My barber and I were both surprised at the election result. His feedback from his clients and my reading of the correspondence columns of The Canberra Times had suggested to us both that Canberrans were ready for a change.
Wolfgang Suschitzky, an Austrian-born photographer and cinematographer who was a key figure in a British film movement of the 1930s and '40s.
Jenny Saulwick was a lioness of environmental justice, a passionate protector of the local community and a creator of community public art, and helped kick-start the Victorian Greens.
We have normalised gambling far beyond what is normal for any other country on the planet.
Melbourne High headmaster Jeremy Ludowyke's full response to the controversy created by year 12 student leader Ben Qin final-year speech.
The shocking tragedy in Davidson this week, the apparent murder/suicide of a family with two children on the autistic spectrum, is sadly not an isolated event.
Rudd, Gillard, Abbott and Turnbull have at least one distinguishing feature in common – they have all found the transition to government, and the processes of government, very difficult.
Paternal rejection can deeply affect both sons and daughters. Of course, when it comes to sons and fathers, the father is the most important role model.
Rather than giving voters a fresh look at the two people vying to lead them over the next four years, the debate told them only what every serious-minded person already knew.
Ultimately we need a nationwide approach to coal station closures.
It seems strange to me that the age-old "blame the messenger" strategy is so often aided and abetted by the Australian media itself – especially when the topic is boat people or off-shore processing.
Bond upbeat despite losses
It creates an Australia where exploited interns are widespread but entry-level jobs are scarce.
It's an interesting twist that while most commentators do not expect politicians elevated to the executive to have specific qualifications in the ministry he or she is to hold, the same thinking does not apply regarding the appointment of first law officers, also known as attorneys-general.
King in exile in Nairobi held court on Sundays outside a movie theatre.
Sleuth showed innocent Bertie Wooster was a mixture of a steeplechase jockey and an actor
Scrapping the cap on small planes at Sydney Airport will keep our regions connected, and ensure those living on the coast or in the bush have fair access to essential services.
The arrests of 18 Crown staff in China raises questions about the billionaire's Barangaroo casino pitch
As Hillary Clinton's lead widens, it appears Donald Trump's White House race may be run. Lewd comments about women caught on video may ultimately prove the Republican maverick's undoing, but the influence of his aggressive campaign should not be consigned to history without due analysis.
Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have big plans for the Democratic nominee.
Calling incarcerated ice users on welfare 'cold hard bludgers' is tantamount to blaming the mentally ill for being too unwell to work.
Low inflation has 'tilted' our mortgages.
Political parties around the democratic world have been grappling with how to better engage with voters in the face of challenges from new populist forces, often on the extremes of the left and right.
The bigger Assembly now has to deliver results. Twenty-five members must do better than seventeen. The increase in size was introduced not just to reflect a larger population but to enable better executive government, parliamentary processes and representation. That is the challenge facing the members of the new Assembly.
Every time someone presumes that I'm all right, I feel as another part of me begins to die. And because of that decision, I feel I have lost everything.
The opposition to coal mines doesn't spring from rabid environmentalism. It is a vital health issue which causes preventable human suffering in Australia and many other countries.
Ever since the writer Thomas Carlyle coined his rude epithet about economics, the world of letters and the "dismal science" have circled each other warily.
Pokemon Go is in rapid decline. Since launching in July and soaring in popularity, it had lost at least a third of its daily users by the middle of August. By mid-September, daily revenues had fallen from US$16m per day to US$2m (excluding the 30 per cent app store fee) and daily downloads had declined from a peak of 27 million to 700,000.
The controversy whether Australia should allow the importation of the Adler A110 lever-action shotgun has certainly delivered some over-the-top political theatre. If you believe hyperventilating sectors of the media, the Adler is a newly invented death machine. If you believe some politicians’ rhetoric, allowing the Adler into the country dramatically waters down Australia’s 1996 gun laws.
"Brunch is for jerks!" wrote David Shaftel in The New York Times a few years back, adding his 1000 words to a ig sub-genre of foody opinion. Google "why I hate brunch" and you open a rich seam of people hating on one of the best meals of the day.