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Last best hope for LNP in north Queensland
LNP has no sitting member in state's second largest city.
Rights legislation needed to protect the vulnerable
Juvenile detention images shocked many Australians.
In the Herald: August 1, 1936
Olympic ceremony overshadows sport
Take the spotlight off money and return the Olympic focus to sport and human camaraderie
When so much of the Olympics show is about money, it's difficult to criticise those, such as Telstra, who skip the expensive razzmatazz.
The untold story of the sacking of the Parramatta Eels board
Standing up for myself and other former Parramatta board members might not be popular. My efforts so far have been met with appalling vilification on social media.
Stop the bastardry
There is now footage from inside Australia's offshore detention centres. It's as distressing as the NT images that triggered a royal commission.
We need an inquiry into the whole Northern Territory
Anyone who doubts that the Northern Territory is different should look at the number of police per 100,000 residents.
ANU, born 1946, still going strong
August 1 marks an important anniversary for Australia and especially for the great city of Canberra.
Rejecting free trade agreements is not necessarily anti-globalisation
''Free trade agreements'' are not export agreements and, in any case, raising exports per se is not the road to higher living standards.
Turnbull faces tough terrain but that's no excuse to stroll
The unforeseen Northern Territory royal commission notwithstanding, Malcolm Turnbull's reform dance card is hardly full.
The Liberal Party's other deficit woe: women
The Liberal Party's meritocracy rhetoric seems hollow.
Malcolm Turnbull is in fear of his own party
The only winners from Malcolm Turnbull's Rudd decision are the bitter haters in the Liberal Party.
This week Australia is a boy in a hood strapped to a chair
How can I stand here and speak to the idea of our place in an indissoluble commonwealth when this week my people have been reminded that our place is so often behind this nation's bars.
The tough-on-crime rhetoric led to cruel abuse
To do a great right, do a little wrong. The Northern Territory government has already perpetrated a great wrong. When stories of horrific abuse within Northern Territory youth detention centres began to emerge years ago – stories of children being assaulted in their cells and forcibly stripped naked – the NT government chose to ignore them.
Our vote is worth every cent of $2.63
There was a burst of the usual low-level grumbling on Wednesday when the Australian Electoral Commission released its figures on how much public funding would be paid to Australian political parties and candidates after the double dissolution election we just enjoyed.
My breakfast with Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones
The most touching thing at the well-organised Centenary Pozieres, which TFF attended, was the enduring bond between the Australians and the French who attended.
How Pokemon Go has let me enter my son's world
What I was not expecting was that it would add a sweet new dimension to my relationship with my kids, especially my seven-year-old boy.
Consider trade now, books later
These days when young people finish school the choice is no longer between a trade or university.
Clinton's campaign has decided to be proud of the candidate it has
Rather than pine for someone warmer or more charismatic, the Clinton campaign has decided to be proud of the candidate it has.
Bush capital no more?
One of the great joys of living in Canberra is its setting.
Disruptive power
The Productivity Commission is criticising the Trans Pacific Partnership, the head of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is criticising privatisation, and the electricity industry is worried that competition from renewables might deliver lower prices to consumers. What on earth is happening to the Neo-liberal 'agenda'?
Trashy stuff aside, this is what's really wrong with The Bachelor
There was something unpleasant about The Bachelor I couldn't place - until now.
Flawed justice in Indonesia
Yet again Indonesia showed its most brutal and ugly face to the world.
Do we have to destroy liberty and the rule of law in order to preserve it?
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's new proposals to deal with people convicted of terrorism offences undermine our criminal justice system.
Turnbull's youth abuse royal commission is doomed to fail
The commission, however searching, is destined to be an expensive distraction and waste of time.