The scandal that gave me comfort
How reassuring was the Sussan Ley expenses fracas, an underwhelming tizz over a minor infraction. It was as if there are still rules to be obeyed in a world seemingly determined to break all of them.
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Tim Dick
Tim Dick is a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald
How Trevor Noah turned me into a bookworm again
Hitler was a great friend of mine and, good lord, could that guy dance. Of all the lines in Trevor Noah's new memoir, Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, that's one of his most arresting.
A life lesson in the death of a much-loved cat
Our household had a late and unwelcome entry in the death toll of 2016. It came with Rocko, who scraped in with a departure on Friday.
The unlikely man to lead the fight against intolerance
It's been an entirely hopeless year, which has little to recommend it other than as an example to not repeat.
Malcolm Turnbull's peculiar passion
The Prime Minister wants Australia to grow up, and stop genuflecting to its coloniser. Just not yet.
Maybe it's time for Shorten to have a turn as PM
He may have "knifed" two prime ministers, but Bill Shorten as the nation's leader offers a better future than Malcolm Turnbull.
The real Malcolm Turnbull exists – in Auckland
John Key shows that electorally successful conservatism can come with a reasonable cloak, it doesn't have to be harsh, it doesn't have to be consistently mean.
Sydney and its nightlife are far from dead
Sydney, boring! The conclusion that 'sin city' is stuffed because you can't buy a drink in the wee hours is overblown.
He was just a little boy, taunted to death
It is difficult not to see Tyrone Unsworth's death as entirely preventable, as a horrific example of the toll intolerance and hatred wreak.
The world's jerks are rising to the top
If there's one thing we don't need right now, it's more jerks, those who revel in treating others badly, particularly those entitled well-to-do jerks, those of the asset-and-tax break generation, and those who grow more successful in spite of their jerkiness.
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