At this early stage, it's impossible to tell if this is the beginning to an end to the hell of Syria, or just another violent twist in a tortured story of missed opportunities and outright malevolence, writes Philip Williams.

Treasurer Scott Morrison's parrying of Labor demands he produce the numbers that spelled out the economic benefit of tax cuts to small business wasn't elegant, writes Andrew Probyn.

The Treasurer is spruiking the economic growth dividend of company tax cuts, but neither modelling nor common sense back up his claims, argues Richard Denniss.

As photos of bruised, teary celebrities circulate online, Australia is exporting some of what we've learned in the past few years about partner violence, writes Julia Baird.

The European Champions League now represents the highest-quality football on the planet, and a bloated 48-team World Cup will only fall further behind.