The Open Letter from Christian Leaders to Premier Daniel Andrews on assisted dying has drawn criticism from ‘the usual suspects’.…

For nearly thirty years I served as a university college head in four different institutions.  Before that I was myself…

When Bill Shorten gave the keynote address the Australian Republican Movement annual dinner last month, Peter Fitzsimons gushed at how…

The two major political parties may well be goofing around playing a tag game of dumb and dumber at the…

Watching Liberal senator Dean Smith on the ABC’s Insiders on Sunday morning, I was impressed by the quiet and dignified…

What would Sir Robert Menzies have made of attempts to conscript his name to the cause of redefining marriage in…

Researching history with the hope that your research will eventually turn itself into a book can take you places. It’s…

It’s been a big week for Fairfax Media and The Age — a big week in their decline. First there…

Having grown up in the 1980s and 1990s I remember a time when popular culture mocked the right wing stiff.…

Education Department officials in Queensland have decided that primary school students can’t talk about Christianity or even give Christmas cards…

While much of the nation confronts an incessant meth problem, our major political parties struggle with a different kind of…

In London’s posh South Kensington ‪on Sunday afternoon I witnessed anti and pro-Venezuelan government protests form outside the Venezuelan embassy.…

I grew up in a family that was, as they say, less than ideal. Not only was it a long…

What’s wrong with the headline below from the clickbait-farm-come-Game-of-Thrones-recap-service formerly known as the Fairfax press (hint — the title to…

I miss the regular nailing. No, this is not a line I just saw on a Tinder profile. It’s an…

How can Malcolm Turnbull lack the ability to pull his own MPs into line when it’s needed? If you’ve got…

Tax reform is an important area of public policy and one in which neither major party can hold its head…

Supposedly “shocking” stats have been released about sexual assault on Australian university campuses. The Human Rights Commission’s nationwide university sexual…

Woollahra Council in Sydney’s eastern suburbs is the latest to join a growing chorus of local councils around Australia to…

Some have already called it a strong contender for the most stupid tweet of the year: That’s quite a call…

Most of us have memories of walking to school. It was a small step towards independence on the long journey…

The New York Post’s recent write-up on the budget allocations of the Palestinian Authority makes for disturbing if not wholly…

It’s difficult to talk about suicide. There won’t be a person reading this who hasn’t been touched by a suicide…

Note to Labour: One reason why the income gap widens in times of slow economic growth, I suggest, is surely…

Symbolism and imagery are important for a nation. They are important as focal points where our history vividly comes to…