Opinion
Free trade: Trump shiver runs up allies' spines
Mates shouldn't mislead or mug each other. And they should call each other out for damaging behaviour.
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Letters
Free trade - as long as it benefits the US
Readers discuss Donald Trump's controversial plan to apply tariffs to imported steel and aluminium.
Opinion
Gender equality
Brave, heroic, quirky, naughty: The girls missing from bedtime stories
The gaping absence rich and diverse female characters in children’s stories sends the message to girls that they have a less important role in society.
- by Tasma Walton
Opinion
Like everyone, everywhere, universities just want more money
If a university education really is the sine qua non, then surely at least one of our Vice Chancellors should possess degrees in education.
- by Nicholas Stuart
Opinion
Social media
Hit Big Tech with law suits to stop online bullies
New laws would impose a duty of care on the big tech companies. They could be sued if they did not take reasonable care to protect the individual target.
- by Josh Bornstein
Opinion
Jacinda Ardern
Ardern's social laboratory for the world
If Ardern can sensibly pioneer a way to transform modern economies, she might do a lot more than improve living standards in NZ.
- by Peter Hartcher
Public service
Longing for a thoughtful, not a theatric, red-tape repeal day
Image the chaos if the Coalition had kept its promise to tie senior officials' pay to deregulation.
- by Markus Mannheim
Opinion
Twitter wants your help to change
It is good to see that Twitter is finally acknowledging its ill health. The problem is that the service may be too far gone to recover
- by Christine Emba
Letters
Housing, growth, shelter: Governments need to invest in public supply
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Opinion
Healthcare
This name change is about more than vanity
The desire to have your skill properly recognised is only human.
- by Victor Lu
Opinion
Medicine
It's no wonder we're questioning the value of private healthcare
We can’t undo the privatisation of Medibank, but it’s important to learn the lessons of this blunder.
- by Catherine King and Andrew Leigh