Last updated: November 13, 2017

Marawi, after the firestorm

Marawi
The Philippines is battling to rebuild the city and wipe out terrorist sleeper cells.

Why we still love getting married

actress Jennifer Ehle (Miss Elizabeth Bennet) and actor Colin Firth (Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy) in a scene from 1995 film 'Pride and Prejudice' Picture: Supplied
Despite casual sex, divorce and feminism, we’re all still doing it.

Freedom for all lost in post

gay couple holding hands, patterned as the rainbow flag
The slavish pursuit of equality produces only slaves to equality, and slaves are no longer free.

Amazon gives us our best chance

Amazon gives us our best chance
The retail behemoth can completely ignore the unions — and we will all benefit from that.

Early votes hint at preferences

Qld election dinkus: Campbell Newman:
Time is running short for parties to persuade swing voters as people rush to beat the polling queue.

High Court is not ‘brutalist’

High Court is not ‘brutalist’
The citizenship decision is an example of black-letter law but the High Court is not consistent in its approach.

One Nation and free trade factor

One Nation and free trade factor
A minority LNP government in Queensland reliant on One Nation backing will need to make deep compromises.

Coalition flunks big policy test

Coalition flunks big policy test
Taking on large government schemes such as the NBN, Gonski ‘reforms’ and the NDIS was always going to end in tears.

The case for Howard’s PM return

Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard arrives to watch the Womens Ashes Test between Australia and England at North Sydney Oval in Sydney, Thursday, November 9, 2017. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP
At 78, John Howard is as sharp as he’s always been. A new Howard prime ministership could be just the tonic we need.

A long way to the top

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Donald Trump is 71, Xi Jinping is 64. Both men trod a long road to leadership.

The odd power couple

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People, Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are working on their relationship.

Kids consumed by bureaucracy

Shot of a little girl looking unhappy as her parents argue in the background
Rosie and Max spent 18 months of their young lives in foster care, a move later acknowledged as a terrible mistake.

Deepest divisions

Decorative Scales of Justice in the Courtroom
Our children and their parents deserve better from the family law structure.

Trump, TV and the truth

Donald Trump
The Donald has made a skewing of the facts into an art form.

Prince wields his sword

Saudi Arabia fans cheer as they hold up pictures of Saudi King Salman and Saudi Crown Prince and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman during the 2018 World Cup group B qualifying soccer match between Saudi Arabia and Japan in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Saudi Arabia won 1-0. (AP Photo)
Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman swiftly sidelines his opponents.

Communism’s bloody century

In this photo taken in Nov. 7 1918, provided by Russian State Archive of Social and Political History, Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin addresses a crowd during the first year of Revolution in Red Square in Moscow, Russia. The Kremlin is avoiding any official commemoration of the centennial of the 1917 revolution, tip-toeing around the event that remains polarizing for many, as the historic wounds of the revolution have not healed for the descendants of the event(Russian State Archive of Social and Political History via AP)
A century ago this week, communism took over the Russian empire.

Elites the tyrants of tolerance

Supplied Editorial
Modern elites do not desire tolerance. They demand uncondi­tional surrender.

Squeeze is on for the middle

Squeeze is on for the middle
Labor thinks it’s onto something by pushing the inequality line, but the reality is rich and poor are doing OK.

You can’t make this stuff up

You can’t make this stuff up
It’s hard not to laugh, watching the attempts being made to shift the goalposts ahead of a likely victory for the Yes campaign.

Religious liberty under siege

Religious liberty under siege
The secularism sparked by the Reformation now threatens the egalitarian marketplace of ideas.

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