This week's report of the teenage couple, barred from going home and apparently preparing to sleep out in a tent with their newborn baby, shows how easily individuals can slip into homelessness.
We should be focused on creating sustainable industries for the future rather than shipping coal to India where it becomes somebody else's environmental and health problem.
What should we make of Easter and its symbolism of new beginnings and renewal?
Between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, the chances of a dangerous miscalculation on the Korean peninsula are higher than ever.
The steps taken now should be closely tuned to fairness and equity, to help the people who'll have trouble buying a place of their own even if the median Sydney house price stalls at the current level of more than $1.1 million.
Malcolm Turnbull is right. His government was returned to office in the election last July.
The byelection results are confirmation that the 'it's time factor' is building for the NSW coalition government through no fault of Gladys Berejiklian's.
Living in the driest continent on the globe, Australians may think they know all about drought. They don't.
Should these air-strikes lead Moscow to the negotiating table and force it to accept a solution for Syria without Bashar al Assad's involvement, then the US could claim a victory. However, last year Donald Trump warned that attacking Mr Assad risked starting "World War III" with Russia.
The cash economy's resilience reflects the great Australia tax avoidance ethos.
The taxpayers of NSW have accepted privatisation when the benefits are explained and the process is transparent. But the proposed sell-off of the NSW land titles registry is causing concern.
Not much can yet be said about a second Sydney airport, except that it will happen.
It's easy to see how the drama could be seen as entertainment, rather than a serious threat.
Voters remain sceptical of the government's narrative. So selling the May 9 budget will be tough.
The commission has been a resounding success and a nation-changer. But has it changed the culture at the 4000-plus institutions that allowed or were blind to child abuse?
Public servants working in the private sector can bring many benefits - but also create problems.
As a reluctant political player backed by newbie Premier Gladys Berejiklian, and as what some see as a safe internal appointment, he must bring together warring factions.
The reliance on ministerial discretion in the draft pact provides a good reason for all Australians to be relieved that the treaty will not be ratified.
The newbie Premier must hope that her transport plans and economic record will prevail over voter anger.
The government's strategy is at risk of backfiring, now that multiple bills for an independent commission are attracting crossbench support.
Some voters will forgive the Prime Minister because he's been preoccupied with shoring up his job. But it's time to offer more.
Does Justin Milne agree that the ABC is merely "one of" our most trusted and respected institutions and, if so, how does he intend to make it the most trusted and respected?
Why do so many of our politicians sound so fake and empty?
Muslim extremism is being reformed as we speak into two even less predictable threats: a guerrilla warfare outfit that focuses more on western nations, drawing on returning fighters as lone wolves.
On the face of it a postal vote without the need for legislation might settle the issue more quickly and cheaply than fighting for a free vote or traditional in-person plebiscite.
We should all be concerned at the sustained push by the complementary medicine industry for advertising self-regulation.
The test of the statement's importance will be whether extremists try to use it as cover for spreading intolerance.
Ah, the four-day work week. It's a bit like the paperless office, or world peace. Many agree it's a great idea, and we should do it, but somehow we never get there.
This belated yet welcome effort to make housing more affordable might be for nought, at least if increasing worries about a property market crash become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
But expanding the Snowy Hydro scheme does not fix the problems of years of neglect of a national plan.
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