Australia once swaggered with sunburnt certainty. Now, it's a nation in flip-flops, fumbling for a purpose in a world that’s stopped laughing at the accent, writes Vince Hooper. ONCE UPON A TIME, ...

While MPs take a welcome break after the fire and fury of the May election campaign, the economy is ticking over nicely, as Alan Austin reports. NATIONAL ELECTIONS that change governments in liberal ...

In 1984, Sophia Loren visited Melbourne as a special guest at the La Dolce Italia gala charity dinner, which raised funds for the Alannah and Madeline Foundation's efforts to safeguard children ...

Shutting down discussion on the Israeli embassy shooting can't be our only response — otherwise, talking about violence becomes no different to promoting it, writes Tom Tanuki. I baulked a bit, partly ...

The Liberal Party’s recent hammed-up negotiations with the Nationals and their unconvincing rhetoric about "modernisation" indicate they don't yet know what to do — but some strong options may remain, ...

Meanwhile, Donald Trump gets heavy with Harvard.

The current policies of the U.S. Government are undermining its comparative advantage in education, technology, military, film and agriculture. Patrick Drennan reports. A COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE exists ...

The processing time for skilled visas has tripled, fuelling migration pressures and exposing cracks in the Government's immigration strategy. Dr Abul Rizvi reports. The average processing time ...

Today’s citizens are better educated than any generation before, but a society needs more than knowledge — it needs wisdom. Paul Budde reports. AS REGULAR READERS of my articles will know, I like to ...

Koalas are disappearing as state governments and industries destroy habitats — what will future Australians say when they are gone? Sue Arnold reports. THE ONGOING EXPONENTIAL destruction of koalas ...

The slower the RBA is to cut rates, the bigger the pile-up of economic problems later. Stephen Koukoulas reports. ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS standing in the way of a more prosperous economy over the next ...

Author Karen Wyld's black&write award was revoked after QLD Premier David Crisafulli wrote to the State Library about her social media posts on Gaza. Rosemary Sorensen reports. THE NEWS first broke on ...