Double standards in medical care for offshore detainees
Labor's pledge to open up Australia's offshore detention centres to scrutiny is commendable.
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Behind the battlelines there's surprising agreement on climate change
Every so often elections matter. The last one mattered big-time for carbon emissions.
Preference deals are meaningless garbage
A very special V from the S explains why all those stories about preference swapping deals between the parties are, to use a technical term, largely bullshit.
We need to speak up for our parents
Middle-aged men and women are having conversations about a subject they dread: what to do about about the future care of their aged parents.
Britain is divided about much more than Europe
The deep divisions in British society go way beyond the question of EU membership, a fact British Prime Minister David Cameron has previously failed to recognise.
Candidates in uniform is not as simple as it seems
The issue of campaign photos is a complex one.
Next time our love will be just for us
Do you delete all those photos that now make you cringe? Do you unfollow each other?
And the world's best restaurant is...
Can any restaurant really be judged the best in the world?
Plight of domestic workers must not be overlooked
Domestic workers are among the most marginalised and exploited workers in the world today despite the crucial contribution they make to the global economy.
Beautician's beehive holds place in pop culture
A Chicago woman came up with a style that was as durable as it was popular.
Why I'm hopeful about the world's future
Secular ethics offer a path forward.
The truth about a gluten-free diet? It's nonsense
Most people who believe that they are wheat-sensitive, without medical confirmation, are probably not.
Voice of Judy Jetson, the teenage daughter on The Jetsons
Janet Waldo acted in many popular TV shows.
I may not get killed in a club but I'm cautious about being gay in WA
Even before the Orlando shooting, Conrad Liveris would think about being gay in Perth everyday and the risks that go with it.
Why cancer can cost more the rarer it is
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is an integral part of the Australian health system, but is it working?
Swim 'guru' pioneer of ironman racing
Barry Rodgers was a surf lifesaver, ironman and schoolgirl swimming tutor.
The way Australian billionaires earn their wealth
Australia has a disproportionate share of the world's billionaires.
Secret tunes in the budget opera
Budget opera - or is it soap opera?
Why we need more Irish dancers in Parliament
We need fewer union bosses, political apparatchiks and self-serving businessmen.
Anatol Kovarsky, New Yorker cartoonist, dies at 97
Illustrator Anatol Kovarsky's sense of the absurd made him a fixture at The New Yorker magazine.
View from the Street: Mathias Cormann pledges to stop the journalists
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Orlando was a crime born from homophobia
Nothing prepared me for the emotions that I have felt after the events of Orlando.
For a minority of a minority, two worlds collide
There has been plenty of conversation about whether this was an indiscriminate act of violence or a deliberate terrorist attack.
What might the defeat of IS look like?
What might victory for the Iraqi and Syrian governments, as well as their external supporters, and defeat for IS, look like?
The festival that Sydney would never allow
There's fires everywhere. In Sydney there would be a carefully guarded perimeter. Not here.
Going grey disgracefully
As a symbol of gender double standards, grey hair is up there with equal pay.
Young voters should form their own party
With the election campaign now into its second half, it is apparent there will be little in the offering for younger voters.
A sickness in the American soul
- Alan Attwood 13.06.2016
Attacks on freedom
Both the Orlando and Paris atrocities were attacks on freedom itself.
Killed by a gun? That's hardly unusual, if you live in the United States
It's not unusual for dozens of Americans to be killed by guns in a single day.