It is lamentable that while our fighting forces have so often protected the dignity and freedom of the downtrodden, our governments have for the past decade been demonising the downtrodden.

The politics of housing affordability is shifting rapidly underneath the Turnbull government.

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Evidence shows Safe Schools is needed, and the LGBTQI community is rightly alarmed by its axing in some states.

• Editorial

First release of data from 2016 census offers disappointing figures on the pace of change.

• Editorial

Leader may extol Australia as a multicultural success story, but is appealing to One Nation voters.

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Education is the long-term solution to issue of providing skills to a growing economy.

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Australia can play a part by encouraging a global response to North Korea managed by the United Nations.

The worst hand-washing compliance rates are in our overwhelmed emergency departments - which is understandable.

Coates has presided over an era of diminishing returns for Australian athletes.

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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.