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China the regional bully punishes defiance in Asia-Pacific
North Korea is a deeply troubling rogue state, but we already knew that. The new and disturbing source of regional bullying is a much bigger and more serious power - China.
Trump's 'say something crazy' strategy is wearing out
With the conventions over and the general election now in full swing, Trump's free-media strategy has transformed from asset to albatross.
Turning up the heat on youth detention
The controversy surrounding the Northern Territory's Don Dale Detention Centre reminds me of the frog in the saucepan story, the one that compares what happens to the frog when the water in the saucepan is left to slowly simmer with what happens when the heat is suddenly turned up high.
Stories from a long-ago war
Declaring war has become far too important to be left to politicians.
Trying to make sense of the census
"Please advise. Should I fill out my religion accurately on my census form & then forever fear what happened to my grandparents? #CensusFail"
Which fake issue will the new parliament focus on first?
Which is the Australian parliament's most misleading new policy?
Why I won't be filling in the census
There are those who say that we shouldn't boycott the Census because it is too important. To them I say: bollocks.
Five reasons Suicide Squad did so well ... for a film with terrible reviews
Backed by a meticulously executed marketing campaign, "Suicide Squad" pushed through abysmal reviews to set box office records for Warner Bros. over the weekend.
Why we don't need a royal commission into banks
Labor's demand for a royal commission into banks is a popular call. But what does Labor actually want to achieve with a royal commission? What is the problem it is supposed to fix?
America's first Olympian to compete in a hijab
Muhammad takes the traditional stereotypes of Muslim women and slashes them to bits.
Why less sex for millennials is good thing
Older generations always seem to fret about the sexual behaviour and romantic lives of the younger crowd. In the 1920s, there was alarm when boys stopped visiting in the parlour and started driving girls around in what one newspaper called "a house of prostitution on wheels." This worry paled in comparison to the panic evoked by the rowdy sexual revolution that began in the late 1960s.
Bail bunkum: Why does Evil 8 child sex abuser walk our streets?
Some column topics are too important not to be re-visited and should jog the public's conscience to try and ensure that that history hopefully does not ever get a chance to repeat itself.
Is One Nation merely a one state party?
Senator-elect arrived with a bang and a puff of smoke.
In praise of a sensible U-turn
Leaders should turn when it's obvious they're driving in the wrong direction.
In the Herald: August 8, 1836
Accidents, offences, etc
Why not go straight to a treaty?
There are, at elections, the things people believe they're voting for, the things they are actually voting for but don't realise at the time, and the stories we all tell about it afterwards.
What do Jarryd Hayne, Sam Burgess and the Iraq war have in common?
Placing rugby league stars in the same company as US foreign-policy elites would seem to many to be a long bow to draw.
Malcolm Turnbull to attend UN summit – guess who will be there too
Back-to-back summits offer Turnbull an important chance to redefine the tarnished view of him as a leader. Just watch out for Kevin.
Is the Olympic brand starting to ring hollow?
The International Olympic Committee will be challenged by the issues around doping and the administration of the Rio Games as it endeavours to restore some credibility to its brand during the next two weeks.
Turnbull's best chance for a stable government
All the signs are that an enlarged right-wing cross bench will create new tensions, dragging Turnbull's party in unhelpful directions, and emboldening hardline conservatives to re-litigate the case to scrap section 18c, and argue about climate change science.
Directionless Turnbull needs to take back control
Malcolm Turnbull had only just been sworn in as the newly re-elected Prime Minister when Robert Menzies offered him a piece of advice.
We shouldn't spend taxpayers' money on ungrateful Olympians
Enough with the tales of hardship and this drivel about personal best performances. We, your bosses, expect results.
AC/DC: you have to go out with a bang in Sydney
You blokes started in Sydney, four decades ago. So finish in Sydney. One last concert. At the SCG, before Chrissie.
It's one for the birds
I have a torrid history with birds. It started when I was young and owned a budgie called Nicky, who was a nice-enough budgie until I found her rigid upturned body in a breeding box.