Hold on to your seats, Queensland, before One Nation takes them
We could blink, and wake up next year with One Nation forming part of a Queensland government.
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The logic, or illogic, of light rail in Canberra
Remember geometry proofs? One would set up axioms which were said to be incontrovertible ("If two sides of a triangle are congruent…") and then make inferences based on those axioms to come up with hopefully sound logical conclusions ("..then the angles opposite those sides are congruent."). Old-fashioned types would finish any argument off with "QED," Latin for "quod erat demonstrandum": "which is what had to be shown."
Why Trump's attack on Clinton's marriage will rebound on him
When Donald Trump finally criticises Hillary Clinton for standing by her man, that will be the moment his candidacy falls over. It will reveal his own desperate lack of fortitude.
West Coast should trade Jack Darling to secure a midfield young gun
All the trade talk surrounding the Eagles this off-season is around the club's search for a ruckman to replace Nic Naitanui. But, it was in another area that West Coast were found lacking this season and trading Jack Darling could be the key to rectifying that.
'Just the pianist in the corner' was admired and respected as a brilliant musician
Obituary: David McSkimming had a long and presitigious career in key music roles in Australia.
How stores are using big data to track their customers
Companies know a great deal about their customers thanks to "big data", the vast store of digital information generated about us every day. Much of this information is gleaned when we are online, where our movements are traced through cookies, pixel tags and other technologies. Now digital technologies allow our movements in the physical world to be followed as well.
Our attitudes need to catch up to our calendars
We had world suicide prevention day on September 10. Two days before this, we had R U OK? day. Mental health month has just started in NSW in October, which has borderline personality disorder awareness week. On October 9, we will have World Mental Health Day. Then there'll be a short break until the November 13, which will start perinatal depression and anxiety awareness week.
Mike Baird's war on Sydney's working class
To me this is just one more example of Mike Baird waging war on the city's working class.
Tackling suicide requires money
Mere hand-wringing is not a good enough response to the increasing number of deaths.
Judge with passion for litigation and rural NSW
Federal Court judge had a beloved Hungarian Vizsla named Lord Denning.
Why did the Sunnyboy have to die?
In the mean streets of Port Melbourne in the mid-1980s, the students of St Joseph's School were split into two camps: you were either a Sunnyboy fanatic, or a Zooper Dooper acolyte. For me, the choice was simple: Sunnyboys until I die.
Prisons should be much nicer places, because it will benefit us all
Unless you spend money on redesigning prisons to transform them into humane living spaces those efforts at greater rehabilitation are likely to be less effective in reducing reoffending.
Opening doors and minds: The Open House phenomenon
The architecture profession perennially chides itself for being a poor advocate of the value of good design.
Five more toothless parliamentary inquiries for Turnbull to announce
This royal commission-avoiding banking inquiry might be just the beginning of letting expensive colour and movement replace actual accountability.
In the Herald: October 6, 1943
Italian POWs, unhappy typists and Clark Gable heroics.
At last, we've exposed the lie about our state schools
Successive governments have waged war on the roughly 60 per cent of Australian families who entrust their children to a public education system in the reasonable expectation the state is an honest broker.
Woman who pushed Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders to new heights
Cheerleaders were forbidden from smoking, chewing gum or holding alcoholic drinks while in uniform
Sexism is rife for women who want to be doctors
Do you like vagina?" A resident physician asked me that when I was a third-year medical student in New York two years ago. He took obvious pleasure in making me squirm.
This is why I hate Kim Kardashian
Kim Kardashian had $20 million of jewellery stolen from her. What has been taken from the girls who try, and fail, to copy her? That is beyond price.
Why this vice presidential debate matters
Who cares about vice presidents, right? All they do is attend foreign funerals that don't involve Israelis or Saudis.
About those infrastructure delays, State Main Roads Minister Mark Bailey
If he takes two months to sign a letter, what hope he can build a road?
The unviable industry that taxpayers shouldn't be backing
Logging native forests must be a front in the culture wars, because it's not economic.
NDIS is having a powerful impact
Getting a morning coffee on the way to work is a ritual many of us take for granted. Not Jeremy, who is a young man with a communication disability.
Change our focus to abilities, not disability, and barriers will fall
I have had cerebral palsy since I was a few weeks old. I have never been able to walk which isn't ideal but it does not necessarily need to make me disabled. When I interact online, people are quick to point out my skills and compliment me even going so far as offering me a job.
An unforgivable betrayal of Canberra by the NCA
The National Capital Authority's recently publicised intention to sell Anzac Park East and Anzac Park West – the Portal Buildings – into private ownership is an unforgiveable betrayal of the national capital and the Australian nation.
Andrew Fifita doesn't deserve this shabby treatment
Australian rugby league fans will now be represented by at least one player who has been selected more for his choice of friends than his ability at football.
How many hours of your life have you wasted on work email?
Email is like the dirty laundry of the Internet. I do not mean that metaphorically. It's this burdensome time-suck that everyone hates but that remains essential to functioning.
Commonwealth Bank's customers are happy on the whole, but that's not enough for us
Strength and fairness are among the most critical characteristics of an effective banking system because it's through the combination of these that we build and we sustain trust.
Girl from a country church choir became an inspirational teacher of singing
Bettine McCaughan started her singing career in a country church choir and soon became an inspirational and highly influential teacher of singing.
Photojournalist who took last pictures of Monroe
Monroe leant forward and blew a kiss to the camera. It was the last image he ever took of her