Analysis & Opinion

In an unusually forceful and combative inaugural address, the new US President makes it clear he will bring the radical change he brought to the campaign trail to life in the White House.

A clever and discreet new device is so ingenious it'll make you want to have another baby, writes Jo Fox. This is why we need more women in STEM.

Are all young people hiding in their safe spaces and hugging a therapy bear, or are others more sanguine, perhaps even upbeat, about Trump's prospects? Mike Bird writes.

To the absolute surprise of no one, Chinese economic growth came in at an annualised growth rate of 6.7 per cent in 2016.

An Instagram account calling for 'nipple donations' seeks to smash sexist double standards on social media, writes Ben Pobjie. And we should all be terrified of what comes next.

As Trump enters the same Oval Office his Republican idol Reagan once occupied, Americans could do worse than listen to Reagan's maxim: trust, but verify.

On Wednesday night I interviewed Liberal Party MP Ken Wyatt for 7.30. This shouldn't be remarkable but I suppose it is. The fact that it has taken until 2017 makes it so, writes Indigenous affairs editor Stan Grant.

As Australia lurches from heatwave to heatwave, the message is clear: extreme heat is the new norm, so Australia needs to get "heat smart".

A huge increase in migration has been driving headline GDP growth, keeping Australia technically out of recession, but it's also masked a dirty secret - individuals haven't felt the benefit of this record run.

The recent release of the latest Star Wars move has sparked an unexpected controversy, with the digital resurrection of an actor who died in 1994.

The New South Wales Premier rocks the nation's political landscape with a surprise resignation, so how did it come to this?

Confectionery brand Allen's is inviting the public to vote on new lolly flavours, but their choices are a little disappointing, writes Deirdre Fidge. Here are some better ideas.

The data used in Oxfam's report has significant limitations, but it certainly appears that it is the best available.

Leading economists are backing a job guarantee program over a universal basic income, to better address both inflation and unemployment.

Jakarta will elect a new Governor in less than a month. This is not just a race for a political position, but a test for moderate Islam and democracy in Australia's largest neighbour of 250 million people, writes Samantha Hawley.

While the recovery took longer than many hoped or expected, Barack Obama is leaving the US economy in much better shape than he found it eight years ago.

Samantha Stosur disappoints at the Australian Open, but a little perspective from Australian fans would go a long way.

With Donald Trump as President-elect, the China-US relationship is about to enter a much more uncertain and tense time as the world waits to see what the fallout will be, writes correspondent Matthew Carney.

The Davos World Economic Forum is confronting one of the biggest challenges thus far to its mantra that economic globalisation is good.

Pauline Hanson's call for a national identity card is a policy zombie, and it needs to be eliminated.

Distinguished historian Jill Roe, best known for her celebrated biography of Australian writer Miles Franklin, has died aged 76.

I'll be marking Donald Trump's first day in office by marching in Sydney to stand up against the hatred and bigotry he represents, Lucia Osborne-Crowley writes.

The recent string of shark sightings in Australia has closed beaches and seen experts scramble for answers, writes Brendan McAloon. And yet there are no simple solutions to this complex clash of man versus wild.

Antibiotic shortages are inconvenient but should make us all think about a world without any of them, writes Dr Michael Gannon.

Just when you thought 2017 was safe, the creators of Monopoly are putting the board game's iconic tokens to public vote. And Ben Pobjie, for one, will not suffer the indignity of going to Mayfair in a bunny slipper, Ben Pobjie writes.