Reports about the benefits of medicinal cannabis are growing and Queensland has now joined New South Wales in passing laws approving the drug for use as a medical treatment, but that doesn't mean you can just light up in the Sunshine State and say it's a prescription.
What if marriage equality is suddenly three years away at best? Two terms? A decade?
It's bad enough that ordinary American people are being ritually humiliated by a presidential election campaign whose hitherto-implicit need for a Benny Hill soundtrack is now almost physically palpable.
The issue is whether a party and individuals want to be remembered for defending a moral monster.
People, says Tony Abbott, "are being neurotic" about his push for greater democratisation within the NSW Liberal Party.
In good times and in bad, the federal government's duty is clear: to keep our country safe and to maximise Australians' ability to get ahead. This is never easy and could get even harder under an America led by Donald Trump or more likely by a second president Clinton, especially economically.
On Friday, Waleed Aly presented the Andrew Olle Media Lecture, which is held in honour of one of the ABC's iconic broadcasters.
It is wonderful news that Bob Dylan has been so honoured. And of course the award has been criticised by many who don't get Dylan.
Self-proclaimed women-protectors are slithering back to their pit.
The hope of home drives people to desperate measures. And we respond with fear.
Building industry trade union official had a deeply felt sense of social justice and fair play.
Workers have a "strong distaste" for weekend shifts
As the American presidential election descends into an ever-more sordid debacle, we need to keep in mind its deeper, positive potential.
The Nationals aren't thriving despite the fact that Barnaby Joyce looks like a bumpkin, but because he looks like a bumpkin.
You can expect to hear a lot more from the Turnbull government about an "investment approach" to welfare. But what, exactly, does that mean?
The same-sex marriage debate illustrates how our Prime Minister is a political prisoner.
Paying tax is an act of pure patriotism and dammit, we should celebrate that.
One day, maybe not for another 20 years, a prime minister and opposition leader will rise to speak about this country's treatment of asylum seekers.
Not taking action will deny hundreds of thousands of Australian children the chance to share in the nation's prosperity and make the most of their lives.
Everywhere I went in Japan, the people were polite, relaxed, low-key, and happily going about their daily lives - but not for a moment did it occur to them that this was actually all about me.
Where does literature live? That seems to be the question opened up by the Nobel committee's decision to award its Prize for Literature to Bob Dylan.
In the 19th century, Karl Marx famously declared that religion was the opiate of the people.
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When NSW One Nation Senator Brian Burston called for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to be defunded and replaced instead by the Patriotic Broadcasting Corporation, he revealed much more than his poor skill with names.
Old media still matters, even in a brave digital world.
The AFL can no more eliminate racism than it can end war.
If the internet is awash in lies and fake news - we must stand up for facts in the political realm, wherever we are.
It's one of the most important features of our electoral system. It can decide who wins seats and who forms governments. It can see tens of thousands of ballot papers effectively going into the bin. Yet few politicians or even journalists want to talk about it.
Three months ago, I rounded a corner of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and beheld Jackson Pollock's "One: Number 31 1950". I was staggered.
Great-grandfather was brought to life in Anna and the King of Siam and, later, The King and I.