Analysis & Opinion

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.

Regions that offer adequate amenities for residents have the best chance of converting long-distance commuters into the sort of new residents who can sustain regional prosperity.

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.

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.

Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, choose their winners and losers from the week in federal politics.

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.

It is day one of the 2017 parliamentary year, and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has already found himself in quite the pickle.

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.

Most of us know we're not getting enough exercise. But do you know how much you are supposed to get? Or if you are even close?

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.

Want to offer your seat to a fellow commuter, but not sure whether she's 'with child' or just had a big meal? There's an app for that, writes Jo Fox.

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.