Safety is everyone's business, but it still falls to women
Like most women, I’m used to men taking away my right to feel safe in the moment.
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Jack Caldwell: demographer of adventurous intellect
John Charles Caldwell, born December 8, 1928; died March 12, 2016.
Don't turn Muhammad Ali into a sanitised caricature
We're left with a man of inordinate courage who made some awful mistakes, was sincere enough to admit them, but at every moment was prepared to pay the price of his convictions.
John Wood: FOI pioneer and consumer affairs advocate
John Wood was a respected advocate and campaigner for freedom of information laws.
What the Stanford rape case can teach our sons
I'll tell my boys that only cowards blame rape on alcohol or promiscuity.
Hillary's win is historic but somehow underwhelming
Do we really want the first woman president to have been a president's wife?
Labor steals a march on the arts
Arts funding is a mess, say Labor and the Greens.
The $100m damage bill is just the start
Last weekend as the super storm pounded the east coast, Missionbeat's phones ran hot with calls from rough sleepers.
Film director created comedy ‘in the Italian way’
Away from the camera Scola was politically active. A member of the Communist Party and shadow culture minister in the 1980s.
View from the Street: Election 2016: Everyone still losing
But they're starting to make some entertaining mistakes, at least. Your news of the campaign, reduced to a snarky rant.
Childcare policies have a missing piece
In 1974 the government decided to delay an election promise to fund a proper child care system. The Women's Electoral Lobby organised a huge children's party on the lawns of Parliament House to protest and the Whitlam Government learnt not to muck with women, children and childcare.
Neil Thomson: champion for Aboriginal Australians
Neil John Thomson, born September 14, 1942; died January 24, 2016.
Private Secretary to Duke of Edinburgh mixed Prince Philip's martini with his finger
Private secretary to Prince Philip took the position on condition his black Labrador could share the office
When do you decide it isn't safe to go back into the water?
After Ken Crew's death, I didn't give in to what would have been a rational fear. Now, by my own belief system, I find myself reacting to what would be an irrational one.
How it turned personal between Australia Post and I
I have joined the frustrated masses baying for the blood of Australia Post, which has now marred two special occasions for me in as many months.
Professor Josette Eris, leader in kidney research and transplantation
Gifted researcher in renal medicine and former director of transplantion services at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
'Small' election-year rates rise is not so small after all
The government should be proud of increasing land tax, rather than pretend it's not.
Tax-dodging multinationals cost us dearly
We're calling on both parties to make it public so we can see whether companies operating in Australia are paying the right taxes - both here and in the poor countries that surround us.
Why millennials don't care that Clinton made history
A female presidential candidate has clinched a major-party nomination for the first time in U.S. history. No one seems to care - at least not many people in my millennial generation. Not even women, although they should.
The job with a 141 per cent gender pay gap
Sexism is alive and well in our most respected and trusted professions, a new analysis reveals.
How do we weigh the moral value of human lives against animal ones?
Shooting death of Cincinnati Zoo gorilla highlights the issue.
Hillary Clinton has what it takes to topple Trump
Clinton's tenacity, grit and capacity for enduring and overcoming adversity could be exactly what is required to defeat Donald Trump.
Big Four earning back our trust? Don't bank on it
A royal commission into our banks is needed for exactly the reasons the banks' bosses say it is not.
This time it's the Coalition promising things it can't afford
Labor ought to consider reversioning the old 1980's AIDS slogan: "I like sex, but I'm not prepared to die for it."
Manuka: Heritage is what matters most
Why are so many people from across Canberra upset about a proposal to massively redevelop public land around Manuka Oval? Because it strikes at Canberra's heritage heart.
Ravenswood headmistress of 25 years with an undiminished zest for life
Ravenswood headmistress with a passion for travel, fundraising and girls' education
Turnbull and Shorten: who's qualified to be PM
How many years of parliamentary experience does a political leader need?
Strong citizen voice vital to spark federal election
It's common to say that we are living in an era of speed defined by the rapid demise of long held assumptions.
Will the domestic violence levy get to the root of the problem?
It took the death of an eight year old boy, a boy who loved BMX riding and lizards, to finally get the ACT Government to look at how it addresses family violence.
Why we should stop asking politicians if they're feminists
It's not because feminism isn't important, but because the question demands so little of the person being asked..