Malcolm Turnbull has made a stunning turnaround from urging zero-emissions energy to spruiking "clean coal" — seemingly in the face of climate science, Stephen Long writes.
Malcolm Turnbull's blistering take-down of Bill Shorten has won him favour in his colleagues' eyes, but he needs to tread carefully to capitalise on it, Andrew Probyn writes.
Three points in the Indian Ocean account for 80 per cent of the world's seaborne oil trade and there are increasing concerns about potential militarisation in the area.
The Barnett Government starts the first full week of the 2017 election campaign levelling claims of "fake funding" at Labor, and finishes it in a rear-guard attempt to defend its own economic record.
A new dating app aims to match lovers based on their mutual dislike of Donald Trump, slow drivers and butt selfies — it's going to change the world, writes Ben Pobjie.
An Adelaide kindy sent home a note asking a child's parents to pack healthier food. The mother should pack two slices tomorrow, writes Melinda Tankard Reist.
For the first three weeks of the Trump presidency, the lack of a phone call between the new American leader and his Chinese counterpart appeared to confirm the worst.
It is simply unacceptable that people with intellectual disability in our community are dying from preventable causes at over twice the rate as other Australians, write acting NSW Ombudsman Professor John McMillan and Deputy Ombudsman Steve Kinmond.
US President Donald Trump will find it difficult, if not impossible, to force Iran to renegotiate its nuclear agreement with six world powers, despite warning signs that Iran continues to flout its international obligations.
Australia Post's strategy of trying to hide its CEO's $5.6 million salary package has backfired and the Government should step in, writes Chris Uhlmann.
A lack of full-time job prospects and an increasingly tense world has left a generation of Australia's young people feeling bleak about their future, writes business reporter Carrington Clarke.
Hype can often ruin a production for audiences, but what is incredible about The Book of Mormon is it completely stands up to its success, writes Will Huxley.
In 1978, a group of Catholic schoolboys was called to make a moral decision. The night before, a Marist brother had tried to assault one of them. Those boys were better disciples than the princes of their Church. That is a triumph and a tragedy, writes Chris Uhlmann.
The complicated life of PM Malcolm Turnbull is about to become harder when Cory Bernardi formally announces he's quitting the Liberal Party. It's another sign of the unravelling of the status quo in liberal democracies, Chris Uhlmann writes.
Ultimately, desperate US corporations could lean further towards automation, robotics and artificial intelligence, and seek ways to eliminate labour altogether, writes Ian Verrender.
Mosul is in a state of suspended animation, with control of the city split between Iraqi Government forces and the Islamic State group. Any eventual 'mission accomplished' against terrorists in the Mosul could simply mean a new conflict could erupt, writes correspondent Matt Brown.
Live streamers Brett Hevers and Darren Sharpe momentarily outsmarted Foxtel — but they aren't the real threat to the future viability of live sporting events, David Lipson writes.
The rise of populism across Europe and a shock "January surprise" have combined to throw the 2017 French presidential race into unchartered territory, writes Europe correspondent Steve Cannane.