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.
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What's mining ever done for us? Just wait
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.
Too risky: Baird must stay the course on liquor laws
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.
Water 'haves' and 'have nots': Why water scarcity is a human rights issue
There is increasing recognition that the human right to water cannot be separated from global discussions about water scarcity and governance.
It's a tipping point for a major Victorian community
The Latrobe Valley may have a proud history of supplying cheap power to the state. But those days are probably going to end.
Economic benefits of Aquis proposal 'big'
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.
Wine and chocolate are acceptable self-care. Medication and therapy, not so much.
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Executive officer of HMAS Anzac and naval attache in Washington
From the Russian convoys to the Vietnam War.
Twitter aflame with sexual assault stories sparked by Trump tapes
Something is changing. This week one male voice spurred millions of female voices to reply in a chorus.
Mottram reached Wimbledon doubles final with Australian Bill Sidwell
Defied widespread anti-Nazi sentiment by arguing strongly for the prohibition on German players competing at Wimbledon to be lifted.
Turnbull's first priority isn't actually leading the country
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.
School funding debate clouded by ideology
The essential fact is that students in independent schools receive less government money than those in government schools.
In the Herald: October 13, 1913
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Katie's superannuation gamble is her last chance to have a baby
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.
Who would be a political reformer?
It is hard to find an Australian political leader who is travelling easily at the moment.
A failure of leadership by Baird
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 fed up with not being equal
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.
How the housing boom is changing the way we live
The housing booms that are so much part of the modern Australian story alter the way we live.
Veterans face the ultimate indignity
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.
The five types of voter who are more or less loyal to Trump
Republican voters as falling into five broad categories, each with a different propensity for retaliation against Republican candidates who oppose Trump.
Now that the divisive plebiscite is sunk, let's get on with legalising marriage equality
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.
Cinematographer who gave Michael Caine cold gangster look in Get Carter
Work is in the photographic collections of the National Portrait Gallery and the Victoria and Albert Museum
Pathfinder at war and in the Antarctic
Bob Dingle, who was deeply involved with the establishment of Australia's continental Antarctic stations in the 1950s, has died aged 95.
The hunt for my grandfather who vanished three times
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?
In the Herald: October 12, 1959
Joys of surfing
One step back for data release, but it needs to keep moving ahead
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.
Miners must be forced to clean up their messes
Some people may be surprised to hear a Greens Senator say this, but here goes.
How to protect your emails from being spied on
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.
Trump is America's abusive boyfriend, the one Mum can't shake
We see Trump for what he is: a sexual predator at its worst, one that masquerades as "just one of the guys".
So much for Trump's real victims
It's fascinating that this is the moment that may derail Trump's White House dreams; that this is the step too far.