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The creation of a new flag may well be the first step to re-commence constitutional renewal, something that sadly seems to have been avoided...
Scott Morrison wants his family photo album back. It was mistakenly sent to an op-shop where it was bought by a customer who soon realised they’d...
Donald Trump’s first term as president tested the US’s political boundaries, but his second term has demolished them. A month in and his second...
What an amazing thing is the human spirit. What an amazing thing is human dignity. We, the Palestinians, despite everything this cruel world has...
The Chinese company’s open-source model proves that innovation thrives on sharing, not Western Big Tech’s hypocritical monopolisation. It has been...
Lest we forget. On 25 February last year, Aaron Bushnell, a 25 year-old active duty US serviceman, self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy...
Donald Trump might be a speed hump on the road to net zero, but the business and climate case for renewables leaves Australia in the box seat to...
The next federal election looms ahead menacingly. This is when the metal hits the meat and we have to make hard decisions or become just the burnt...
The English often sing There’s Always Been an England. For America the song would probably be something along the lines of there will always be an...
In 2023 Kathleen Folbigg was pardoned and released after 20 years of wrongful imprisonment; soon after, her convictions were quashed by the NSW...
The 2025 school year is under way, and every young Australian is sharing the experience of renewing friendships and the routines of school and...
Governments want you to feel powerless, but the tools for change are in our hands. Australia’s economy is failing to decarbonise. Burning trees to...
Politicians, media commentators and academics routinely assert that Australia is a middle power. They assume that while their country is not a...
Even for those of us who feared the worst about a possible second coming of Donald Trump, the pace and nature of the changes his administration is...
The Western media went into overdrive this past week to work the laconic Kiwis into a mild frenzy over three Chinese naval vessels conducting...
Rational people should share a sense of amazement that virtually all European political “leaders” and Western professional commentators appear to...
For a self-promoted tough guy — particularly if it involves refugee women and children — Peter Dutton’s career has been marked by many instances of...
I don’t know if you noticed, but the federal election campaign began on Sunday. The date of the election has yet to be announced – it may be...
Daniel Levy, president of the US/Middle East Project, addressed the UN Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the...
The melodramatic media story about the small Chinese naval flotilla exercising with “live” ammunition off the Australian and New Zealand coasts has...
When power oppresses, civil society must hold it to account. Like media and the arts, university campuses in Australia have become sites of...
Even those of us who feared the worst have been astounded by the Trump administration’s attack on the rule of law, democratic principles and even...
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has released an EPBC Act ‘Impact Assessment Report’ (IAR) to address the environmental impacts of constructing...
At a time when the “cost of living” crisis undermines the wellbeing of millions — and when for besieged Palestinians in Gaza it rather represents a...
You can tell a lot about a person by the way they boil an egg for breakfast. I’ve made a study of it. The conservatives wait till the water’s...
In the past 250 years two institutions were conceived and have come to rule our lives: modern democratic government and the modern corporation....
More than two decades ago, the then soon to be independent country of Timor-Leste planned to embark on a future marked by sustainability, avoiding...
Is a flotilla of Chinese ships on a reconnaissance mission for a future invasion of Australia or, as the Australian Defence Force admits, is China...
I read the definition of antisemitism adopted by Australian universities and my first thought was “we need a list”, not of what is considered...