Analysis & Opinion

From fertility "Fitbits" to at-home sperm testing kits, innovative new devices are transforming the way we think about making babies, writes Jo Fox.

The Liberals and Labor spent much of the week crunching and debating the financial figures — but it was that One Nation preference deal and Pauline Hanson's candidates who dominated much of the debate.

The housing affordability debate is increasingly becoming the home of dangerous ideas that would do little to help first home buyers and much to destroy the Australian economy, writes Michael Janda.

A good week for the crossbenchers, not so much for the government. Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas, hosts of the Party Room, choose their winners and losers.

With political heat flaring the length of the Murray-Darling, there are fears the future of the fragile water sharing deal hangs in the balance.

For the past six months I have refused to watch any film or TV show that features violence against women, writes Laura Hartnell. Women are more than just pieces of flesh to be destroyed.

In a time of so-called "alternative" facts, fake news and spurious claims, it's perfect timing for the return of Fact Check to ABC news outlets, writes founding editor Russell Skelton.

He is part of the furniture at Arsenal, but Arsene Wenger's 20-year reign as Gunners manager surely has to come to a sad end following a 5-1 loss to Bayern Munich.

Olympic swimming champion Grant Hackett has struggled to adjust to life in retirement like many other sportspeople, writes Mary Gearin.

Michael Flynn's resignation following his "loss of trust" as national security advisor follows the Obama administration relieving him of the position as Defence Intelligence chief over insubordination.

Financial distress is affecting a huge number of Australians and the slightest wind could spell catastrophe for households, David Taylor writes.

Either Michael Flynn has one of the world's worst memories or he deliberately misled his Vice-President and the United States as to the content and subject matter of his calls to the Russian ambassador, writes Philip Williams.

Treasurer Scott Morrison is trying to save Australia's prized AAA credit rating, burdened by a $37 billion budget deficit, but one ratings agency is likely to deliver on its threat to cut our credit rating, writes Andrew Robertson.

The stories of Donald Trump, Alexander Hamilton and Lin Manuel Miranda intertwine more than you would think, writes Sara James.

From your local barista to the neighbour who brings in your bin every week, take the opportunity on February 14 to honour all the love in your life, writes Deirdre Fidge.

Pregnancy continues to be portrayed through rosy lenses, while the true, sometimes nightmarish side of it remains hidden away.

Australia plays a critical role in many other countries' space programs, but if we're to capitalise on its strengths in space tracking as well as space science in such a rapidly growing sector, it's time we considered forming a space agency of our own.

Sadly, much of the debate about our future power generation has become mired in political point-scoring and simplistic arguments designed to inflame and outrage; where ignorance dominates academic research, writes Ian Verrender.

Cancer research and treatment is often framed as a 'fight' or 'war' against the disease. But, writes Darren Saunders, we need to tread carefully when taking that language out of the lab.

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.