Lessons to be learnt
Josh Gordon 12:00 AM Both the Labor and Liberal parties in Victoria have lessons they can glean from the federal campaign.
The campaign's other big lie
Peter Martin 8:34 AM There's no evidence that South Australia or any other state will "benefit enormously from the free trade agreements the Coalition has signed", in large part because the Coalition has ensured there isn't.
Should Derryn Hinch really be a senator?
Greg Barns 11:45 PM Victorians now have as one of their 12 representatives in the Senate a man who has over the past 30 years been to jail twice and fined $100,000 for beaching court orders.
Boring or crazy? The choice is yours
David Brooks 1:52 PM Many voters seem to be flocking to tough, no-nonsense women who at least seem sensible.
Younger citizens' votes should be worth more
Piero Moraro 4:45 PM Younger people should be allowed to cast more votes during elections, because they have much more at stake than someone who is already retired.
The real winners of the Mediscare campaign
Ross Gittins The success of Labor's Mediscare in this election is worrying - but not for the reason you may imagine.
Hanson's back, but Australia has moved on
Tim Soutphommasane The politics of Hansonism haven't changed during the past two decades. By contrast, Australian society has moved on.
Think twice before posting that holiday snap
Aubrey Perry We have a unique responsibility to protect the physical as well as the digital safety of their children. We are custodians and curators of our child's digital adolescence.
Bedwetters need support, not humiliation
Duncan Fine Who do people think they're impressing by using the term "bedwetter" as an insult?
Why I should have voted Liberal
Sean Layh I regret my vote: We should have voted decisively Liberal.
Does Australia even need a government?
Peter Hartcher Look around in Australia on the first business day after the country was supposedly rendered "ungovernable" by Saturday's election. On Monday the share market was up and so was the Australian dollar.
Turnbull's last shot with Abbott in the wings
Peter Reith If he just proceeds as if "jobs and growth" is enough, he won't last the parliamentary term.
Turnbull has only himself to blame
Shaun Carney How can someone so well-read, well-informed and long untroubled by the need to make any more money keep making so many unnecessary mistakes?
Chaotic government is democracy at its best
Lucy Battersby Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull urged Australians elect a "stable majority Coalition Government" rather than the "chaos" of a minority government during the election.
Unpacking the Halal Snack Pack
Matt Holden These five guys in western Sydney made a Facebook page about kebab meat, chips and garlic sauce – you won't believe what happened next.
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.
