Independent
Anna Brown
Independent inquiry the only way for police killing
Anna Brown As the State Coroner, Mary Jerram, begins her inquest into the death of the Brazilian student Roberto Curti, we need to ask ourselves if the investigation into his death was flawed from the outset.
Independent ethos can still prevail in the digital age
Jo Chandler I used to shared a small, dank office at The Age's old 'Spencer Street Soviet' with the late David Wilson, associate editor and distinguished raker of quality muck.
Kenneth Davidson
How to save billions: dump the desal deal
Kenneth Davidson It's official. Melbourne Water users will pay $19.4 billion in contract payments to AquaSure.
Bruce Guthrie
Castlemaine verdict changes the odds, but there's a blight in sight
Bruce Guthrie After 20 years, we still can't seem to agree on the best way to manage those pokies.
Ryan Harvey
Do we change ourselves or 'the other'?
Ryan Harvey The recent ''Rosa Parks moment'' of Malaysian-born ABC TV News presenter Jeremy Fernandez exposes how difficult it will be for policymakers to reconcile the aspirations of an Asian Century white...
Michael McNamara
Passion and pride are the missing ingredients
Michael McNamara Who might you think was judged to be Australia's most successful exhibitor at the highly prestigious Sydney Royal Cheese and Dairy Show, announced on Friday?
Heckler
First brush with racism sadly won't be the last
LET me start by setting the scene. It's a sunny, midweek day in suburban Sydney and I've taken my daughters to the local park.
Richard Ackland
Obeid case's eye-popping details have potential to draw blank
Richard Ackland It was just a matter of time before Stuart Littlemore would, once again, be the subject of speculative misunderstanding.
Bruce Neal
For health's sake, time to take on food giants
Bruce Neal A woman dies from a 10-litre a day Coke habit. Children's clothing sports advertisements for Jim Beam bourbon.
Jonathan Horn
Lance's shades of grey
Jonathan Horn Outrage is obscuring the fact that Armstrong is a mass of contradictions - like the rest of us.
Sandie de Wolf
Mother-blaming is an outdated, simplistic view
Sandie de Wolf Accusing women of neglecting children ignores the role that men play in violent homes.
Jaimie Fuller
Armstrong must walk the walk
Jaimie Fuller The truth, the half-truth and anything but the truth. Lance Armstrong's showbiz ''confession'' to Oprah Winfrey, was an unpalatable blend of all three elements, each of them carefully manipulated at...
Martin McKenzie-Murray
Cult of celebrity feeds our hunger - and our gullibility
Martin McKenzie-Murray JFK, Tiger, Armstrong - you'd think we would have learnt our lesson by now.
Cosima Marriner
Rules outside the playground
Cosima Marriner When I went to an information night about ''transitioning your child to school'', I had no idea I'd also need some guidance on how to make the transition myself.
Suzanne Moore
The truth about cats and dogs? They rule our world
Suzanne Moore My pet peeve was the pet-obsessed, until I joined their ranks.
Emma Young
Why 'women are watching porn' should not be a story
Emma Young Can we please become less judgmental in our view of female sexuality.
Gerard Henderson
Turns out Mayans weren't alone in getting carried away about 2012
Gerard Henderson WITH Mayan followers foretelling the end of the world before Christmas, it was to be expected 2012 would be replete with hyperbole, prophecy and odd behaviour.
John Spooner
Sceptics weather the storm to put their case on climate
John Spooner Well, so much for the 2012 apocalypse. If the ancient Mayans ever knew anything about the future, they made a serious miscalculation.
From the glitter of gold to the grubby world of politics
Neil McMahon In an eventful 12 months of jubilant highs and dark lows, we were dealt more questions than answers.
Roy Robins-Browne
Spooner's views on climate change are far from weathertight
Roy Robins-Browne John Spooner's opinion article 'Sceptics weather the storm to put their case on climate' published in The Age on December 29, 2012 confirms that he is not qualified to comment on global warming.
