There are no easy answers for a nuclear North Korea
America is the world's undisputed military super power, but it faces a strategic conundrum over North Korea's nuclear intentions.
North Korean threats will leave alliance countries little choice
Australia normally doesn't need an excuse to join in wars with the Americans. But North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has just given us the best one there is: survival. Self defence is the most basic sovereign obligation a nation has.
The PM should stand up for O'Dwyer
A bunch of outrageously greedy whingers are monstering this woman when she's on maternity leave.
PM's crisis of legitimacy
The public has seen little of the Prime Minister they wanted and expected.
Dutton stoops to new low with comments on Manus rampage
Why would a former copper seek to pre-empt an investigation and apportion blame on the detainees?
Politics can be like footy tipping: get too close, lose the big picture
Casual followers often glean as much useful information at a glance, and less useless detail, as people applying themselves more diligently.
The fake 'crisis' of high wages
Tweaking skilled migrant visas won't fix the damage done by decades of harmful industrial-relations policies.
Big Brother Barnaby's sequel to 1984
It's city v country, and Agrarian Socialists against everyone who disagrees with them.
Target Sydney and Melbourne
The national capital is best at the business of government because it was set up for it.
Forgotten lessons of Guernica
The US military is poised to mobilise again. Is China now our only hope?
Alert and alarmed at life
Why does Donald Trump shake hands the wrong way?
Citizenship changes reflect the Trumpist zeitgeist
A common feature in these ballots across Britain and France? Immigration.
Nuance drowned out by pub-test politics
Is introducing a headline-grabbing test going to achieve anything other than feed a climate of fear towards new Australians?
Turnbull shifts tone on the home front
The changes will be popular with many Australians. Indeed, that much Turnbull is banking on.
Our broad political church
Despite declining church attendance, the community's Christian roots should not be underestimated.
Theresa May throws caution to the wind with early election bid
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
Turnbull enters panic room amid populist onslaught
The impression some may take from the "abolition" of 457 visas is the nation is under siege.
Nobody wants a Kevin Rudd-Julia Gillard remake
We've seen this movie before. We were gripped, but we don't want to watch it again.
We must legislate an end to banks' abuse of credit card holders
Here are three changes that will protect consumers and increase competition.
Media should show skepticism over Syrian chemical weapons attack claims
Clearly something terrifying and terrible happened in Khan Shiekhoun but it's far from clear who did it.
The impossible job of a modern-day treasurer
Scott Morrison should go down swinging with the hard budget we need to have.
Politicians can cut housing prices if they want to
It took almost 20 years for this crisis to brew, but it can be undone.
US-Russia relations at a low as Lavrov and Tillerson meet in Moscow
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
Turnbull coaxes a new India into world affairs
There were few "announceables" in Malcolm Turnbull's trip, but the visit was anything but pointless.
Negative gearing and the common good
In politics, those who have most to gain or lose usually prevail over the majority.
Tillerson arrives in Moscow as Trump warns North Korea
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
Britain's carrot and stick approach as it tries to prise Russia away from Assad
Your personally curated news with six things you need to know before you get going.
Coal smoke and mirrors reflect poorly on what's really happening
See if you can pick it. The economy-wide plan calls for a halt to any new coal-fired generators and a tripling of renewable energy generation in just five years.
Charity that ends at home makes us poorer
Australia's overseas aid is directly in our interests, whatever populists like George Christensen say.
The challenges of deepening our ties with India
The real challenge for Australia is to see India not for what it was or even is now, but for what it will be in the future.
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Campaign highlights - and lowlights
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.