Killing season on the cards
Watch out, Malcolm: many a leader has fallen in the run-up to Christmas.
Opinion
Get real about energy, PM
Silly ideas cannot generate the electricity needed by Australian homes and businesses.
Social experiment can be avoided
Critics of Victoria’s assisted dying bill say it fails to protect the vulnerable.
ABC’s hubris, bullying laid bare
It may deny it, but the ABC is consistently biased against Israel and its own Media Watch program has just proved it.
Left beguiled by myth of Che
Fifty years after his death, it’s time for some hard truths about this revolutionary ‘hero’.
On the brink of the unthinkable
Her views, once an affront to many, have become so ‘normalised’ that Pauline Hanson may be about to do what few thought possible.
Friends feel betrayed by Abbott
Senior conservatives are dismayed by the former PM’s relentless policy interventions.
Restoring the art of the deal
Albert Namatjira’s cultural legacy is now in the right hands.
Aussie racing scales new heights
Today’s $10 million Everest race is a boon for the sport of kings.
Labor must stand up to unions
Solidarity seems on the march in Queensland and Victoria.
Two-state solution defies RA
Here is everything you need to know about Racing Australia — nothing really but read on.
The climate truth we must admit
When it comes to the Paris Agreement, even the best-case scenarios promise tiny improvements at too high a cost.
Reporting revives bad memories
It only hurts the vulnerable to dispute the established connection between trauma and amnesia.
Kim: ‘I’m hardening my resolve’
The year in North Korea always begins with the Supreme Leader’s address. This year, however, he ended with a startling confession.
The world inhabited by Harvey
There have always been casting couches and tales of abuses involving them.
Denials, pseuds, and beat-ups
In which we address the cliche in the room from an elephant’s perspective; plus two new features.
Stop this ugly victim-blaming
Let’s not fall for the nonsense spouted by The Drum and others that Harvey Weinstein is only partly to blame for his abuse.
Really Julia, you’re out of touch
In her Bob Hawke lecture Julia Gillard reveals an astounding lack of self-awareness and a disconnect from reality.
Wrong way to exercise a right
Misleading plebiscites deepen divides, and Australia’s marriage equality survey fits the bill.
Credlin’s enemies pop up
And there are several new moves to celebrate Australia’s greatest military figure.
When the luck runs out
Without economic reform, Australia’s ‘unique talent’ for avoiding recessions may wear thin.
Top of the pups
What do you give a president who has everything?
Turkey spurns former allies
Authoritarianism is rife under the Erdogan regime.
Victoria’s slack sentencing
Australians know 3½ years’ jail for incest is pitifully low.
Middle Australia under pressure
Flat wages growth and tax rises are squeezing budgets.
We need an education in wisdom
The Australian school system needs to return to an emphasis on the foundations of wisdom and a love of learning.
We’re out of here
Independence votes by Kurds and Catalans are giving Iraq and Spain a splitting headache.
The West is looking for leaders
There is no one even on the horizon to offer us, the US and Britain much hope.
The awkward question on climate
Abbott’s speech shows that for too long, too many on the right have been having the wrong argument on climate change.
‘Yes wins, no voters carry on’
Peter Dutton declares Yes case the likely SSM winner as No voters put fingers in ears. Welcome to the bad romance of what our readers said this week.
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