New Zealand has reacted to proposed changes to Australian social security law by raising discrimination concerns with Canberra.

Lachlan and James Murdoch’s appointments to senior positions could help sow the seeds of unrest in the Murdoch empire.

The collateral damage is too great for policy-by-slogan to be sustainable. The alternative can bring benefits for asylum seekers and for Australia.

Screening for cervical cancer saves lives every day, so surely men should be screened for prostate cancer? Unfortunately it’s a bit more complicated than that . IN 2010 the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia produced a television advertisement called “It Could Happen to You,” a masterly example of beautifully lit, tightly focused, talking-head communication. Fifteen...

The accountability of the ABC and SBS should be a two-way street, writes Geoff Heriot.