Why we've stopped believing in elections
Waleed Aly 6:03 PM There is an historic rejection of the political establishment under way.
The Australian election is a health hazard
Greg Baum 8:28 PM Enough is enough; indeed, this time it's too much.
Seven years and itching for insights
Aubrey Perry 6:00 PM What is the role of guilt in Australia's culture and identity?
Pay up or take a chance on education
Peter Goss and Julie Sonnemann 6:00 PM Canberra fiddles, again, as the school system smoulders.
War on youth is real and it's time to get even
Jessica Irvine 8:10 PM No young person can realistically expect to enjoy the same spoils being enjoyed today by the baby boomer generation.
Don’t ban photos of skinny models
Vanessa Friedman 3:00 PM Who should control body image, after all?
Why I fear for our health system
Brian Owler 6:53 AM I am deeply concerned what the next three years will bring for health care if the last three years is any guide.
The marginal morality of buying votes
Peter Martin 11:43 AM Elections are all about giveaways, right? And just who pays for all the promises?
The weak spot in airport security
John Coyne The situation in arrival and departure halls may need revolutionary change.
The letter most candidates won't answer
Fiona Stanley I recently wrote to more than 1000 candidates in the Federal election. Not everyone replied.
Dying to choose, choosing to die
Rodney Syme The path to legalising physician-assisted death is now open.
Affordable housing is a key election issue
PHILIP FREIER The critical shortage of affordable housing in Australia has a corrosive effect on social and economic well-being
Keeping them honest: voting for the Senate
Emma Buckley Lennox Australian voters are lazy. But if we want to ensure our new Senate "keeps the bastards honest" we're going to have to learn to count.
More than 1.5m young people set to vote
Sammi Taylor With the federal election this weekend, local MPs will use their last few campaign days to scramble for votes.
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.
