I was just 16 when I began conversations with a Sydney church leader that would change the course of my life for the following decade. They would lead me to celibacy, shame and, ultimately, to wanting to die.
Immigration has lifted our GDP but if state governments don't get planning policy right, the federal government should think about curtailing immigration
Sir John Monash was so revered by Australians that 300,000 people turned out for his funeral. But he also had enemies.
It's time to defend both the design and tree choice at the National Arboretum, without pretending that either were perfect.
None of the new military appointees represent radical choices; on the other hand, none are steady as she goes types either.
Turnbull and his ministers believe the government’s hold on power risks being trashed by a noisy insurgent campaign led by former prime minister Tony Abbott.
Labor Party with CFMEU has plenty to gain and should stay out of the scheme.
The Greens much-vaunted 'brand' has been tarnished. The repair job is urgent.
Two Boobook owls having an animated conversation woke Ian Warden recently, sparking some late-night pondering.
Australia's immigration debate is running hot, even hotter than usual. Amid the sound and fury, some pretty important questions have been neglected or answers remain unclear.
We shouldn't sweep e-Sports under the mat and hope that it goes away.
No issue has the power to divide Australians like a call to turn away migrants. Anxiety about population growth is a force that cannot be contained once it is unleashed.
The old saying “if you aren’t paying for the product, you are the product” has more than a bit of truth to it.
Morrison, Turnbull and Cormann are under enormous pressure to find as many dollars as they can to fund tax cuts.
The evidence that renewable energy with storage and reducing pollution is the best outcome for consumers mounts daily. In Port Augusta, this isn’t an ideological debate, we are living it.
I want to warn others who might be looking to the Greens as their hope for Australian politics. Stay away, far away.
Royal visits are barometers for republicanism when Australians are face to face with a Royal as measured by public opinion polls.
To survive, Turnbull must release his “attack dogs” on Bill Shorten, and there is no better person to lead this than the master of the negative, Abbott himself, who has contributed to Turnbull's demise through his appaling lack of maturity.
A glance at the map shows that there is nothing between Vanuatu and Queensland bar the Coral Sea.
Australia seems to delight in deporting New Zealand citizens even though some have lived virtually their whole lives here.
Abbott seems to assume that there’s some enormous silent majority out there yearning for implementation of his world view.
By now we know if Malcolm Turnbull has lost 30 Newpolls in a row. That expected 30th Newspoll loss – the putative trigger for Turnbull’s own successful challenge against Tony Abbott – has fed speculation of yet another challenge on the Liberal leadership.
Australian political leaders have made a habit of bravely and foolishly uttering expansive one-liners that become stones around their necks.
In seeking to deliver new coal-fired power stations, the new Monash Forum is attempting to mine a seam that has already been extensively excavated.
Voters may want Malcolm Turnbull to keep his job - but his MPs are not listening.
EDITORIAL: Despite its improvement, the Coalition is not winning, and it is not surprising that Malcolm Turnbull will be blamed if the government is stuck.
Historians frequently find themselves with their face in their palms, so often is history twisted, forgotten, misremembered and misapplied in public debate. This week was especially bad.
This Australian government, like most recent governments, is swayed by the mantra of no one being worse off.
Our Prime Minister understands he must resign before the election.
Australian politics might be rancorous and ephemeral, but have we reached a crisis point? I am not convinced.
The hurly-burly of the 2016 election campaign, as seen through the eyes of Fairfax reporters and photographers.