An independent inquiry should be established into why a promised financial windfall from the development of Kew Cottages went unfulfilled.

There is a profund difference between breaking a law out of greed or the desire to harm someone, and resisting a law that is demonstrably unfair.

Talk of an energy crisis should be treated with scepticism. It's actually long-running policy failure.

Mealy-mouthed rhetoric from Australia only gives succour to the generals' brutality

Young people who feel that society has a meaningful and productive place for them are far less likely to offend.

At a time of heightened community concern about penalty rates, worsening income inequality and stagnant wages growth, the government's flagship policy of tax cuts for business looks increasingly inappropriate and unaffordable,

The world's third-biggest asset manager is using its shareholdings to push boards to remedy female inequality. All big shareholders should do likewise.

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A decade of ineptitude and political point scoring from our leaders has stymied investment in alternatives to fossil fuels.

It is perhaps a good moment to pause and lift our gaze above the horizon, to place into a bigger perspective the petty politics and posturing.

Will the fate of a tiny rodent come to be seen as a prelude to other species vanishing as a consequence of global warming?

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We have long argued the Coalition could and should remove the negative gearing and capital gains tax subsidies to speculators buying investment properties.

Australians like to boast that our national ethos is the notion of a fair go, but it’s clearly not when it comes to gender.

The decision to go to war is probably the most profound a leader can make. The agonising choice is whether the potential gains outweigh the inevitable loss.

The banks ceaselessly proclaim their probity, and so should welcome such a chance to demonstrate their bona fides.

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Two instances in the past week have shown freedom of expression in Australia is under direct threat from the draconian actions of government.

The idea that the genders are equal is, historically, an anomaly. We must teach the next generation to cherish that idea, in the hope that one day they can make it a reality.

The rights of the child have been appropriately updated without compromising the rights of the donor.

Australia should strive for an unimpeachable standard in support of human rights if it wants to to serve on the United Nations Human Rights Council.

The battle over section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act is a disingenuous distraction engineered by a frustrated and ideologically blinkered minority in the Coalition.