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.

THREE new books about schooling, the first a polemic, the second a polemic disguised as a guide for parents, and the third a scholarly history – all dwell on that uniquely Australian mistake, the three-sector system of government, Catholic and independent schools. In doing so they (and this review) illustrate one of the reasons for...