Opinion
Compassion dies with euthanasia
Paul Kelly, Editor-at-LargeOnce you open the door to assisted suicide, where do you draw the line?
Better to do less than grandstand
Chris KennyPremiers Mike Baird and Jay Weatherill would be more popular if they stuck to their knitting.
PM connects with the people
Dennis ShanahanPlain talking on issues that affect ordinary people give the PM an energy boost.
Keeping peace with China’s rise
Tony AbbottThere will always be points of friction, but a strong China is better for the world than a weak one.
Out to ‘make a difference’
Judith SloanThe attraction of free market principles wears off fast for new parliamentarians.
Turnbull legacy awaits a success
Peter van OnselenSame-sex marriage could be the issue that goes on to haunt the Prime Minister.
Windy city
James MorrowJay Weatherill was led to suggest Barnaby Joyce had declared a ‘jihad against wind farms’.
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All those lovely wind turbines are enough to make a state premier’s chest swell with pride.
Deutsche reflects weak Europe
TERRY McCRANNAsking whether Deutsche Bank is the next Lehman Brothers is asking precisely the wrong question.
Taxpayer-funded Howard haters
Gerard HendersonUniversity academics fire up by degrees; The ABC confuses opinion with news; Keeping up with Mark Scott.
Japan to seal elephant’s fate
Ben MacintyreThe Japanese obsession with ivory stamps should be condemned.
Understanding how millennials think
Marc GoldenfeinOver the last four years, we’re seeing millennials become the influencers in digitally-led products and services.
State of Origin similarities
Craig BellamyThe two grand final captains will lead their teams by example.
Try a little tenderness
RICK MORTONIf humans are born to feel, why do we expend so much energy hiding our emotions?
Brains trust has to decide
RACHEL NOWAKGazing down the barrel of history, it’s clear that brain science is unique in the speed of its current progress.
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Matthew Spencer
Opinion Editor
Sydney Bureau, Australia
Matthew Spencer has been a reporter and editor at The Australian since 1997. He was foreign news editor for five years from 2005 and deputy night editor and a senior editor on The Australian Business Review before taking up the role of Opinion editor. View all our Columnists
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