• COMMENT

For all the tension of the modern world, remember life is typically far better now than in years gone by

The deliberations for the upcoming federal budget are once again being nobbled by internecine conflicts and warring ideologies.

• Editorial

What do we teach our children when we tolerate racist insults at the game?

Our job is not to sanitise what's going on in the world, but to inform, both about what's wonderful about our pale blue dot and also what's not.

• Editorial

Doubts over the mine deserve to be heeded.

• Editorial

Mr Guy's policy is one-dimensional, when a multi-pronged strategy is required.

• Editorial

Political leaders have long recognised the need to review the law governing trusts.

Young people are especially in need of support; one in four of them is currently experiencing a mental health issue.

• EDITORIAL

Haven't they suffered enough? Melbourne's Burke and Wills statue, a monument to the ill-fated explorers, is soon to be moved yet again

We fervently hope the stark change of tactics might end the use of chemical weapons, and even help end the wretched tragedy in Syria by catalysing the fall of Dr Assad.

There will not be lasting peace in Syria without justice.

• Editorial

The Australian government is wrong to not accept that reducing one of the most unduly generous tax concessions in the world should be part of the mix.

• Editorial

It would be a good thing were Australia’s lawmakers to read or re-read some of Dr King’s speeches, for debate in our nation is often tawdry.

The government is committing $24 billion to company tax cuts unlikely to match the benefit that would come from investing that money in the economy-boosting infrastructure needed as Australia's population grows.

Inadvertent, indirect racism must be avoided.

• COMMENT

It would be mean-spirited for Australia to treat foreign aid as a commercial transaction.

Campaigns against offensive online content have made big companies painfully aware that they can expect a backlash if their practices online fall short of public standards.

There is a potent argument for increasing the minimum wage by at least the rate of inflation.

The government is saying it will not give ground on the $50 billion cuts to company tax. But it will have ample precedent to alter the policy.