Comment, Opinion, Writers

In Queensland, 11 babies in every thousand die in the public system, compared with seven per 1000 in the private ...

Midwife staffing is not the reason expectant mums are at risk: AMA Qld

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Chris Zappala

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is hoping US President Donald Trump sticks to his word on the 1250 refugees.

Turnbull desperately hoping that history doesn't repeat

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Mark Kenny

Beyonce shows off her baby bump in an Instagram post announcing her pregnancy.

Another birther plot nipped in the bud

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Annabel Crabb

The war with China will have to wait. First comes Australia, etc...

Trump's war with China will have to wait. First comes Australia

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Paul Krugman

The abortion rate hit an all-time-low during the tenure of a pro-choice president, Barack Obama.

Voting for Trump on abortion didn't make sense

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The Charlotte Observer

Donald Trump's ''alternative facts'' would not have done well with Greek philosopher Socrates.

NAPLAN prepares us for neither the real world nor Trump

Peter Martin

Refugees, most of them from Eritrea, during a rescue operation in the Mediterranean.

New international refugee compact needed

Simon Cowan

Is there anything more infuriating than the troll sitting on your backside while you dutifully keep the speed limit?

Feeling just a bit cramped? We can improve on that

Valerie Morton

"We would like to share our love and happiness. We have been blessed two times over. We are incredibly grateful that our ...

Don't snigger: Beyonce's announcement was true art

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Anne Midgette

President Donald Trump has nominated arch-conservative Federal Appeals Court judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court.

Trump's legal endgame

Clive Simmons

<i>Illustration: Joe Benke</i>

The Trump imbroglio: confusion and contradiction everywhere

Richard Eckersley

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia's prime minister, pauses during a speech at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, ...

The twin threats that Turnbull must conquer

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Peter Hartcher

Australia is unlikely to go down the US path and put Pauline Hanson in the Lodge.

Hanson as PM in three years? Here's why it won't happen

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Peter FitzSimons

Alison Whyte in Sydney Theatre Company's <i>The Testament of Mary</i>.

Our fight to the death with nature is not one we can win

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Elizabeth Farrelly

Tony Abbott is calling for senate reform.

Abbott is right to call for Senate reform, he's just wrong on the details

Crispin Hull

As Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott's utter resistance and simple oppositionism was designed to make effective government ...

PM-in-wanting Abbott lacks any credibility to pontificate

Jack Waterford

Home, sweet home.

Frightened by Trump? Spare a thought for us

Behrouz Boochani

A tweet from the US President Donald Trump all but confirmed the refugee deal was in danger.

Trump's tweet leaves Turnbull no option but to bring refugees here

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Azadeh Dastyari

Appeal to supporters: Congolese opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi.

In Passing

Publicly shaming Trump could have catastrophic results.

Turnbull's 'grey rock' move will work on narcissistic Trump

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Jacqueline Maley

"Oh shit, Trump!"

Trump might just be the catalyst we needed

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Wendy Squires

Once you sign on the dotted line, there are very few avenues for backing out of a home purchase.

The clauses that can void a house purchase

Alison and Jillian Barrett

Dogs relaxed more when listening to the likes of Toto.

It makes sense that dogs prefer soft rock

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Simon Castles

Lennart Nilsson was a daring explorer, leading viewers of his images – in books, magazines and television documentaries ...

Photographer revealed invisible secrets of human body

Mourned: Poet John Keats' gravestone.

Let's stop disagreeing about words and start agreeing about the spirit

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Martin Flanagan

Northbound traffic on the M1 Pacific Motorway on Monday afternoon.

Sydney's Third World road system is only going to get worse

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Garry Linnell

"Oh shit, Trump!"

It's just another 'Oh s---, Trump' kinda day

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Danny Katz

Rising din: Russell Keast, Associate Professor of Food and Sensory Science at Deakin University, who studies escalating ...

Falling on deaf ears: why restaurants turn off so many diners

Richard Glover

Words such as "commitment", "extreme vetting", "discriminatory" and "terrorist" will ultimately mean what US President ...

Turnbull and Shorten aren't immune to using Trump's 'alternative words'

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John Hewson

Renewable power in the 2020s will almost certainly be cheaper than new coal, and possibly by a wide margin.

Ill wind blows in energy debate

Frank Jotzo