makes them easy targets.](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/b/d/c/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpb1xh.11nabt.png/1465283381910.jpg)
Simon Castles The homeless person shatters many of the myths and illusions we are forced to swallow every day.
Why the back-pedalling on marijuana?
![Leader of the Australian Sex Party, Victorian upper house MP Fiona Patten.](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/o/s/h/6/2/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpb5tf.11nabt.png/1465283381910.jpg)
Fiona Patten I'm declaring my usage or non-usage of cannabis just so everyone knows where I'm coming from.
Locking people up makes no economic sense
![Australia locks up people at a greater rate than Canada, Britain and most of Europe.](/web/20160607153610im_/http://www.theage.com.au/content/dam/images/g/p/9/b/f/l/image.related.thumbnail.90x60.gpbcxd.11nabt.png/1465283381910.jpg)
Tim Dick A century ago, Australia locked up far fewer people than we do today.
Am I a bad feminist? It's the wrong question
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Andi Zeisler Everywhere you turn, there's a woman wringing her virtual hands not conforming to a mythical ideal.
A lesson we shouldn't forget in a hurry
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Amanda Vanstone If you're already tired of the election that's just bad luck. There's plenty more to come… four more weeks of it.