It was love at first sight when I first saw Sydney

Know what's better than Vivid? Sydney. Ordinary old Sydney, by foot, any day or night of any week ...

If Turnbull or Shorten are the answer, then what's the question?

Australians only get one chance every three years to have their say, and even then, our voices are ...

Baird delays polls at cost of lost trust

Mike Baird should bring forward elections for councils he has sacked. The delay is fostering ...

Why Australia is stingy and getting stingier

We think we're more generous than we are but we're downright miserly.

Real leadership is a thing of the past

Thirty years ago this month Paul Keating warned we could become a "banana republic". The ...

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.

Childcare policies have a missing piece

In 1974 the government decided to delay an election promise to fund a proper child care system. The ...

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 ...

Safety still falls to women to look after

Like most women, I’m used to men taking away my right to feel safe in the moment.

What Stanford rape case can teach our sons

I'll tell my boys that only cowards blame rape on alcohol or promiscuity.

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. ...

JUNE 10

Greed so often the culprit in disasters

Having grown up on the northern beaches, I remember my dad taking me to Collaroy in the 1974 king ...

Clinton's historic achievement only the start

The Democratic Party nominee's comeback is the stuff of American lore. Now for the real contest.

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A deluge on Marcus Daniel's comment about weatherman Graham Creed missing articles such as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Coogee rebuilds on the bedrock of community

Most mornings I swim at Coogee Beach. That was until this week when storms lashed the beach, ...

Thanks for the excuse to quit, but I'll keep on jogging anyway

A good jog can prevent and or moderate anxiety and depression, reduce the likelihood of ...

Hillary Clinton has what it takes to topple Trump

Clinton's tenacity, grit and capacity for enduring and overcoming adversity could be exactly what ...

Don't cancel Olympics because of Zika

With the Zika outbreak in the Americas raging and the growth of scientific support about potential ...

The high price of waterfront living 

Managed retreats from coastal development remain a sensible alternative to sea walls.

JUNE 9

Stop selling seaside property in Sydney

A seawall is not the solution ("Seawall delayed by funding row", June 8). Remove the damaged and ...

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A Yankee start. "I totally agree with the comment regarding American geographical names given to ...

CSG will play a major part in the election

The big environmental issue of the last NSW election was coal seam gas. And while the gas industry ...

We can't coast along in the face of fierce storms

A lot of coastal development has taken place in locations we now know to be inappropriate. How do ...

Why Bernie Sanders must end his campaign

If Bernie Sanders hopes to be remembered as a positive force in American politics, he must now end ...

Why younger voters don't stand a chance

The number of enrolled voters aged 65 and over has increased 34 per cent since 2007 – more than ...

Drones will usher in a new era of flight

Ask the average person what they think about drones and you're likely to hear about military ...

Why Trump will win the White House

Donald Trump will win the 2016 presidential election.

Why man flu is a real thing, probably

There have been several studies on men's reactions to afflictions and symptoms.

Baird's bad look on ICAC funding squeeze

The last thing the people of NSW need is a watchdog so financially restrained that it cannot ...

JUNE 8

Cut losses on doomed Collaroy homes

There is no way this area can be maintained for home development. In the long term, the sea will ...

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Almost all things water today.

How was your nightmare commute this morning?

Both major parties have said they would like to see "30-minute cities". As any commuter from ...

Why we could be looking at a second double dissolution election

Many people have been saying that voters are not engaged yet because the election is still weeks ...

The racist transport law ripping off students

They pay triple the tuition fees, but still miss out on an important discount.

New visas threaten Australian jobs

When we invite overseas workers into our country, be they from China or elsewhere, we have an ...

'I will die if they stop me'

Sultana leaves her home only about five times a year, but she dreams of something more.

Weasel words disguise true nature of superannuation changes

More than halfway into the long election campaign, the Coalition still cannot shake off the ...

'Juvenescence', silver splitters and living to 100

People are living longer, and it's set to transform the patterns of our relationships, health and ...

JUNE 7

Liberals must act for people not Santos

Santos continues to demonstrate a lack of regard for communities by developing its plans away from ...

Politics and money: a toxic combination

The obstacles to donations reform are not insurmountable. Voters just have to vent their anger at ...

Locking people up makes no economic sense

 In 1918, not a time famous for its progressive views on dealing with criminals, the ...

I'm proof that eating fat can be good for you

A report suggesting that healthy eating guidelines could all be wrong came as no surprise to 5:2 ...

Grief doesn't go away after three days

There was no calm surrender the day my husband passed away. I was left spinning aimlessly.

Labor's education spending is a lesson we shouldn't forget in a hurry

If you're already tired of the election that's just bad luck. There's plenty more to come… four ...

Why the back-pedalling on medical marijuana?

I'm declaring my usage or non-usage of cannabis just so everyone knows where I'm coming from.

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Gender dominates our mailbag. Here's two from each gender.

Uncertainty about Turnbull rears its head

I believe there is more to the rise of Bill Shorten and the disenchantment with Malcolm Turnbull ...

Muhammad Ali transcended stereotypes

For many, he was the greatest individual athlete to place his body on the line for sport and, more ...

Drug problem that could cause a catastrophe

Antibiotics have improved health and brought down the cost of staying alive, but now they are ...

Borsak the elephant eater is unfit for office

Where to even begin on that disgrace to our race NSW Shooters Party MP Robert Borsak?

The difficulty of moving office

Your phone contains your life, and if you are savvy, smart, when you move offices, you only have to ...

We need more fighters like John Kaye

It was an unusual spectacle, but the late John Kaye fought tirelessly for the underdog and the ...

What two rats taught us about politicians

Election campaigns are mostly a sprawling social experiment in which grown men and women are ...

MIND OVER MONEY

Why the winter sales will be better this year

If you feel that the winter sales are earlier and better every year, you're right. And this year ...

Parents need to take control 

Helicopter parent is a label many mums and dads of young children fear earning, but a high degree ...

JUNE 5

No political content

There is no evidence any Chinese government curriculum has been taught in NSW schools.

Shorten and Turnbull ramp up the class war

The anti-business rhetoric that is engulfing Bill Shorten loses sight of his credentials in the ...

Our ugly problem with racism

Sometimes, racism erupts like a boil, other times like a rash of ugly pimples.

How to get outraged in three easy steps

Here's a handy list of some of the things we should be getting outraged about.

Gambling report under wraps as pokie cash flows

With the NSW Planning Assessment Commission's decision on consent for James Packer's proposed new ...

Words matter, but some words matter more than others

Condemning use of the word "guys" may have been a stroke of genius to garner maximum publicity for ...

The resurgent Shorten's Achilles heel

Voters are prioritising policy over leader performance. That should help Labor, except that the ...

Sydney's soul is at stake

Are we seriously saying that a 72-storey gambling joint is an icon but an entire avenue of ...

The more I look at the budget, the more I like it

This type of federal budget is rare. The Turnbull government sought and adopted best practice. You ...

There's not enough for young voters in this budget

Scott Morrison's budget has given little thought to this election's new youth voter base.

The sad truth about 'mumpreneurs'

The rise in the number of working mothers switching to self-employment might appear a good thing, ...

RBA rains on Scott Morrison's parade

The Reserve Bank's decision to cut interest rates to a record low yesterday undermined the ...

Zuckerberg's plan for the stars

When the Internet billionaires Yuri Milner and Mark Zuckerberg proposed sending a mission to ...

Gender neutral toilets should be the norm

Sex-segregated public toilets are unnatural social constructs – human inventions that organise our ...

Trump speaks like a child, but all politicians should

It's true: Trump is no Shakespeare.Yes, he uses simple words. But he's only doing what every ...

How Shorten can take the lead

The Labor leader should resist over-egging the class warfare mantra of "millionaires over battlers".

MAY 5

Coalition is all talk and no economic plan

Letters to the editor

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"In the instruction manual for a recently purchased solar panel controller," reports John Ingle, of ...