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, writes Peter FitzSimons.
Turnbull saved Coalition from wipe-out
Dragging a party from certain devastating defeat to governing in your own right seems like an incredible achievement to me.
Ride-sharing needs the right rules
The government should be commended for recognising that it is time to embrace this new form of transport.
This is midlife crisis for Gen X
We are the first generation to have our midlife crisis smeared all over Facebook.
You won't win. So why go to a casino?
We're no longer pretending money doesn't matter, but looking to make sense of how deeply it does.
Imitating Kate Bush: Silly, but I'm doing it
In middle age, there are so many things one is not permitted to do, and dancing in public is one of them. I'm doing it anyway.
America the idea
America is an idea in a way that Australia never has been.
Home is where the 12-month lease is
In a real estate culture, investing in making money takes precedent over investing in people.
Want to be a footy commentator? Read on ...
Ever wonder how professional TV Footy Commentators can communicate with "irritating raspy shoutyness", then shift effortlessly into a more subtle "irksome raspy yelliness"?
The Liberal Party has a woman problem
Well this is getting a bit embarrassing. While Hillary Clinton is making a serious and unprecedented bid for the White House, more and more Americans are asking questions about the experiences of Julia Gillard.
We should teach our children how to fail
In the selfie-driven, life-curation-for-social-media-age we inhabit, failure is as unspeakable as a bad smell in a small space.
Five ways to fix homelessness
For too many years we have provided temporary solutions to people's problems without adequately addressing the structural causes and investing in lasting solutions.
Legal Aid sets dangerous precedent
The impression one gets is that Legal Aid buckled to community sentiment.
America - my pride and my burden
If your parents are raging racists with guns and an inability to learn from their mistakes, at what point do you stop loving them?
We've reached peak wellness. I'm not happy
The idea of "wellness" eating is taking me to my unhappy place, where meals are made from processed ingredients, not actual food.
Finally, women beating men at their own game
Women are called on to lead when division is too bitter and men are prone to turning every discussion into a contest of wills.
Will the real Pauline Hanson please stand up
Sometimes it feels like there are two Pauline Hansons. The first is the actual person. The second is a political symbol.
Three tweaks tcould give us the truth
What if budgets, and candidates for office, told the truth?
Steve Price's comments aren't that hysterical
It's a word that's been used to belittle women since ancient times.
Pokemon GO the tip of the iceberg
It would be easy to forget that Pokemon GO and augmented reality games aren't even the most significant cultural shift taking place thanks to mobile phones right now.
Being childless doesn't make me less a woman
I am not a mother, but the last time I checked, my opinion was just as valid as my ovaries.
Turnbull must switch to a budget for all
The plain fact is that the mainstream politicians have forfeited our trust and lost our respect.
A democracy paralysed by fear
The election may be decided, but voter discontent seems unlikely to be eased.
Do we have the right to own a home?
Housing is essential to basic living standards. We don't have the right to purchase property at any price, we have a right to affordable housing.
May will stand tall on world stage
Theresa May made it clear that she intends to unite party and country, while disuniting Europe. Brexit may not have been her choice, but she will get the job done.
Not that interested in catching 'em all
Surely we don't want to spend our days chasing digital phantoms around city streets?
A Clinton presidency would poison US politics
While the email investigation has not blocked Clinton's road to the White House, it does threaten to cripple her ability to govern if elected.
Australia can't afford to be smug
Last week, we saw the convergence of three of America's great unsolved problems. But Australia isn't immune.
No plan could have saved Iraq after the war
Even if America and Britain had drawn up the most elaborate, skilful and lavishly funded plan in history, Iraq today would probably look much the same as it does now.
Greyhound ban a call to action on puppy farms
If the Andrews government is serious about its intention to outlaw crueal breeding practices, it should put its money where its mouth is and extend that ban to greyhound racing.
Why Melbourne needs North East Link road
Tthis is a call for our political leaders to build a new road that Melbourne desperately needs before I need a walking stick.
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.