There is unimpeachable reason behind the outpouring of emotion and despair at the sudden death at just 62 of Michael Gordon.

The work of researcher Stephen Duckett should embolden those wanting to lift the veil of secrecy that surrounds public and private hospitals, clinicians and our own personal health data.

We need to stand back from the speculative mania for cryptocurrencies and see the transformation the idea, rather than the particular example, is about to make to our lives.

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A military-only strategy by the US will see no resolution to the impasse in Afghanistan.

The proposed secrecy laws would make blowing the whistle on government or official malpractice far more difficult.

The four masked men who stole up to 65 handguns from a gun store this week are exactly the kind of offenders Victoria's proposed new firearms legislation is aimed at.

Labor, for all its good ideas, seems to be marching into the future facing backwards.

Malcolm Turnbull's proposed changes merely tinker around the edges.

The issues go beyond whether increased defence exports are possible or ethical.

By one estimate, Australians use 5 billion single-use bags a year

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A year ago, the national women's AFL competition roared to life. 

Michelle Simmons' message "Do hard things" is worth considering as a guide not just for the sciences, but for Australia itself.

No curriculum thrives when it becomes a political plaything

If we can't have an all-inclusive trade pact, side deals are a move in the right direction.

Festival Hall is far from perfect, but its ramshackle nature, and the incendiary atmosphere it often conjures, is a large part of its charm.

A national monitoring system would help prevent deaths from overdoses of prescription drugs.

Once-great America seems incapable of solving its social and economic problems.

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We, the people of Australia, are the collective custodians of this land and its future.

The national day must not become ammunition in the culture wars.