Will the Liberals hold firm in the fight over freedom to find information?
A little under a year ago, Michelle Rowland, who was then communications minister, had to make a humiliating retreat. Rowland conceded the government’s sweeping legislation to combat &ldquo...
How gambling companies are copying the Big Tobacco playbook in Australian sport
In June 2023, Labor MP Peta Murphy presented a report to the Albanese government recommending a ban on gambling advertising due to the grave social and financial harms caused by gambling ads onli...
Trump’s ratings steady as the US government shutdown drags into a second week
It’s been eight days since a partial US government shutdown began on October 1, owing to a failure by Congress to agree to a new budget by the September 30 deadline.Democrats are refusing t...
how to be a successful opposition
Sussan Ley’s challenge as opposition leader is to keep her party united and ready to govern in the event that the government loses public favour. That is, they need to be a ready alternativ...
Organised crime may be infiltrating Timor-Leste’s government. One minister is sounding the alarm
Two decades after Timor-Leste gained its independence, the country is a complicated and qualified success story. Poverty and deep economic problems persist, but the country boasts a thriving demo...
Andrew Jakubowicz on repairing our ‘fragile’ multicultural nation
Social cohesion in Australia has been under serious pressure in the last few years. The deadly October 7 attacks on Israel two years ago and the ensuing war in Gaza have pulled at the fabric of A...
Australia’s anti-corruption commissioner has a trust problem. He needs to change course to fix it
The commissioner of the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), Paul Brereton, is once again facing critic…
what we can learn from history to make this new alliance work
After a slight delay, Australia and Papua New Guinea formally signed a defence treaty this week committing the…
We’ve tried and failed to Close the Gap for 15 years. Research shows what actually works
Every year, we hear the same story about addressing Indigenous disadvantage. Closing the Gap targets remain un…
Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further
Social Development Minister Louise UpstonHagen Hopkins/Getty ImagesWhen the government announced in its May bu…
Two years of a distant war have brought much damage to Australian society
Two years ago, who would have imagined the police and the Palestine Action Group (PAG) would be fighting in co…
Australia’s gambling harm is likely underreported – and authorities are still failing to act
Paul Ellis/AFP via Getty ImagesMonday night’s ABC Four Corners’ investigation highlighted major is…
Not voting in local elections is rational. Voters need better reasons to engage
With less than a week until voting in local elections closes, it seems early voter turnout may have increased …
There are now two appeals in the Erin Patterson mushroom murder case. What’s going on?
The Victorian Director of Public Prosecutions, who has carriage of the Erin Patterson murder case, has chosen …
Can Sussan Ley avoid Brendan Nelson’s fate?
When you look at Sussan Ley’s predicament, you can’t help thinking of Brendan Nelson. Nelson, a Li…
On a grim anniversary, an end to Gaza’s violence is suddenly clear – if both sides can make sacrifices
Two years into the most horrific chapter in the history of Israel and Palestine, a glimmer of hope has been of…
Is Sanae Takaichi Japan’s Margaret Thatcher – or its next Liz Truss?
Under the slogan “#ChangeLDP”, Japan’s long-ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has electe…
Labor retains big lead in Newspoll and all other federal polls
Labor retains a large lead in three new national polls including Newspoll, while many more voters thought Labo…
