The best bands often have the most distinctive, emotive vocalists and in this, Chris Cornell was par excellence, writes Alistair Clout.

Survivors of child sexual assault and cover-ups are watching with familiar trepidation the making of an unprecedented national redress scheme, writes Paul Kennedy.

It's clear Salman Abedi was on the radar of security services, and hard questions will no doubt be asked about how authorities missed the deadly Manchester attack, writes Philip Williams.

Research shows consumers value speed when it comes to shopping, so Australian retailers need to react or they will lose.

The ACA's creation of The Cricketers' Brand is the latest power play in the endless negotiations between the players' union and Cricket Australia.

Renters have fewer legal protections in Australian than other countries with high private rental rates, and newly published research shows their responses to long-term insecurity ranges from lack of concern to constant fear and anxiety.

As the 50th anniversary of the release of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band hits us, listen to it, wallow in it, celebrate it for what it is — and don't let arguing over lists drag it into the mundane and confining world the Beatles were rebelling against when they made it.

Political reporter Nick Harmsen explains why hearings for the Independent Commissioner Against Corruption's probe into the SA Government's knowledge of abuse and mistreatment at an aged mental care facility will be held entirely in secret.

Winning the schools funding argument has not been helped by the Government's short-sighted decision to claim a mythological $22.3 billion "saving", but regardless of who is winning the Gonski reforms are in trouble, writes Andrew Probyn.

Labor is pushing hard on James Ashby. A prime motive is embarrassing the Coalition over preferences, ahead of the Queensland election, and the later federal one.

If the goal of the terrorists was to force all Brits to permanently change their way of life, then they've failed — they've barely changed it for 24 hours, writes James Glenday.

We shouldn't be surprised that Rebel Wilson's family are embracing their apparent boganism, writes Ben Pobjie. Where once bogan was a vicious slur, nowadays it's a point of pride.

In the wake of the Manchester attack targeting young girls, many Muslims speak out against Western liberal feminists who deliberately ignore or downplay the threat of Islamic misogyny. Emma-Kate Symons writes.

Now Donald Trump has opted out of the Paris Agreement, it doesn't necessarily follow that the brakes are coming off US carbon emissions, writes Greg Jennett.

Margaret Court is wrong to claim marriage is "a union between a man and a woman as stated in the Bible," writes Robyn Whitaker. She is even more wrong to suggest she is being persecuted for her views.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May gambled and lost badly; the UK election results are a devastating blow for the Conservative Party and one that will have unpredictable consequences, writes Europe correspondent James Glenday.

With his ill-fitting suits and fondness for growing vegetables, Jeremy Corbyn is an unlikely modern political leader. But he is the one political figure who stands taller after the British election, writes Nick Rowley.

James Comey goes about his business in a manner based on instinct and an ingrained sense of protocol, gained during a long career as a public servant, including as attorney-general and head of the FBI, Zoe Daniel writes.

Socceroos fans have a Tom Rogic piledriver to thank for a win over Saudi Arabia, but can Ange Postecoglou's side shake off its experimentation funk to win a crunch qualifying clash with Japan?

China has been working hard to refashion its image beyond economic might and military threat but its "soft power" offensive is stalling amid perceptions it is trying to stifle free speech in the West, writes China correspondent Matthew Carney.

The secret to getting more women nominated for the Queen's Birthday honours, from a great-grandmother who's successfully nominated two recipients.

Theresa May's authority in Westminster is in obvious freefall, but in the current political climate few could rule out more bizarre twists and turns that could save her, writes Europe correspondent James Glenday.

Cricket Australia will be breathing a sigh of relief that Australia has been eliminated from the Champions Trophy. And while we can't blame the rain for all our woes, the ICC and ECB need to take a long hard look at themselves, writes Geoff Lemon.

Yes, Malcolm Turnbull mimicked the US President. But as piss-takes go, the Prime Minister's chief target was himself, and it was suitably humorous and self-deprecating, writes Andrew Probyn.

To implement an alternative that still effectively puts a price on emissions might — apart from its policy advantages — be seen by Malcolm Turnbull as righting the old wrong done to him by his party.