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Australians want a PM like Putin, don't they?

Australians, we are told, are just crying out for a PM like Vladimir Putin. But should they?

Australians, are tired of politicians who pussy foot around.  We want decisiveness.  What we want, we are told, is not just strong leadership, but a leader like Vladimir Putin.

School uniforms as important as student laptops

Abolishing school uniforms would lead to discrimination, says Bill O'Chee.

More than 533,000 students will commence or resume their schooling at Queensland state schools this month. At the same time, another 116,000 students will walk through the gates of Queensland's independent schools.

What if someone cancelled Christmas?

Christmas especially is when many of us stop thinking of ourselves and think of others instead.

When Islamic State seized a large swathe of Iraq in 2014, Mosul's many Assyrian Christians were condemned to a living hell that made our petty Christmas squabbles in Australia seem insignificant.

Veterans face the ultimate indignity

The suicide rate among war veterans is higher than in the general population.

It is hard sitting with a veteran - someone decorated for bravery, no less - when he tells you he has been thinking of taking his life. Gut-wrenching though it was, I wasn't surprised. I had seen this coming for months, and his wife was doing it.

Channel Country: The greatest nature show on Earth

Queensland's Channel Country is a world of colour seen by too few eyes.

In the barely perceptible depressions that make up the Channel Country, nature has come to life in abundance. Weeks of steady rain have flood the plains around the Cooper, stirring life from deep beneath the stony soil, and transforming the landscape.