Bashar al-Assad: The doctor who grew up to be a mass killer
Assad improbably started his career as a doctor, training in London. But got his tyrannical break when his older brother died, catapulting him into the heir-apparent spot.
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Judith Ireland
Judith Ireland is a special writer, weekends, for the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, based at Parliament House
Putting Scott Morrison's tax cuts to the pub test
'I tell you what, if you go down the pub and you talk to small business people, they're not talking about econometric models. What they're talking about is how they're going to grow their businesses,' said Scott Morrison.
Stop the campaign complaints! Elections are as good as politics gets
It may be cool to act like elections are a horrible affliction we are forced to endure on a triennial basis. But really, we should be celebrating their arrival, not complaining.
'He just did it 'cause he likes you'
The Coalition government has launched a confronting new ad campaign, designed to get parents, teachers and coaches to clamp down on disrespectful and aggressive behaviour by boys and young men.
Tumbleweeds roll across the chamber as DD looms
It was almost as if bringing Parliament back was a stunt.
Australia, why do you hate big ideas?
It is a much-honoured national pastime to shoot down ideas and resist even the slightest hint of change. We might be surrounded by sea, but we are also girt by the status quo.
'Astounding silence' over disability abuse royal commission
Disability advocates have slammed the federal government's "astounding silence" over a landmark Senate report, which called for a royal commission into disability abuse more than four months ago.
ABC journalists hit back at Palmer's claims of bias
ABC journalists have hit back at Clive Palmer, releasing text messages to prove they gave the federal MP multiple opportunities to be interviewed for an expose on his business interests and political career.
Great expectations and harsh reality: Australia's gender equality progress
When Julie McKay was appointed executive director of UN Women Australia, she was 23 and brimming with optimism.
Expectant mums given reprieve on PPL cuts
Social Services Minister Christian Porter has conceded that the government will not be able to pass cuts to paid parental leave before the federal election, granting a reprieve to mums expecting babies after July 1.
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