Media

If anything existed to make sense of the past year, it was a stubborn refusal to accept realities – in politics, in sport, in life.

It’s long been a taboo subject, rarely spoken of in public and deliberately withheld from media reports. Now experts are seeking to destigmatise suicide – and help those at risk – by encouraging open, honest and sensitive conversation about what drives someone to want to take their own life.

With an appalling approval rating, but protected by Labor’s leadership rules, Bill Shorten must persuade the public he’s a man of ideas.

Allowing a supportive journalist access to Nauru does nothing to assuage the levels of secrecy and lies on the island.

It was not just his popularity that won Malcolm Turnbull the leadership. There was also a long-running plan to reboot policy.

The commentators who thought Tony Abbott was their champion are desperately looking for relevance after the coup.

The ABC, SBS and Australia Post could lose special regulatory treatment under trade measures being pushed for by the US.

In Pacific island nations, radio remains the most accessible news source. But while media is being targeted for development, funding cuts and government interference are threatening its efficacy.

A Melbourne-based PhD candidate’s online open-access publishing forum is a boon for those wishing to access texts and transcripts free. But at what cost to the authors of some of these works?

The practical results of revoking citizenship are yet to be seen, but the threat has already served its purpose in the party room.