Cartoon / Dose of Dorin
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN sees dangerous waters ahead for AUKUS.
Opinion
Views on the news from Canberra’s top columnists
Q+A follows The Project on to the scrap heap – so where to now for non-traditional current affairs, asks DENIS MULLER.
In this third column on the effects of zoning reform on 'missing middle' dwellings – duplexes, dual occupancies, townhouses and low-rise apartments – planning columnist MIKE QUIRK looks at land values and housing affordability.
"The election decimated the former Liberal-Nationals Coalition, where the leadership of both parties is so weak they will no longer play a convincing role as the opposition," writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Opinion
KEEPING UP THE ACT
KEEPING UP THE ACT reveals an ingenious new solar rebate scheme to allow chief ministers escape the Canberra cold.
Opinion
Why the AI revolution calls for neurodivergent kids
"The future is not looking for people who do what they are told. It is looking for people who see things differently. Neurodivergent children already do. We should be listening," writes STACEY KERSHAW-BRANT.
Opinion
Revealed: ‘Irregular’ goings on at the Federal Court
Legal columnist HUGH SELBY exposes some procedural funny business at the Federal Court of Australia, the circumstances of which he describes as "highly irregular and an embarrassment to the court".
Letter writer ROSS E SMITH is disappointed at the state of Canberra, which he describes as a "national embarrassment" due to many issues left unresolved by the ACT Labor government.
The blow-up between Elon Musk and Donald Trump has been entertaining, but how did things go so bad, so fast, asks HENRY MAHER.
"Unreliable, dangerously so." Columnist HUGH SELBY says an Australian Institute of Family Studies report has done us a disservice, based on a misconceived question. He worries it will sustain the myth of endemic male badness.
In this second of three columns, MIKE QUIRK explores the proposed residential zoning reforms to encourage the development of 'missing middle' dwellings – duplexes, dual occupancies, townhouses and low-rise apartments.
Cartoonist PAUL DORIN takes a sardonic look at this week's minimum wage increase.
Ukraine’s success once again demonstrates that its armed forces and intelligence services are the modern masters of battlefield innovation and operational security, writes MATTHEW SUSSEX.
"You meet a Great Person and unconsciously tug your forelock (wish I had one) and one day wake up and realise you’ve known great persons all your life," writes Kindness columnist ANTONIO DIDIO.
"Across human cultures, head movements convey a wide variety of messages," writes Whimsy columnist CLIVE WILLIAMS.
"Arts Minister Tony Burke is more broadly Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and that’s a fulltime job for anyone. But wait, there’s more… writes The Gadfly columnist ROBERT MACKLIN.
Leanne Castley been listening and looking for advice on how the local Liberals can win an election. Her head is spinning.
Many of us are hostage to our phones – and it’s not unlike having head lice, say RACHAEL BROWN and ROB BROOKS.
"As a result of the new development, when viewed from Anzac Parade and Parliament House, the war memorial seems to have grown clearly visible wings!" bemoans letter writer MARK DAWES.
