Don't get your tux dry-cleaned for gay marriage just yet
Asking someone to marry you is the highest compliment you can give another human being, according to my dad.
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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
Compare the pair: a tale of two former prime ministers
Tony Abbott would absolutely hate to hear it, but he could learn something from Julia Gillard.
Why we need to give a Gonskini
Both sides of politics now agree about giving a Gonski. But we need to give a Gonskini, too.
Advance Australia Fair is a mid-tempo dirge and needs to go
We should love our national anthem not fall asleep because of it.
The irony of the push to unseat Kelly O'Dwyer
Going after an MP just days after she has given birth is a new low in politics.
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.
How selfies hijacked our sense of self
Congratulations, world. We have reached peak stupid. This week, a man hijacked a plane flying from Alexandria to Cairo and forced it to land in Cyprus.
Things may look grim, but Australia, be grateful we are not the US
Those feeling sick and tired of Australian politics right now can take heart from one thing: we are not America.
The crossbenchers have copped it in Canberra, but do they deserve the hate?
Have federal MPs been watching too many old-timey musicals?
Shorten shows he can take shine off Coalition
Bill Shorten has looked better as Malcolm Turnbull has stumbled.
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