It's raising irresponsible behaviour to another level when an influential political figure urges Australians to distrust doctors and medical evidence.

This one reform could go a long way towards restoring MPs' reputations and rebuilding trust with the electorate.

Candid portraits of 10 amazing women help focus on positive body image ahead of Women's Day.

When the party's over for another year, the disheartening reality of life for so many gay, lesbian and transgender Australians will return.

The threshold for what qualifies as unlawful race-hate speech is problematic. So is the future of commissioner Gillian Triggs.

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Torch of liberty and truth in our hands handed down the generations.

If Michael Photios's move is seen as a victory for the former prime minister, it is a hollow one.

Players are simply at the mercy of the concussion rules; they rely on the skills and integrity of care-givers after being hit.

The Herald recommends Geoffrey Rush as Turnbull up against Russell Crowe as the budgie-smuggler driven by God and Queen to drag Australia back into his old-world view. Magda Szubanski would be a shoo-in for Best Supporting Actress as Pauline Hanson.

Getting into a car as a passenger is an act of trust: we trust that the driver will be responsible, alert, skilful and knowledgeable enough to get us to our destination without mishap.

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The practical purpose of the historic first visit by a sitting Israeli Prime Minister to our shores is to deepen the business relationship between our two countries by "expanding co-operation in cyber-security, innovation and science, agri-tech, energy and resources and the environment". But when Israel is involved, politics is unavoidable.

The government is exposed to an almighty scare campaign – and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten did not disappoint.

An arms race to win over the extremes will only backfire.

Perhaps the best change is the shift away from the social and historically context of physics, to be replaced by a focus on the rules and formulas that explain processes.

The likes of Australia Border Force Commissioner Roman Quaedvlieg looms large as a short-term agent of culture change in the NSW force.

Cases such as Grant Hackett's highlight the importance of mentoring young athletes as the pressure builds on them to not only perform but also to try new things that their status and income allows.

Even before European settlers colonised many parts of Australia, cats were digging their claws into the country.

There's a strong case for the government to apply a modest increase in the Medicare levy, cancel tax cuts for big business and reduce the capital gains tax discount.

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Descriptions of poverty, domestic violence, drunkenness and homelessness may be well-intentioned attempts to draw attention to ongoing problems, but they do not convey the full picture of Aboriginal lives.

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The Liberals' deal to preference One Nation ahead of the Nationals in the Western Australian election in March smacks of desperation. Voters will rightly wonder whether the same kind of desperation will lead to similar pacts around the country.

Consider the process behind the Domino's bargain next time you buy.

Malcolm Turnbull knows his survival depends on the economy so in his first big speech of the year pinned his appeal to voters on jobs, jobs, jobs. But what it if doesn't work?

The longer you look at it, the odder it seems. In reshuffling her cabinet, Gladys Berejiklian made some moves that were interesting, some that were inevitable, and some that were just strange. Two moves in particular were so bizarre that they look like mistakes: Adrian Piccoli and Rob Stokes. 

The President tweeted in capital letters: THE SAFETY OF OUR NATION IS AT STAKE. With respect, so are the principles that have made America the greatest democracy on Earth.

It's disgraceful how the Prime Minister has bowed to climate change denialists.

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Imagine a business paying billions of dollars to a subcontractor without assessing whether the contract prices were value for money and without sign-off from the authorised managers. Imagine if the business failed to systematically monitor performance under the contracts and was so haphazard at keeping records that a $75 million building was uninsured when it burnt down.

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Who knew? The Catholic Church knew, that's who. Now we know too, that sexual atrocities against children of a horrendous nature and on a horrendous, systemic scale have been committed within the Catholic Church in Australia.

Internal contradictions hardly engender confidence that he could find a workable policy platform.

Many of us might not like what we see in the mirror, let alone how others are thinking.