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Nick O'Malley in Washington
Washington honours Roxon, global champion in anti-tobacco battle
The Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, will be honoured in Washington, DC, tonight for championing what will ''go down as the most important turning point'' in the global fight against tobacco in a generation.
Lenore Taylor
Thomson case could be out of time
Fair Work Australia's legal action against Craig Thomson could be thrown out because the statute of limitations has been exceeded, according to two leading workplace lawyers.
The columnists More Columnists
Elizabeth Farrelly
The PC crowd that's keeping the world of art mediocre
Halfway up the godless bit of Regent Street between Central Station and Cleveland Street sits a newish block of flats. On its flank a bronze plaque morosely informs passers-by that ''on this site once stood the Wesley Church''.
Josh Gordon
The ghost of election future visits Spring Street
TED Baillieu closes his door. Almost four years gone, and now an election looms. He begins to write. ''Four years ago we promised to fix the problems and build the future. My friends, we have confronted many challenges."
The contributors More Society & Culture
Amal Awad
Joke's worn off as films cue the stock depiction of Arabs
I look forward to seeing The Dictator, Sacha Baron Cohen's latest attempt at lampooning other cultures, which is released today. As an Arab Muslim, I'm curious about how we are portrayed in modern cinema.
Martin McKenzie-Murray
We can communicate clearly, but who listens anyway?
We rightly celebrate our bustling marketplace of opinion. But behind its clamour are prejudice, pettiness, entitlement, suspicion, hostility and frustration. Such things are the principal constituents of our political discussions.
The bloggers More Blogs
Karl Quinn
Vile Kryal? Not when it comes to flogging Victoria to the world
Tourism Australia wants to flog Victoria by attracting foreign dollars, and tourists, to Kryal Castle.
John Birmingham
Here we Joh again: Protest divides city along familiar lines
10:25am Bring me my Walkman and Hypercolour T-shirt, because if we're going to go back to the '80s we might as well do it in style!
Warwick McFadyen
Jethro Tull's Little Milton, aged 50
8:47am How would Gerald Bostock have gone in his NAPLAN tests? He was, it was said, something of a wizard with the pen and ink, back in the days before computers.
Features
Uneasy Truth
It's up to us to help young Africans fit in
Fear is stopping many from welcoming our city's newest migrants.
Global Opinion
The Guardian
The Greek people now face a stark choice: in or out?
The Independent
A late, but crucial, test for international justice
