Hey Malcolm, fix the Federation first
Forget the crossbench. Our politics needs bigger changes.
Latest commentary
You won't win. So why go to a casino at all?
We're no longer pretending money doesn't matter, but looking to make sense of how deeply it does.
Business shouldn't get a vote in any fair election
If you live in inner Sydney, your vote for Lord Mayor this September will be worth half that of a business. A convenience store gets two votes; a bank gets two votes; an absent landowner gets two votes. Residents get one.
In the Herald: 18 July, 1974
In 1974 a blast rocks Tower of London; Egypt's president tells media he intervened to stop an Arab order to torpedo the Queen Elizabeth 2; and Frank Sinatra finally departs Sydney on a Qantas plane delayed by two bomb hoaxes.
Remembering Fromelles: A brutal initiation to Australia's campaign on the Western Front
Fromelles was a costly and tragic action that deserves proper recognition, but the hard-won victories fought by Australians in the Great War are the battles that now require greater historical attention.
A human tragedy that has shaken me down to my core
My friend Andie and I were staying a block from the attacks. We were at the exact place it occurred 10 minutes prior.
Turnbull saved the Coalition from an election wipe-out
Dragging a party from certain devastating defeat to governing in your own right and with a more manageable Senate seems like an incredible achievement to me.
Why austerity measures don't work
What if the prime minister sacked the treasurer and promised to govern for everyone, not just those near the top?
This is what a midlife crisis looks like - for Gen X
We are the first generation to have our midlife crisis smeared all over Facebook.
How well do you know the road rules?
Some drivers may be breaking the rules of the road without knowing it.
Theresa May's gift to Malcolm Turnbull: a big idea
Theresa May is a woman with a plan, but it is a very different plan to the one Malcolm Turnbull presented to the people over an eight-week election campaign that ended in one of the least emphatic victories in more than half a century.
Shorten took lessons from Andrews' tight campaign tactics - but Guy has much to learn
If Matthew Guy plays close attention, the federal result could work out well for him, writes Farrah Tomazin
The SCG means more to Sydney than just a home for sport
The stories of the SCG are etched into the memories of the city.
Was Mrs May waving red rag at John Bull?
I do not recall many more remarkable speeches as that of Theresa May, the new prime minister of Britain.
Rudd's not the man for the UN: there's a better choice next door
We need to talk about Kevin. We face a choice; wildly inexperienced but bumptious and bullying male versus wise and experienced female, accomplished, respected, fit for purpose. And we act like this is even a contest?
America the idea
America is an idea in a way that Australia never has been.
The upside of the falling big-party vote in the 2016 federal election
It's not only Labor whose primary vote is at historic lows, writes Tim Colebatch. And there's no mystery about why.
Turnbull must be careful what he wishes over budget deficit
The last thing an Australian economy with rising unemployment needs is for the government to reduce the budget deficit. Yet the first thing some people in the Coalition want Malcolm Turnbull to do is to reduce the budget deficit. If he oversees a slowing economy and rising unemployment he will be blamed. And if he oversees an increase in the budget deficit he will be blamed. Ouch.
Why some men hate the all-female Ghostbusters
What really sets off the haters is when women do things that men have traditionally done.
The secret poll that showed Turnbull would win the election
A big, concealed source of Liberal reassurance was a key finding about the intentions of voters.
How terrorism became tourism's 'new normal'
The latest horrific events in France have rendered the question "to go or not to go" and even more pertinent one for travellers.
This shows just how far Barr will go to keep government
Liberal leader Jeremy Hanson has been outfoxed by Labor Leader Andrew Barr.
Liberals place all their hopes in Turnbull
And so, after a tremulous, difficult birth, the Turnbull government begins anew, for the first time under its own electoral steam.
Conservative politicians should fight for housing affordability
Because you know what most unites people in de facto relationships? Insane rental prices.
British filmmaker reeled in awards over a long and distinguished career
Peter Morley, who has died aged 91, carried out the only interview with Adolf Hitler's younger sister, Paula Wolf, and directed ITV's coverage of the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, beating the BBC to secure a Bafta.
Conductor's career took him from Eurovision to the Goons and Carnegie Hall
Harry Rabinowitz, who has died aged 100, was the original conductor for Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats.
Why Freo should do the unthinkable and give Fyfe the knife
Fyfe is a champion footballer, perfect in every way but everyone knows premierships are not won by a team of champions.
The battle that made Gallipoli look like a picnic
This week will see the centenary of two horrific battles on the Western Front engaged in by Australian soldiers.
It's a video game, only different
Pokemon Go? No clue. The whole Pokemon thing confused me when my boys got into it nigh on a couple of decades ago, and it still confuses me now, but, as explained to me by my eldest, it's something like this.
Modern houses don't need so many bathrooms
Leaving the kids to their own devices is a phrase that's a lot more literal than it used to be.