How the US will win the war with IS
The US turned out to be good at toppling regimes but not so good at building stable new ones. The jihadis have the same problem. Both sides will keep trying. Which will be the ultimate victor?
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Religious identity has meaning
The census is not asking a "what you believe" question: it is rather an indication of identity and affiliation.
Question of religion demands honesty
Racists and self-interested church hierarchies should not be permitted to pervert the national census. Mark the religion that you genuinely and actively practice.
Why I left the most liveable suburbs in Sydney
The lower north shore is the perfect place to retire. But during your prime, you'll spend all your time leaving it, and paying a hefty bridge toll to do so.
Martin's exit gives royal commission clear air
Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities need to feel confidence in the commission or its potential benefits will be eroded.
Call for review of Sydney College of the Arts
Some of the biggest names in Sydney's arts community have written to the the Chancellor of Sydney University, Belinda Hutchinson, and Vice Chancellor Michael Spence in support of the Sydney College of the Arts.
Chance now for PM to get NT inquiry right
Surely it is only common sense to have an Indigenous person as head of the Royal Commission into the NT Juvenile Detention Centre.
The Northern Territory is a failed state
The Northern Territory is a failed state because the NT Government seems incapable of governing for all Territorians.
Trapped in a prison with little hope of release
If there is a word that encapsulates what I have seen, it is loss. Indefinite detention compounds the original loss.
We're scaring ourselves to death
Are we really such innocent victims, or are we the complicit narrators of our own universal horror story?
What a protest vote really means
The election of independents and minor party candidates is taken as an indicator that the major parties are "on the nose". It's a mistake to look at this trend as merely a symptom of the major parties' current inability to connect with voters. It is that. But it's a lot more.
Take the spotlight off money
When so much of the Olympics show is about money, it's difficult to criticise those, such as Telstra, who skip the expensive razzmatazz.
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.
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.
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.
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A proposed use for redundant ticket machines
Global interest comes first in UN nomination
In his article ('Malcolm Turnbull in fear of his party is a bad omen", July 30-31) Peter Hartcher says: "Australia should nominate an Australian for a global competition and wish him (sic) luck."
Hillary Clinton smashes the ceiling
The sky's the limit if the Democrat can shed her insider image and get supporters out to vote.
In the Herald: August 1, 1936
Olympic ceremony overshadows sport
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.
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.
Highlights
Pay no attention to big coal. Wind power is doing just fine
First it was dead birds, then noise. Now wind farms are being blamed for destroying the electricity market and pushing prices as high as $14,000 per megawatt hour.
The male breadwinner is an outdated relic
It is time to dispense with a relic lingering at the core of our economy: the male breadwinner.
I'm having the craziest dream and I can't wake up
I had a dream. There was an election but it was incredibly long. And cold.
Sydney's most over-rated destinations
Welcome aboard everyone, and thanks for joining us on today's Big Bus Tour of Sydney's Most Over-Hyped and Over-Rated.
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.
We need a revolution in renters' rights
It's time to stop viewing renters as second-class citizens. First up, the term "landlord" needs to get it in the neck.
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.