At the international and national level, defeating terrorism requires strong, smart and proportionate security systems. At the community level, it requires confidence, steadfastness and rationality.

The state's economy is being underpinned by high levels of population growth. This is creating demand for goods and services, which in turn creates jobs.

• Editorial

Adding a 0.5 percentage point margin to the Medicare levy on all levels of taxable income is regressive and based on an incorrect premise.

• Editorial

Trump's decision is an extraordinary setback to global efforts to tackle climate change.

• COMMENT

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?"

• Editorial

It would be misguided to overreact to the US president's windy belligerence.

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.

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.

• COMMENT

It's time the government listened to calls for a carbon pricing scheme.

• Editorial

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.

• Editorial

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.

• Editorial

The Victorian government, as part of its realignment of resources to public housing, appears justified in ending the subsidisation of off-the-plan apartments.

• Editorial

PM Malcolm Turnbull and Education Minister Simon Birmingham have had the political courage ex-PM Julia Gillard lacked.

Australia will benefit from careful debates to understand what can most effectively be supported by private generosity.

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.

• COMMENT

Special deals for Crown; they are older than the casino itself.

• Editorial

There are blatant loopholes in the socioeconomic status model, and school funding more broadly.

• Editorial

Mounting speculation Donald Trump's tenure should end in impeachment is understandable.

• Editorial

The government owes taxpayers an honest explanation for the proposed naval expansion.