A Family Court judge dealt a blow to transgender activists this week by giving a father the custody of a boy whose mother was trying to put him on puberty blockers, writes Des Houghton.
Canine action is required to help stop the nation sleepwalking into a drugs catastrophe, writes Des Houghton, and they should target schools, universities, nightclubs, union rallies and key areas of our cities. HAVE YOUR SAY
The alleged assassination plot against Peter Dutton is chilling enough in and of itself – but it is also a chilling sign of both how strong and fragile our democracy is, writes Joe Hildebrand.
It doesn’t matter whether the teens who destroyed a Brisbane Airbnb were from an “elite” school, writes Kylie Lang. Many teens from all backgrounds have a twisted notion of amusement, but it’s more an issue of parenting.
The 2025 federal election campaign has been dominated by talk of policies and deals … and then there is the lighter side of things. CAST YOUR VOTE
Australia’s elections have become more Americanised, but not in the way you might think, writes Paul Williams. VOTE IN OUR POLL
They might be difficult for grieving families, but inquiries into tragic events are needed for the broader benefit of society, writes the editor.
There is a growing acknowledgment that this fringe movement is dangerous, particularly when it comes to impressionable kids.
Considering the way the LNP behaved when last in office, this government’s future will rely heavily on avoiding any sense of entitlement. They’re off to a worrying start, writes the editor.
Newspaper cartoonists have the rare talent of encapsulating the day’s hottest news topic in one picture, often with cutting wit, that never fails to make readers chuckle.
I didn’t break down during the Netflix sensation Adolescence. I became annoyed. It raises some important issues, but our boys are not lost causes unless we give up on them, writes Kylie Lang.
Palpable excitement has returned to Queensland after David Crisafulli’s delivery of Brisbane 2032’s blueprint, following four years of Labor dithering and disappointments, writes Kylie Lang.
Manufacturing drama to back its desire to abolish national testing does the Queensland Teachers’ Union no credit, writes associate editor, Kylie Lang.
Parents of children aged 12 months or less have been warned to stay clear of shopping malls following a spate of baby snatching, writes Mike O’Connor.
We’re a week into the election campaign and neither leader has realised there are millions of votes out there just waiting to be harvested, writes Mike O’Connor.
Welcome to the Twilight Zone of federal election campaigning, with a Queensland MP off to a flying start in a laughable attack over a push to get federal public servants back into the office, writes Mike O’Connor.
A leading psychiatrist has raised concerns over the establishment of Brisbane’s child and adolescent clinic, saying she has been unable to find evidence of an ethics review before was launched to offer “novel” gender-affirming care.
More than 24 million feral pigs are wiping out native species, destroying farmland, feasting on endangered turtle eggs
After nine years as a minister, and then Premier, it seems Steven Miles has had enough. His party is comatose. Cyclone Crisafulli has seen to that, writes Des Houghton.
In Australia, there’s little reason to breathe a sigh of relief over the latest volley in Trump tariff tennis, says Vanessa Marsh in the US.
The latest turn in the US-China trade war has thrown an unexpected spanner in the Australian election.
With Donald Trump jacking up tariffs on Chinese imports, China could force the US to back off by hurting it in Ukraine and could even invade Taiwan.
You could almost see the colour drain from Peter Dutton’s face as he realised how badly the Coalition had misread Australia’s mood, writes Samantha Maiden.
Is Anthony Albanese ahead? Or is Peter Dutton on track for victory? HAVE YOUR SAY
Less than two weeks into the campaign, the parties have already proffered billions of dollars of enticements to voters, writes the editor.
Amid all the lights and cameras, amid all the prepping and drilling, both leaders knew there was only one way to win the debate, writes Joe Hildebrand.
Given he’d just received upsetting personal news, Dutton understandably had a tough start to the debate before Albanese channelled his inner game show host, writes James Campbell.
Both leaders performed well, but there are several reasons why Peter Dutton was the winner in the first debate, argues James Morrow.
Australia can be a world leader in using hydrogen to green the production of steel and aluminium, but a cutting-edge project in the US shows nuclear needs to be a part of the mix to make it feasible.
Now, any perfectly sensible thing Peter Dutton says about cutting government waste or shutting down lunatic DEI programs can be shut down simply by yelling, ‘Trump! Trump! Trump!’ writes James Morrow.
Queensland’s latest mega project blowout is a reminder that the cost of hosting the Olympics is comparatively quite insignificant, writes the editor.
As markets crash across the world in response to Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”, it’s dawned on investors that there aren’t any “wise heads”’ in or around the White House, writes Saul Eslake.
Anthony Albanese’s new promise to give you $4000 to buy a battery to store power from solar panels will effectively make the working poor subsidise the batteries of the Teals-voting rich.
Peter Dutton’s WFH backflip may be seen as a sign of weakness, setting the narrative for the weeks ahead, writes the editor.
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