Why you shouldn't rush to buy private health insurance
There's a great con job targeting younger Australians, and the government and insurance industry are in cahoots.
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Want to fight xenophobia? Then speak clearly about Islamism
The failure to clearly address the wider ideology behind Islamist extremists is fueling the rise of the likes of Donald Trump and Pauline Hanson who are intent on portraying all Muslims as the problem.
Ignore the cult of celebrity extremism
Pauline Hanson and Sonia Kruger are entitled to their views, but their opinions don't matter more than anyone else.
Republicans are picking an incompetent candidate
We certainly have been reminded that the GOP electorate picked someone as its nominee who is not only unfit to govern but entirely incapable of running a national campaign.
I won't let terror turn into a fear of flying
All statistics tell us the chances of getting caught up in a terrorist act are small, but that doesn't stop the anxiety that now accompanies such journeys.
One-liners serve us badly in immigration debate
"Is it ignorance, malice or bigotry that persists in conflating Islam as a whole and Muslims in general with the outlying radical fringe of Muslim extremist groups such as Islamic State?"
Politicians must step up on extreme views
It's never too soon for our mainstream politicians to stand up publicly and defend the right of all Australians to lead a life free of harassment and prejudice
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Deplorable epitaphs explained
Why private schools deserve public funding
Significant energy is expended in trying to create division in Australia's education system. It's the wrong approach.
I'm sorry about Sonia Kruger's stupid comments
As a Leader of the Caucasian Australian Community, I would like to condemn in the most unambiguous terms the inflammatory and ill-informed statements of some of the people which I so officially represent.
Prepare to live for 100 years
A life well lived requires careful planning in order to balance the financial and the non-financial, the economic and the psychological, the rational and the emotional.
Well done, Poms, on the EU exit
Britain has dodged a silver bullet to its economic heart by leaving the European Union.
Tour de France is uniquely vulnerable to terrorism
The Tour is uniquely vulnerable - to terrorists, to protesters, to drunk fans and to idiots.
Want more sex? Share the chores
If you wanna bring sexy back to your marriage: share.
The American predicament on gun reform
Where old laws have created a society awash with guns, beyond any hope of confiscation, it is hard to dismiss the argument that reforms now would only disarm the law-abiding citizens – not the criminals and terrorists.
Turkey's coup attempt: can Erdogan bridge the national divide?
The coup attempt in Turkey has failed, but the event underlined some serious currents of instability that have beset the country.
Malcolm Turnbull's complex climate of compromise
With such a slim mandate, the Prime Minister has to juggle internal critics and a disparate Senate crossbench.
Turnbull demonstrates super reverse skills
Has there ever been a more agile backflipper of a prime minister than Malcolm Turnbull?
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Encounters with animals
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.
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.
Highlights
Why I decided to rent my suburban dream
We need a property market that facilitates people to move to housing that best suits them. That's why I'm up to my 20th home.
Turnbull's potentially deadly moment
To say the knives have come out for him would be wrong. Some never put them away in the first place
How Turnbull was set up for his downfall
All the pictures of Malcolm Turnbull looking glum since Saturday night tell us a story we already instinctively knew: he fears he has miscalculated again.
Does Australia even need a government?
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.
Why we won't see marriage equality for ages
The election's big winners are those few who can't abide the gays being wed.
Two messages drew blood in the campaign
The underlying struggle was for the Liberals to build public trust in Turnbull, and for Labor to damage it.
Plebiscite could be Turnbull's Brexit
Two international events of the last week highlight just how disappointing Australia's approach to same-sex marriage has been.
We must follow Britain to the exit
Who saw Bill Shorten being interviewed by Leigh Sales on 7.30 on Thursday evening?
'Marriage reform' disaster waiting to happen
On same-sex marriage, a potentially weakened Malcolm Turnbull is sitting on a powder keg.