Citizenship test moves political, not practical
The Turnbull plan to ask aspiring citizens about forced marriages, genital mutilation and family violence is reminiscent of the old trick question, "When did you stop beating your wife?"
The Age Editorials
Trump yet to match rash talk with courage
It would be misguided to overreact to the US president's windy belligerence.
Court's shot a service to marriage equality push
The only thing that will happen when people in love are no longer denied their right to marry is people in love will get married.
We all need decent care when we are old
End-of-life care can be confronting and emotionally charged. But the pivotal person is the one commissioning and receiving the care; their voice must be determinant wherever reasonable.
The coral in the direct action coalmine
It's time the government listened to calls for a carbon pricing scheme.
Collapse a warning for struggling TAFE
The Andrews government should conduct an overarching review of the TAFE system in Victoria and needs to urgently sort out ministerial oversight for training and skills.
A historic reminder of indigenous injustice
Experience has shown that the best chance of easing the plight of Australia's first peoples is for Indigenous communities to be directly involved in developing and delivering solutions.
Spend on the neediest, not the noisiest
The Victorian government, as part of its realignment of resources to public housing, appears justified in ending the subsidisation of off-the-plan apartments.
Catholic schools' money claims lack credibility
PM Malcolm Turnbull and Education Minister Simon Birmingham have had the political courage ex-PM Julia Gillard lacked.
Charity an obligation for all
Australia will benefit from careful debates to understand what can most effectively be supported by private generosity.
The need to cut back on the salt
News that many of us are consuming twice the recommended amount of salt is grave cause for concern. According to VicHealth, salt is linked to one in 20 deaths.
Once again, Crown comes up trumps
Special deals for Crown; they are older than the casino itself.
School funding changes fall short
There are blatant loopholes in the socioeconomic status model, and school funding more broadly.
Rising concern about Trump justified
Mounting speculation Donald Trump's tenure should end in impeachment is understandable.
Ships to shore up PM's sinking prospects
The government owes taxpayers an honest explanation for the proposed naval expansion.
Dutton presides over financial waste
Holding refugees and asylum seekers on Manus and Nauru has cost about half a million dollars per person each year.
Pragmatic PM trumps his ideological rump
Attacking the budget as "big spending and big taxing" is silly. Australia has one of the smallest governments in the industrialised world.
Welfare drug test plan is on the nose
It is unsurprising that one of the most ridiculous ideas to emanate from our lawmakers in recent times is spawn of one of the most enormous policy failures in history – the 50-year-old "war on drugs".
A showboat president sinks to a new low
The soap opera of Trump's presidency has diminished the US as a world power.
Changes to sex crime laws sensible
The way young people express themselves sexually has moved on. As a society we must keep pace.