Opinion
PM, observe the Donald and learn
DONALD Trump has done more in one week than Malcolm Turnbull in 16 aimless months, writes Andrew Bolt.
Our day to give thanks
I AM never more grateful to call Australia home than when I compare my son’s childhood with my own in the Islamic Republic of Iran, writes Rita Panahi.
New Aussies make better nation
WHERE would Australia be without soccer, rugby and cricket? Or food such as pho, sushi, pasta or paella? It is a better place for what new citizens bring, says Alice Clarke.
First lesson: accept school flaws
WE are a first-world country economically but our education system is second-rate, writes Kevin Donnelly.
ABC daydreams on date change
THE ABC is now using its huge power to campaign to change the date of Australia Day, writes Andrew Bolt.
May the ‘force’ be with us
IN a less politically correct era, every state in Australia was equipped with what was known as a police “force”, writes David Penberthy.
No kid gloves, rule with iron fist
OUR everyday sense of security has been damaged by the actions of these violent young criminals, writes Katie Bice.
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Ecstasy, a deadly dance
At least three young lives were recently lost to an evil drug and another 20 suffered overdoses
Less carrot, more stick
VICTORIANS are quite rightly disturbed by the lack of law and order and by the state’s obviously broken youth justice system.
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Sydney Morning Herald ODs on Trump hate
How many anti-Trump stories - several of them fake news - can the Sydney Morning Herald publish in a single day? Surely today's effort is proof of derangement, and a complete abandonment of any pretence of impartial reporting. Read more
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The right way to fall
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ABC daydreams on date change
THE ABC is now using its huge power to campaign to change the date of Australia Day, writes Andrew Bolt.
Please let these holidays finish
YOU know you’ve reached school holiday hell when the children are bored, you’re broke and you’ve run out of wi-fi data, writes Susie O’Brien.
Look beyond Trump factor
AS I wrote before Christmas, it is absolutely critical for investors to look at 2017 in two stages, writes Terry McCrann.
Our day to give thanks
I AM never more grateful to call Australia home than when I compare my son’s childhood with my own in the Islamic Republic of Iran, writes Rita Panahi.
Midnight and Bill the Bastard honoured
A $300,000 race honours remarkable tale of Diggers, brave horses and their role in the Great War, writes Andrew Rule.
Would the last to leave turn off the lights?
THANKS to the globalisation of trade and political mismanagement, the Victorian economy is set for a bumpy ride in 2017, writes Tom Elliott.
Moonlight gets four and a half stars
REVIEW: The journey charted by Moonlight — as heart-wrenching as it is harrowing — does not leave behind any passengers in the audience.
Vinyl revival? Change the record
THE news that Australia is to get a “state-of-the-art” record-pressing plant is yet another signpost that we are approaching our destination of peak silliness, writes James Campbell.
Abortion move justifies Trump fears
IT took just days for Donald Trump to prove that all those who feared he was a threat to the freedom of women were correct, writes Wendy Tuohy.
No deal for Turnbull on trade
IT is almost as though Malcolm Turnbull doesn’t realise he has been Trumped on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, writes Laurie Oakes.
Handball playing footy in Asia
EACH time we have taken footy overseas the world has nodded politely in thanks and returned to doing its own thing, writes Patrick Carlyon.
Women’s league will alter footy
THE women’s league is a fantastic concept that will boost the AFL — all it needs is time and support to be turning point for the footy community, writes Beverley O’Connor.
New Aussies make better nation
WHERE would Australia be without soccer, rugby and cricket? Or food such as pho, sushi, pasta or paella? It is a better place for what new citizens bring, says Alice Clarke.