OPINION

Relax – having different sleeping arrangements over the holidays probably won’t wreck your child’s sleep routine

Regular sleep patterns are important for good sleep. But children and their families often stay with relatives or in holiday accommodation around this time of year.

OPINION

Will the world see more wars or unrest in 2024?

Some of these nations have been dealing with simmering unrest, however, which could erupt in 2024 and seize the global spotlight.

OPINION

Why are we allowing Middle East conflict to disrupt Australia’s multicultural harmony?

The Australian Jewish community has been touched by the response from the Hindu, Assyrian, Kurdish, and many other communities.

OPINION

North Queensland’s record-breaking floods are a frightening portent of what’s to come under climate change

Cairns airport is closed, roads are extensively damaged and residents in the city’s northern beaches are cut off by floodwaters.

OPINION

An austere Christmas is on the cards – but don’t say recession

Economists have a terrible track record when it comes to predicting recessions.

OPINION

Do readers dream of running a bookshop? Books about booksellers are having a moment – the reality can be less romantic

If bookshops are to survive and thrive, perhaps they do well to “sell” the idea theirs is a different kind of career.

OPINION

Senate report recommends shake-up of the way freedom of information is handled

The report is surprisingly frank and far-reaching.

OPINION

Do you think smacking is necessary to ‘properly raise’ kids?

Physical punishment is the most common type of violence against children.

OPINION

Stability is the pathway to our prosperity

My message to you as a community of development experts and professionals, your work matters to this region like never before.

OPINION

Australia has one of the weakest tax systems for redistribution among industrial nations – the Stage 3 tax cuts will make it worse

It’s not that Australia’s systems don’t reduce inequality, it’s that other country’s systems do it more.

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Petition urges Australian government to review parental leave for temporary resident visa holders

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