January
Why Tom Snow is giving away $100m
The philanthropist wanted his marriage to be recognised. He won. Now he’s changing medical science
- Julie Hare
August 2022
Singapore’s slow steps to ‘rainbow families’
Getting rid of a “shameful” law that treats all gay men like unprosecuted criminals isn’t enough to stop some leaving the country.
- Emma Connors
December 2021
Chile legalises same-sex marriage at fraught political moment
The measure will be signed into law during the final stretch of the presidential race in which the leading candidates are bitterly at odds on this and other issues.
- Pascale Bonnefoy and Ernesto Londoño
March 2021
Japanese court rules same-sex marriage ban is ‘unconstitutional’
The ruling is a major symbolic victory in a country where the constitution defines marriage as being based on ‘the mutual consent of both sexes’.
- Elaine Lies
April 2020
- Exclusive
- Malcolm Turnbull
'Hypocritcal' Turnbull undermined gay marriage shift
Same-sex marriage campaigner Warren Entsch says the former prime minister is misleading about his support for the change.
- Aaron Patrick
February 2020
Can Alan Joyce fly Qantas into aviation history?
Airlines need to be match fit to survive, let alone thrive, says the Qantas CEO – and he applies the same discipline to himself.
- Jemima Whyte and Fiona Carruthers
December 2019
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
What the past two decades of politics can teach you
When it comes to big reforms in politics, take what is on offer because it will be decades, if ever, before you get another chance.
- Phillip Coorey
October 2019
AFR's 11 most influential women revealed
MCA director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor and former Test cricketer Belinda Clark were among the category winners in The Australian Financial Review 100 Women of Influence awards.
- Sally Patten
September 2019
- Opinion
- Energy
A ScoMo dynasty? Not so fast
This Coalition government needs to cut through the culture wars and get to the nub of the energy regulation problem. Or it may go the way of its predecessors.
- Andrew Clark
May 2019
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Backing the Uluru Statement is a smart move
It is no surprise the big end of town is throwing its full weight behind the movement to give Indigenous Australians recognition in the constitution.
- Tony Boyd
Taiwan approves same-sex marriage
Taiwan has become the first place in Asia with a comprehensive law both allowing and laying out the terms of same-sex marriage.
Scott Morrison says he doesn't believe gay people will go to hell
The Prime Minister has moved to shut down questions about whether he believes gay people will go to hell.
- Tom McIlroy and Andrew Tillett
April 2019
Tony Abbott off-brand for younger voters
Young voters in the electorate of Warringah say that their local MP Tony Abbott is out of step with what matters to Millennials, making the independent candidates running against him all the more appealing alternatives.
- Natasha Gillezeau and Liz Main
