It's time Turnbull reached out to conservatives. The common mantra is that if only the star of Q&A; had embraced a "progressive" agenda he would have won a convincing majority. This is hogwash.

In February 2014 the crew of a small airliner flying from Canberra to Sydney mishandled their flight controls.

Animal cruelty isn't just a problem for the greyhound industry.

Judging from the Federal election you wouldn't know that the public call for leadership on climate change is the highest it has been for a decade in Australia.

On July 2 the Australian Electoral Commission held the nation's eighth Senate general election and it has revived Malcolm Mackerras' hope for Australian democracy.

Contradictions abound in the world economy and the danger of the disenfranchised embracing simplistic solutions is great, writes Chris Zappone.

"Populist" is a strange insult in a democracy.

They were extraordinary claims which almost bordered on the unbelievable, but little did I know where they would lead.

This is how I know I'm an idiot. This week I bought a Popcorn Maker. You can also find them in the "Pointless Appliances You Don't Need" section of any department store.

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There's a high degree of difficulty, but a diminished Malcolm Turnbull still represents Australia’s best shot.

Thursday's shooting of 12 police officers in Dallas suggests spiralling violence: the officers were shot during a protest against the shooting of black men by police.

At the public hospital I'd have received X-rays and access to specialist opinion, all in the one place, at minimal cost but to my patience.

How many times have you heard a woman who has a perfectly healthy body weight complain that she needs to lose weight?

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There's one group of Australians who show far more trust in public institutions than everyone else. Here's why.

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If the corporate regulator wants to be known as the tough cop on the beat, it needs to do a lot better.

What a week! It started with an election night without end, and finishes with the Coalition, seemingly, limping over the line, missing a lot of skin and no few of its members

The decision by the Baird government to end the greyhound racing industry in NSW was as brave as it was right. The conclusions of the McHugh inquiry were damning; but it still took an act of political courage to act on its recommendations.

May and June packed full of culture, but there's nothing to do in July and August except hibernate under a doona.

There are plenty examples of women in power, but there's a far newer phenomenon that's starting to change how decisions are made.

The federal Parliament is now dangerously stacked with politicians peddling anti‑globalisation agendas contrary to Australia's interests.

Australia is emerging from this federal election not so much divided as ambivalent. The parliament is almost evenly split, the Senate chaotic, Labor triumphant in defeat and Malcolm Turnbull much weakened after a political near-death experience.

Right now, for Australia, I reckon a Parliament hovering between the hung and the hapless is the best possible kind.

I am not worried about my final years. I'm actually looking forward to them.

Taylor discussed how the loneliness of dying is made worse by Australian laws that make helping someone to die a criminal offence

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Let's re-wind the clock. It's the Tuesday before polling day and Tony Nutt, Malcolm Turnbull's campaign director, rings his Labor counterpart with an offer George Wright could not refuse: a final leaders' debate on prime time TV.

The depiction Howard offered to the Australian people was so odious that some former public servants are still contesting it a decade later.

Smaller groups can actually make better decisions, particularly on complex issues.