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University reform is not one size fits all. We really do need to recognise the special role that regional universities play in regional and remote Australia.
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Continuing to strike at IS from the air and continued hypocrisy over Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Russia will only result in more attacks.
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Who were the 56,214 Australian citizens who packed Etihad Stadium in Melbourne to watch two women pummel each other?
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Much that has happened this year should remind us that we have many little things to be thankful for.
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"I'll put your mother on" is the familiar cry of the males of the house, who discuss cars on the phone – but nothing else if they can help it.
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Two female reporters were streets ahead in what was best, even uplifting, over this past week.
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The final question time of the NSW Parliament rolled around on Thursday. But anyone who fears that the quality of our democracy will suffer by its absence until the resumption of hostilities next February should relax.
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How do we discuss terror with our children without puncturing their sense of wonder?
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NOT HAPPY WITH TEARS OF JOY, JAN
Republicans’ panic over Syrian refugees fits a pattern.
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As parliament debates the nanny state, we demand more from the government than ever.
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The Age's Martin Flanagan was guest speaker at the 2015 Shrine of Remembrance Dinner to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II. Here's an edited version.
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We need to talk about coal. Not emission reduction strategies, the advantages of hyper-supercritical coal-fired power stations or the architecture of global climate agreements. Coal.
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Islamic State wants us to change our ways, they want us to turn on each other and to restrict freedoms.
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I had the opportunity to pay it forward - literally - and I botched it, to my great regret.
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Thankfully our police understand that killing or severely injuring a suspect doesn't automatically bring justice to victims.
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Is this the most intellectually intolerant generation in modern history? Events on campus in America and Britain suggest so.
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The wartime slogan has been done to death. It's time to carry on with our lives.

A collection of sketches from The Sydney Morning Herald's editorial cartoonist.
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Successive weak governments, fearful of change, have failed Australia. Turnbull aims to set a new course by embracing change at home and overseas.
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Our young people should be taught about the role of religion in society.
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Border camp for murder raids, Abigail loses her fizz, Gimme Shelter - on this say in 1973.