The best Malcolm Turnbull could say of his first anniversary as prime minister was: "so far so good". It's hardly a ringing endorsement. So far, his only real achievement is not quite losing the election to Bill Shorten. And this week, for the first time, the Labor leader's net Newspoll unpopularity was better than the Prime Minister's.
Just what shape and size will the potential marriage plebiscite campaign be? There may not even be one if the enabling bill is blocked, but the announcement of the date and release of details about campaign public funding resolves some of the outstanding issues, though much is still unclear.
Modern day Prime Ministers are like mayflies: so delicate, so fragile…
For that price – $1570 per day – we could put them up in the Hyatt and pay them the pension 15 times over.
The Callinan Report is a carefully measured and magisterially argued consideration of the effects of densely-clustered and late-trading alcohol venues on local communities. It deserves to be read by all Australians concerned about public policy, health and welfare.
So Malcolm Roberts reckons he's a modern-day Socrates, helping us towards the truth about global warming, the UN, the IMF and the EU by posing provocative questions?
Most of the women in prison are troubled rather than troublesome, and the way to break the cycle of offending is to better support these women to get their lives back on track.
Last week we hosted a marriage equality forum in Bomaderry on the NSW south coast, the room was full of gay and lesbian locals, their parents, friends, colleagues and teammates.
Clearly, there is a discrepancy between the government's performance delivering on its agenda, and its political standing.
As a teacher in girls' schools for most of my career in education, I have had several significant "aha" moments that have shown me the power of single sex groupings.
I am sure that fewer parents would set out on high-performance parenting if they could foresee how miserable it would make them.
The increase in the illegal use of firearms in Victoria causes me great concern.
Hawke loses on uranium
Why should we trust pollies to reflect the national view when they vote in Parliament on marriage equality?
Everyone wants to know what achievements Malcolm Turnbull can point to after his first year as Prime Minister. Well, I can think of something: his reform of the tax breaks on superannuation – provided he gets it through without major watering down.
Fear of Chinese is absurd, and misses the point.
The plebiscite proposal is a willing admission by some that an institution which has served the nation well for 115 years is suddenly, on one issue alone, not up to the job.
Sexual fluidity, discovered at a time of midlife flux, is increasingly common among women.
This ongoing war against "PC culture" is little more than the slow and steady death rattle of The Age Of Straight White Men.
The days of imposing costly regulation on the local television companies responsible for every penny of investment in production and jobs must come to an end.
As a call to action, "Let's imitate Finland" is unlikely to stir many hearts. Yet, to many Australian educators it's a rallying cry.
The US presidential candidates both have a problem with spontaneous, reciprocal communication with a hint of vulnerability – a byproduct of an increasingly distrustful nation.
The recent federal election and current territory elections have highlighted that health is taken very seriously by voters.
While a lot of basic research is funded philanthropically or through government programs, only large pharmaceutical companies have the resources to fund a global clinical trial.
There is a place for strong antibacterial compounds, and that is in hospitals, where they are genuinely needed.
May arrived at a fortuitous time when television sport coverage was a made-up-as-you-went-along affair
Let’s talk about road user charging, but let’s talk about what it should really achieve.
How much will be given to sweating pig circus of morons?
What's happening with women's policy under the Turnbull government?
A war would be disastrous for all; but with such underlying animosity dating back centuries, it could well prove popular in both countries.