The real issues are: whether the term "good faith" is too loose and ill-defined so as to make the defence difficult to predict and access; and whether the words "offend" and "insult" are so loose as to encourage relatively frivolous cases and as such impose an unjustifiable limit to free speech.

A new-found agility in planning can help Mike Baird carry his Parramatta Road plans to fruition.

When the Premier reversed the greyhound ban, he was tossing the Nationals leader under a bus.

While details are scant and timing uncertain, the potential benefits are enormous for Australia, the US and the detainees.

The childcare system is not working for parents and workers but big corporate operators are making healthy profits.

Voters will know how to punish the Baird government and the establishment in Macquarie Street. The Nationals and even Labor are running scared.

After a bloody war with outsiders, the establishment lost and must understand why.

• COMMENT

A Donald Trump victory no matter how narrow presents significant dangers for the US and allies like Australia.

Cheap politics is threatening lives.

Donald Trump is feeding hatred but we hope another angry core rises up against the Republican outsider candidate and what he represents.

Like many a relationship between close neighbours, Australia and Indonesia have had their ups and downs. More down than up, in the last few years.

It might feel better in the sort term. But eventually a new swamp will emerge with new pests.

Australian parliaments should champion change that allows women and men to balance their family and work responsibilities.

Disturbing discrepancies between reported and actual violence around Pyrmont require a rethink pending more accurate figures.

The Day case is particularly concerning given it involves deals with the government and taxpayer-funded schemes that could give rise to doubts about undue influence, not to mention constitutional breaches. Inevitably, that erodes public trust in government.

We deserve a much more detailed explanation about the deal to privatise Ausgrid

We unite to cheer on 24 nags, most from overseas and most worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and most owned by millionaires or billionaires. Why?

The Herald's report this week the Greater Sydney Commission will require new developments on rezoned land to include up to 10 per cent affordable housing is encouraging in multiple ways.

Ardent seems to have its remuneration priorities all wrong. Safety and transparency must rank above profit. In the long-term this will benefit everybody.

The freshman leader's pivot towards Beijing creates instability with flow-on effects in Australia.

Anti-corruption watchdog must not be neutered.

The Attorney-General is wrong on the substantive issue of independence of solicitor-general Justin Gleeson and bears significant blame for his resignation.

The Treasurer's blinkered approach when it comes to tax breaks makes for bad and costly policy.

There are limits to the value of being a high-profile friend of Beijing's.

Financial abuse is a way of controlling victims, robbing them of the self-esteem and the funds they need to escape abusive relationships.

Few people buy the former leader's claims he is not interested in a comeback.

The focus will be less on the standard of play this summer than on the behaviour of players and the future of Tests.

The anti-renewables panic in reaction to the South Australia blackout was misguided and politically skewed.

No doubt these MPs made valuable contributions to Australian political life and to the constituents they served, for which they are entitled to some gratitude. The question is, how much gratitude is enough?