US envies NZ’s gun control action
For Americans, the most surprising aspect of the mass murder in Christchurch was not that 50 people died.
Opinion
Daley finds himself in a pickle
The NSW Labor leader joins John Howard and Geoffrey Blainey in a ‘rogues gallery’.
Method can beat disadvantage
Better teaching and discipline would improve learning.
An autocrat’s dangerous words
The Turkish President has used a tragedy to create a crisis.
Terrorism must fail this time
The Christchurch massacre sounds the bell on our laissez-faire attitude to social media.
The banks that won’t lend
Scared by the royal commission, terrified of making a mistake … it would be entertaining, if it didn’t matter so much.
Population policy doesn’t add up
The federal government is trying to appeal to various interest groups with its ill-considered approach to immigration.
Automated flight’s turning point
Before launching new planes, manufacturers and consumers need to decide what exactly they want the pilot to do, if they want a pilot at all.
‘We’re trolled by narcissists’
The normal response to terror in Christchurch was interrupted by a wave of self-serving internet warriors and egomaniacs dripping with conceit.
Give these bullies the boot
It was an incredible image of a superb athlete. Then a bunch of puerile, sniggering losers lined up for a free kick.
Xi plans to divide the West
As Xi Jinping visits the EU he’ll pick off countries one by one with elaborate gifts and gestures, in a game of divide-and-rule.
NZ, Aussies ‘put us to shame’
NZ and Australia’s determination to act immediately on gun control after massacres has Americans convulsed in self-loathing.
Discipline the key to excellence
Setting a high standard of behaviour is the bedrock of a productive classroom.
How house can banish Anning
Members of parliament have been expelled before, but it is no longer a simple option.
Western Civ is a recidivist racist
A modest submission to those about to nominate Jacinda Ardern for the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
Why we need Shorten to win
No, seriously. Stick with me — there’s an upside to this for us all.
Let’s not give in to this threat
Australia must not allow what makes it great to be undermined by tribalism.
Time for details on carbon cap
Some time soon the ALP must come clean on the details of its plans for a cap and trade system to cut carbon dioxide emissions.
Cost of climate change policies
Party leaders must reveal how industries would be affected.
Labor leader plays on race
In NSW Michael Daley spouts an ugly message on migrants.
Coalition stalls on migrant intake
The Coalition has no intention of slashing the migrant intake; in fact, every indication is that more migrants than ever are arriving.
‘We will give him nothing‘
He sought many things from his act of terror; one was notoriety. And that is why you’ll never hear me mention his name.
Far right, Islamists deluded
White supremacists and western jihadis are sustained by online fantasies and a refusal to accept the world as it is.
Catastrophe of May’s making
Don’t blame John Bercow for this latest crisis: Theresa May’s failure as leader is at fault, entrenching division, not unity.
‘There is no liberty to hate’
Social media helped “create the swamp”, it “can’t go missing when evil things start crawling out of it”, says Bill Shorten.
Questions over government future
Mahathir’s Alliance of Hope government is creating unnecessary political tensions when it should be reforming Malaysia.
March for Western democracy
Ten-year-old protesters are a distraction in the quest for genuine global solutions.
Tarrant, your time starts . . . now
What can you say to a man who has taken so much love from our world?
Extremism from online columnist
The Guardian online’s commentary of the Christchurch massacre has gone over the top.
Price related to virtue signalling
The cost of cutting Australia’s carbon dioxide emissions will relate directly to the amount of virtue being signalled.
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