WHY did so many of us — from Australia to Kenya, America to China — worry for days whether a team of boys and their coach could be saved from a flooded cave in a part of Thailand we’ve never seen and never will? Because we are family, writes Andrew Bolt.
FRESH from their defeat over gay marriage, the conservative forces ascendant in the Liberal Party have moved on to campaigning for a religious discrimination act, writes James Campbell.
PREMIER Daniel Andrews and Matthew Guy have both tapped in to the hearts and minds of traffic-weary voters and sold the dream of connected freeways, writes Craig Richards.
A COUNTDOWN pedestrian crossing has been installed at one of the city’s black spot intersections to help reduce the number of collisions.
AUSTRALIA’S competition watchdog has echoed Tony Abbott’s recommendation to buy, build or subsidise coal-fired generators, so why not finally tear up the Paris deal, too, asks Andrew Bolt.
THE efforts in Thailand again just prove the most important gift we have is the gift of life. Never take it for granted, and live life to the full, writes Jeff Kennett.
OUR love affair with smartphone technology has become an obsession, and even Apple is starting to recognise the signs of an unhealthy relationship, writes Sharon Horwood.
FOLLOWERS of “alt-right” activist Lauren Southern will complain the decision to reject her visa is a blow to free speech. But it’s about stopping hate speech. Australia does not need race-bait haters, writes Susie O’Brien.
JOHN Edwards carefully plotted the murder of his children — obtaining a gun licence last year and later buying the weapons he would use to kill them. Authorities should now consider making laws even tougher, writes Rita Panahi.
THERE are an increasing number of misconceptions about the North Richmond medically supervised injecting centre, but the centre will save lives, writes Sam Biondo.
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