Plenty of backflip opportunities for Baird
If the Premier can ditch an issue on which he staked his moral authority, many will be hoping he will launch his Manly torso into a string of acrobatics.
If the Premier can ditch an issue on which he staked his moral authority, many will be hoping he will launch his Manly torso into a string of acrobatics.
A good chunk of Scott Morrison's budget problems could have vanished, just as they vanished for Peter Costello during mining boom at the start of the century.
If Premier Mike Baird is serious about tackling domestic violence, and we believe he is, then he must remain committed to the state-wide 10pm closing time of bottle shops on the back of the significant reductions in assaults these changes have brought.
There is increasing recognition that the human right to water cannot be separated from global discussions about water scarcity and governance.
The Latrobe Valley may have a proud history of supplying cheap power to the state. But those days are probably going to end.
Some are intent on maintaining the status quo on a narrow issue at the expense of continuing to build the vibrancy of our national capital.
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From the Russian convoys to the Vietnam War.
Something is changing. This week one male voice spurred millions of female voices to reply in a chorus.
Defied widespread anti-Nazi sentiment by arguing strongly for the prohibition on German players competing at Wimbledon to be lifted.
Sorry to ruin your angry pub conversations about "if only we had proper leaders!", but running the country is a second-string prime ministerial priority at best.
The essential fact is that students in independent schools receive less government money than those in government schools.
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Katie Murphy and her partner Fergus always said that they wanted to have a family together. They just didn't know that they would need to wipe out Katie's superannuation to pay for it.
It is hard to find an Australian political leader who is travelling easily at the moment.
Progress requires a high level of fortitude in our parliamentary leaders, the NSW Premier's U-turn on the greyhound ban shows this quality is missing.
I am someone who lived with the lie of being gay for far too long and had to endure the school yard, workplace and boardroom taunts about my sexuality.
The housing booms that are so much part of the modern Australian story alter the way we live.
It is hard sitting with a veteran - someone decorated for bravery, no less - when he tells you he has been thinking of taking his life. Gut-wrenching though it was, I wasn't surprised. I had seen this coming for months, and his wife was doing it.
Republican voters as falling into five broad categories, each with a different propensity for retaliation against Republican candidates who oppose Trump.
Let's be clear, amending the marriage act to allow for same-sex and gender diverse couples to marry is a straightforward change of a few words, which will cost nothing and benefit so many.
Work is in the photographic collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum
Bob Dingle, who was deeply involved with the establishment of Australia's continental Antarctic stations in the 1950s, has died aged 95.
Was he a philanderer? A conman? A park drunk who saw his grandchildren once then returned to an alcoholic miasma? Or did he have a loving family? Did his siblings have children – my second cousins? Did he have other bastards – my aunties and uncles?
Joys of surfing
The full potential of data sets held by governments is only just beginning to be realised. Collected for one purpose, such as paying Medicare benefits, their secondary or subsequent use has the potential to transform policy evaluation and economic analysis. These data sets can be used for multiple purposes, beyond just the initial transactional record for payment and accountability.
Some people may be surprised to hear a Greens Senator say this, but here goes.
We live in a post-Edward Snowden world, in which US tech companies have been accused of complicity in mass surveillance by the US National Security Agency. One recent allegation is the claim that Yahoo scanned hundreds of millions of emails at the NSA’s request.
We see Trump for what he is: a sexual predator at its worst, one that masquerades as "just one of the guys".
It's fascinating that this is the moment that may derail Trump's White House dreams; that this is the step too far.