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When I wrote my very first editor’s message 19 months ago, I said that P&I expected leaders to display the moral courage required if we are to...
One Nation’s rise is often treated as cultural anger. New data point to something more concrete: poor health, financial insecurity and communities...
On International Wrongful Conviction Day, Australia still leaves prisoners to overcome an almost impossible barrier when challenging unsafe...
In 1942, crisis forced Australia to rethink a dangerous strategic dependence. Today, reliance on imported fuel creates another vulnerability....
David Shoebridge takes over a Greens party looking for growth while One Nation surges. His pitch is sharper: confront the populist right and stop...
As plantations supply more of Australia’s timber, how they are established and harvested will increasingly shape biodiversity. Good management can...
British intelligence warns that climate and ecosystem collapse could drive conflict, migration, famine and economic instability. Yet governments...
Australia wants 80 per cent of working-age people to hold a tertiary qualification by 2050. Yet almost half of workers say they are already...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are increasingly overrepresented in out-of-home care. Protecting children means making the system...
Labor’s Left has the prime minister, the numbers and formidable control of the party machinery. What it lacks is a program for changing Australia....
Netanyahu has repeatedly denied receiving warnings before 7 October. Now a source says he privately asked the UAE president to deny one of the...
The WA GST deal has cost almost $23 billion and left other states short. Political convenience is overriding fairness, independent advice and the...
Britain says SSN-AUKUS remains on track. But its shipyards are already stretched while new reactor and workforce capacity is still being built....
The RBA has lifted rates to 4.6 per cent, concentrating much of the pain of fighting inflation on younger households with mortgages. A tighter budget...
Australia wants 80 per cent of working-age people to hold a tertiary qualification by 2050. Yet almost half of workers say they are already...
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are increasingly overrepresented in out-of-home care. Protecting children means making the system...
Labor’s Left has the prime minister, the numbers and formidable control of the party machinery. What it lacks is a program for changing Australia....
Netanyahu has repeatedly denied receiving warnings before 7 October. Now a source says he privately asked the UAE president to deny one of the...
The WA GST deal has cost almost $23 billion and left other states short. Political convenience is overriding fairness, independent advice and the...
Britain says SSN-AUKUS remains on track. But its shipyards are already stretched while new reactor and workforce capacity is still being built....
The RBA has lifted rates to 4.6 per cent, concentrating much of the pain of fighting inflation on younger households with mortgages. A tighter budget...
Australia is campaigning for a UN Security Council seat on a promise to uphold international law and defend middle powers. Its record on Gaza,...
Rate rises hit mortgage holders, first-home buyers and jobs, while doing nothing to fix many of the supply shocks driving prices higher. Governments...
A clumsy protest over the social media use of Senate evidence exposed a deeper problem. The public service must answer to Parliament and the public,...
Trump gave Xi a bald eagle. Xi promised America two pandas. Behind the diplomatic symbolism sits a larger shift: China’s international standing is...
James Chessell’s move from the AFR to Joe Aston’s Rampart is another sign of a media landscape being remade. Smaller outlets, subscription models,...
Ten years after South Australia’s statewide blackout became a political weapon against renewables, the state now gets more than three-quarters of...
AI companies are investigating tens of thousands of incidents involving models bypassing controls, escaping secure environments and interfering with...
Trump’s approval has fallen to 33 per cent in G Elliott Morris’s latest poll, with 63 per cent disapproving. Support is slipping even among...
AI can help people explore ideas, learn skills and plan businesses. But without reliable power, internet access, trusted teachers, equipment and local...
Australia is campaigning for a Security Council seat on a promise to defend international law. Yet Albanese condemned Russia by name while saying...
Xi Jinping’s Washington visit was more than ceremony and trade deals. The US and China are building a more stable relationship around regular...
Albanese used his UN address to champion international law, dialogue and Australia’s credentials as a middle power. The real test lies in whether...
Deepfakes can fool voters, but new research points to a deeper danger: genuine political footage is increasingly being dismissed as fake. As Victoria...
Australia’s push on AI and social media regulation has put it at odds with Washington. The disagreement offers a rare glimpse of a foreign policy...
Macklemore’s removal from Ed Sheeran’s tour prompted other artists to walk away and brought fresh attention and donations to Palestinian aid. An...
P&I is reaching more readers, attracting younger voices and becoming an increasingly important part of Australia’s democratic conversation. But...
A new poll finds majority support among surveyed Democrats for pursuing criminal prosecutions of officials from both the Biden and Trump...
Queensland has legislated remote camps for children, while Victoria has made it easier to sentence young offenders as adults. Victoria once kept more...
Warren Buffett’s departure as Berkshire Hathaway chairman marks a turning point for the company he built. As his successors take charge, the rise of...
Brazil and Spain’s finance ministers reject the idea that economic growth, fiscal responsibility and social investment must compete. They point to...
Trump’s latest warning to Cuba revives a long history of US hostility towards the island. From the Batista era to today’s economic pressure, the...
Trump stood before the United Nations and threatened to “annihilate” Iran. With the authority to order a nuclear strike resting in the hands of...
We go to shopping centres for more than the shops. They offer somewhere to meet, wander, sit or simply be among other people. What can these...
One hundred years ago Don Dunstan was born and 50 years ago, in October 1976, the then South Australian premier published a cookbook. It sounds like a...
Solar panel imports are surging across Africa, but the global shift away from fossil fuels remains too slow. Meanwhile, Australian environmental...
It’s easy to dismiss people who vote differently from us as selfish or brainwashed. But our own choices are shaped by self-interest, values and...
In A Foreign Return, Neha Kale uses paintings, photographs and installations to explore migration, memory and belonging. Joanna Mendelssohn reviews a...
Canada is looking for ways to protect its independence from Washington. Australia has embedded itself so deeply in the US military system that it...
The Coalition has unveiled plans to scrap Australia’s legislated climate targets, industrial emissions rules and vehicle efficiency standards, while...
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