• EDITORIAL

Academics should feel unfettered in their scope to nurture and facilitate curiosity and inquiry, trial and error.

• COMMENT

A well-funded campaign from religious groups, supported by some conservative politicians, is deliberately trying to conflate arguments and propagate fear and resentment in order to rally support for a "no" vote.

The Reserve Bank of Australia has warned wages need to rise. The share of profits going to wages is at its lowest in decades, while those profits have been rising significantly.

Adolescents often feel invincible and all-knowing, so it's not necessarily a message to which they are immediately receptive, but it is vital they are given the information to allow them to conclude for themselves that recreational use of substances, including alcohol, can do irreparable damage.

Prices must be monitored to prevent those least able to afford power from paying too much, but the move to renewables is not optional.

As Donald Trump changes American policy again in Afghanistan, Australia must consider the implications.

Australian constitutional law has precedence over the laws of other nations. Thus, should citizenship be conferred by the law of another land, it is not necessarily relevant to section 44(i).

It is crucial businesses be given certainty, so that they can have the confidence to make the investments needed.

• EDITORIAL

There is profound need for change. Slavery is the world's second-biggest illicit market, behind drugs, with an estimated 45 million children, women and men treated as commodities.

The commission's recommendation is just and logical; priests, like everyone else, are not above the law.

Club officials across the league privately concede discomfort about relying to such an extent on poker machine' proceeds.

Melbourne's ``growing pains'' include traffic congestion, housing unaffordability and a lack of infrastructure.

We should perhaps not be surprised that Mr Trump is a reluctant critic of the far right.

For goodness sake, these are children, often umpired by children, trying to have a bit of healthy fun.

The higher the position, the harder it is for a woman to get appointed.

• COMMENT

These people and their perpetual misery have become our warning. Do not come here or you will suffer their fate.

• EDITORIAL

But, amid the uncertainty and rising tension, there are grounds for tentative optimism.

Lobbying is an inevitable part of politics, but unless it is transparent, it can lead to decisions that unduly favour vested interests.

All politicians know the system is rotten and stinks.