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War criminals at liberty

On the steps of the Opera House, Miroslav Mlinar portrayed himself as a passionate nationalist. The truth was far darker.

Jacquelin Magnay

Stop keeping genes secret from kids

Stop keeping genes secret from kids

In this age of getting whatever you want and commissioning babies to be born, everyone gets what they want — except the kids.

KATRINA GRACE KELLY

Growing scrutiny around stalwart technology names has raised fears among investors of tighter regulations that could take aim at the most valuable commodity for many of the companies—users’ data. PHOTO: DAMIEN MEYER/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES

Titans of tech are far from having it all their own way

There will be a reckoning for those who have abused their influence in the digital ecosystem.

ROBERT THOMSON

Alan Jones and Michael Daley

Stadium a stage for the final clash

A fortnight out from the NSW election, Michael Daley’s fight with Alan Jones appears to have worked beyond Labor’s ‘wildest dreams’.

DEBORAH CORNWALL

Senator Michaelia Cash appearing at senate estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Trouble with anti-union agendas

The AWU raids scandal complicates the Coalition’s fight against the ACTU.

DUBUQUE, IOWA - MARCH 01: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) speaks at a campaign rally at the Stone Cliff Winery on March 1, 2019 in Dubuque, Iowa. Warren is campaigning in the state with the hopes of securing the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination. Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Identity obsession makes its way from the campus into mainstream politics

Disturbed by the normalisation of identity politics, many sensible political figures are quietly hoping it will go away. It won’t.

FRANK FUREDI

CommentInquirer

Covert brainwashing of our kids is taking its toll

Covert brainwashing of our kids is taking its toll

A new collection of essays lays bare the price society pays for abandoning Western values.

TONY ABBOTT

25/2/19: Angeline Penrith at Redfern Park in Sydney. Story is about ParentsNext, which forces Mums like her into doing various activities to get their money., John Feder/The Australian.

SINGLE-MOTHER OVERLOAD

A new Centrelink program aimed at getting single mums into the work force is being criticised as doing more harm than good.

Caroline Overington

Civilians evacuated from the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 5, 2019. - Kurdish-led forces launched a final assault Friday on the last pocket held by the Islamic State group in eastern Syria, their spokesman said. The

AFTERLIFE OF THE CALIPHATE

Islamic State is down but not quite out, and it could be revived.

David Kilcullen

OBITUARYInquirer

EMBAGOED UNTIL MONDAY 9th JUNE. Les Carlyon, a journalist and author best known for his seminal book Gallipoli, has been awarded a companion AC

A NATION LOSES ITS VOICE

A typical obituary could never capture the life and achievements of revered journalist and author Les Carlyon.

GARRY LINNELL

This video grab taken from the Nasa - Space X webcast transmission on March 3, 2019, shows a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket docked with the International Space Station (ISS) during the Demo-1 mission. (Photo by HO / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT

U.S. BACK IN THE SPACE RACE

With success in the first stage of the SpaceX mission to the ISS, the US is on the cusp of launching its astronauts into space again.

Cameron Stewart

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Malcolm Turnbull, Christopher Pyne and Julie Bishop during question time. Question time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra.

END OF THE LINE FOR PYNE?

The Liberal veteran, said to be the “master of the double doublecross”, has more enemies inside his party than outside it.

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2019 file photo, Jussie Smollett leaves George N Leighton Criminal Courthouse in Chicago. A lawyer for Smollett is asking a judge to allow the

Victimhood: it’s an aspiration

In this brave new world, if you’re on top, you are surely an oppressor.

Janet Albrechtsen

The next generation Australian submarine will be based on the French-built Shortfin Barracuda

As threats mount, we must start taking defence seriously Let’s take defence seriously

Australia cannot defend itself against any big, militarily capable adversary, despite a $40 billion a year defence budget.

Cardinal George Pell arrives at the County Court for a plea hearing after found guilty of child sex offences. Picture: David Caird

Question of judgment Pell’s conviction and fall from high public esteem is a question of judgment

Was George Pell a scapegoat for wider concern about the Catholic Church?

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 27: George Pell arrives at Melbourne County Court on February 27, 2019 in Melbourne, Australia. Pell, once the third most powerful man in the Vatican and Australia's most senior Catholic, was found guilty on 11 December in Melbourne's county court, but the result was subject to a suppression order and was only able to be reported from Tuesday. The jury was unanimous in their verdict, finding Pell guilty on five counts of child sexual assault in December 1996 and early 1997 at St Patrick's Cathedral. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

‘Faith, innocence’ sustain stoic leader in darkest hour

Missing Mass, a daily ritual for decades, will be a heavy cross to bear for the jailed cardinal, who says he prays for his accusers.

Tess Livingstone

May Day march Wollongong, 1966. Source: National Archives of Australia

Daggers uncloaked: ASIO’s world of secrets and spooks

A fascinating new exhibition tells the story of Australia’s security agencies with photos, intelligence memos and several spy gadgets.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media after a tour of the Tumut 3 power station at the Snowy Hydro Scheme in Talbingo, Tuesday, February 26, 2019. Scott Morrison announced today a further $1.3 billion investment into the Snowy Hydro 2.0 project. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

In a climate of nonsense, virtue-signallers need to weigh the nuclear option

We exaggerate the threat and despair about the future, when all the while there is a silver bullet waiting to be used.

**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window** Ita Buttrose, magazine editor, pictured alone 1989+

Who could object to Ita – but was this the best way?

Her name plucked from thin air, if Ita was going to be a captain’s pick, there’s no good excuse for wasting money on headhunters.

Caroline Overington

Sarah McGoram is a cancer survivor, photographed in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Cancer’s cruel lottery

Not all sufferers are created equal when it comes to receiving help despite the many advances that are being made.

Michael Jackson and Wade Robson

The Brisbane boy who fell prey to the King of Pop

It is a truth Brisbane child star Wade Robson says he can no longer dance around: his relationship with Michael Jackson.

Michael McKenna

Premier's Volunteer Champions Awards 2018 at Government House.Lawyer Nicola Gobbo receives an award at Government House. Picture : Ian Currie

the UNDERBELLY EXPOSED

It was a shemozzle of epic proportions that cleaved Victoria Police in two. And it all began with a jailhouse visit by Nicola Gobbo.

Chip Le Grand

CommentaryInquirer

Morrison will pay for workers’ fines

Morrison will pay for workers’ fines

The Coalition has walked straight into the trap sprung for it by the union movement.

KATRINA GRACE KELLY

**This picture has a scanned reverse - see associated content at the bottom of the details window** Mike Willesee, television presenter, pictured alone 1980-1986.

Willesee’s silent pauses and steely stare skewered many

The media veteran saved the AFL’s Sydney Swans from bankruptcy in their early days.

Mike Munro

TOPSHOT - Pope Francis prays during the opening of a global child protection summit for reflections on the sex abuse crisis within the Catholic Church, on February 21, 2019 at the Vatican. - Pope Francis has set aside three and a half days to convince Catholic bishops to tackle paedophilia in a bid to contain a scandal which hit an already beleaguered Church again in 2018, from Chile to Germany and the United States. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / POOL / AFP)

Church has a chance to show it’s changing

At its core, the major problem for the Catholic Church is its clerics are not willing to report to laypeople. They won’t share power.

GERALDINE DOOGUE

ALTERNATE CROP OF KNS802 - In this Thursday, Feb. 28, 2019, photo provided Friday, March 1, 2019, by the North Korean government, U.S. President Donald Trump, second from right, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from left, talk at a hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S. Sec. of State Mike Pompeo is at right. Kim Yong Chol, a North Korean senior ruling party official and former intelligence chief is at left. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Hanoi summit was a flop waiting to happen

In Vietnam, Donald Trump’s transactional approach to foreign policy has been exposed as facile.

Carlyle A. Thayer

CommentaryGerard Henderson

Pell’s ordeal reinforces the case for judge-only trials

Pell’s ordeal reinforces the case for judge-only trials

In some jurisdictions it has been recognised that juries can make mistakes — especially concerning high-profile defendants.

Gerard Henderson

CommentaryJudith Sloan

Without details, Labor’s emissions target is just hot air

Without details, Labor’s emissions target is just hot air

The government has a clear plan while Labor is coy when it comes to specifics.

CommentaryPeter van Onselen

Labor's candidate Kristina Keneally and Leader of the Opposition Bill Shorten arrive to the Phoenix room at Club Ryde after conceding defeat against John Alexander for the seat of Bennelong, in Sydney, Saturday, December 16, 2017. (AAP Image/Ben Rushton) NO ARCHIVING

Keneally’s cabinet spot poses a tricky choice for Shorten

A Bill Shorten captain’s pick looks set to trigger an all-out brawl within Labor ranks following his expected election win.

Peter Van Onselen

Reformer advises Muslims to embrace Western values

Reformer advises Muslims to embrace Western values

A controversial visiting Islam reformer tells unhappy young Muslims in the West: try complaining in the Middle East.

Angela Shanahan

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