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Next great nation-building project is about people

Next great nation-building project is about people

Australia has a proud history of thinking big. We built the Snowy Mountains Scheme, connected a continent through telecommunications and invested...

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Anthea Middleton

Embattled govt tells Aussies pain will continue

Embattled govt tells Aussies pain will continue

NSW Premier Chris Minns delivered an attention-grabbing prediction this week. “By any poll, by any measure, [NSW One Nation leader] Mike Newman will...

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Michelle Grattan

AUKUS probe will answer some tough questions

AUKUS probe will answer some tough questions

The AUKUS agreement is a trilateral security partnership between Australia, the UK and the US. It was negotiated in secret in 2021.  Scott Morrison...

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Ian Lowe

Israel election: How its next govt will be formed

Israel election: How its next govt will be formed

Exit polls in Israel’s 2026 elections suggest Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition will be significantly smaller than the bloc of parties opposing him...

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Ran Porat

Time for AustralianSuper to walk the talk on climate

Time for AustralianSuper to walk the talk on climate

AustralianSuper is not shy about its role and responsibility in managing the escalating investment risks climate change poses to the retirement nest...

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Will van de Pol

'Very stupid debate': We're being played for mugs

'Very stupid debate': We're being played for mugs

It’s probably best for most people’s mental health that they are not forced to consider the hypocritical and ever-shifting grasping positions of...

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Amy Remeikis

Which historical kingdom is most like your state?

Which historical kingdom is most like your state?
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Simon Kuestenmacher

Eloquence after Haines attack is good, but too little

Eloquence after Haines attack is good, but too little
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Bruce Wolpe

Govts turned care into commodity. It’s failing us all

Govts turned care into commodity. It’s failing us all
27.10.2026 20

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Gabrielle Meagher

A 'lower temperature' isn't enough. We need more

A 'lower temperature' isn't enough. We need more
27.10.2026 30

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Monique Ryan

Hughesy, Karl and co: When celebrities go political?

Hughesy, Karl and co: When celebrities go political?

In recent months, many Australians would have seen or heard celebrities such as Dave Hughes, Karl Stefanovic and Kyle Sandilands becoming more...

26.10.2026 20

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Susan Grantham

Illicit trade gives Big Tobacco a return to politics

Illicit trade gives Big Tobacco a return to politics

Australia’s illicit tobacco crisis has reopened doors long closed to Big Tobacco, as companies lobby for excise cuts and gain private access to...

26.10.2026 30

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Christina Watts

Helen Haines reminds us that politics can be good

Helen Haines reminds us that politics can be good

We are about to enter a parliament week heavy with the weight of what happened to Helen Haines. We’ll hear about who and what is to blame, and what...

25.10.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

US voters of all stripes loath 'Big Tech' billionaires

US voters of all stripes loath 'Big Tech' billionaires

One of few silver linings of these dark Trump times is that much of what had been hidden has now been exposed. I’m referring specifically to where...

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Robert Reich

Politics reflects society – and ours is in poor shape

Politics reflects society – and ours is in poor shape

As the national political conversation descended into fear and loathing after Monday’s horrific attack on Helen Haines, two federal parliamentarians...

24.10.2026 30

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Michelle Grattan

Few people have trusts, those who do are well-off

Few people have trusts, those who do are well-off

There are a lot of people getting very angry about the government’s policy to limit the ability of discretionary trusts to reduce tax. You can...

23.10.2026 20

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Greg Jericho

Critical flaw affecting 70% of websites causes panic

Critical flaw affecting 70% of websites causes panic

Details have been published of a critical flaw in the programming language PHP, which is the backbone of more than 70 per cent of all websites. Left...

23.10.2026 30

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Andrew Cullen

Ugly shift highlights Australia's biggest challenge

Ugly shift highlights Australia's biggest challenge

Just hours after Helen Haines was struck by a Toyota LandCruiser in an alleged deliberate act, Tanya Plibersek was interviewed about her experience...

22.10.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

The financial headaches plaguing each generation

The financial headaches plaguing each generation

Every generation believes it has it tough financially. Young Australians complain about housing affordability. Middle-aged Australians worry about...

21.10.2026 50

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Skits to gaffes, what is PM's social media strategy?

Skits to gaffes, what is PM's social media strategy?

Labor won the 2025 federal election in a landslide victory that many attributed, at least in part, to a savvy social media campaign that prioritised...

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Susan Grantham

As anti‑govt violence grows, a response must too

As anti‑govt violence grows, a response must too

Independent federal MP Helen Haines remains in critical condition after being struck by a vehicle outside her electorate office in Wangaratta,...

21.10.2026 30

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Kristina Murphy

RBA gets its wish after unemployment hits 4.7%

RBA gets its wish after unemployment hits 4.7%

In May, when the RBA raised the cash rate for the third time in three consecutive meetings, journalist Michael Pascoe asked its governor, Michele...

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Greg Jericho

Govt spending cuts must not just be a cheap slogan

As in most political discourse these days, opposition slogans can only get you so far. So it is with demands to slash “wasteful government...

20.10.2026 20

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Craig Emerson

Who owns intimacy? When govts regulate love

Singapore has a new dating app. Unlike Tinder, Bumble or Hinge, this one has the government playing matchmaker. FirstDate, developed by Singapore’s...

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Lisa Portolan

This barbaric practice still goes on to our shame

I don’t really speak about my child’s birth too much. Both were traumatic for a variety of reasons, all too personal and horribly common, and...

18.10.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

Labor finds it needs yet another budget backtrack

The ins and outs of some of the seemingly endless fights over the Albanese government’s budget measures are often arcane or difficult for many...

17.10.2026 30

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Michelle Grattan

China shows how turned-off might algorithms work

The Albanese government this week introduced its digital duty of care legislation to parliament, including an “off switch” to allow social media...

17.10.2026 10

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Fan Yang

Chalmers' grim warning in fight against far right

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has urged progressive voters to stop mocking, scolding and “cancelling” One Nation supporters, warning that dismissing...

16.10.2026 20

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Tegan George

The great credit card surcharge swindle

New card rules do not stop businesses passing on transaction costs. They simply require the advertised price to be the price customers actually pay. I...

15.10.2026 40

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Murray Milgate

Double standards from groceries to a 'shrug emoji'

Double standards are pretty standard in Australia – so standard that the past couple of weeks have been full of them in politics and barely an...

15.10.2026 20

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Amy Remeikis

NT has a chance to rein in online gambling industry

Once a month, somewhere in Darwin, six people sit down together to regulate a multibillion-dollar online gambling industry. Their decisions affect...

14.10.2026 10

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Justine Davis

Why it's getting so much harder to govern Australia

Inflation remains stubbornly high and drives up costs of living dramatically. This forces the Reserve Bank of Australia to keep raising interest...

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Tiger mauling or execution: Ethics of social media

It has never been easier for us to access images of people being harmed, maimed and killed. Two recent cases have focused on very different, prominent...

14.10.2026 10

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Jacqueline Boaks

Unless you’re Hanson, migrant debate can be risky

When, way back, the opposition started talking about cutting immigration, it would have thought that on the basis of polling, it was tapping into a...

12.10.2026 30

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Michelle Grattan

Not just the economy, stupid – everything else too

When Bill Clinton ran against George Bush in 1992, he started from behind. The senior Bush had started the campaign on a high, with his approval...

11.10.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

Republicans likely to pay as American mood darkens

For the White House, the midterm elections are always agony. They are always a referendum on the president. On October 12, 2010, I was serving on the...

10.10.2026 30

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Bruce Wolpe

How to put power into people’s hands

At the COP30 climate summit in Brazil last year, I learned a Brazilian saying that has stayed with me: “There is a sun for everyone.” This week,...

10.10.2026 30

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Heidi Lee

Trump may cheat in mid-terms – he's a bad cheat

With poll results showing a strong tilt towards Democrat candidates in some swing and red states ahead of the US mid-term elections in November, Elon...

09.10.2026 30

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Paul Begley

We shouldn't be shocked by celebrity DV charges

Another high-profile Australian man has been accused of domestic violence after reality TV star and influencer Sam Wood was arrested for domestic...

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Jessica Schaffer

Greens’ public supermarket plan just won't work

The Greens’ official research think tank has proposed forcing Woolworths and Coles to sell 200 stores as a first step to creating a national chain...

08.10.2026 30

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Flavio Menezes

Listen, deliver, rebuild trust to quiet the populist right

Economic insecurity matters, but it cannot explain the populist challenge alone. Governments must also address migration, belonging and trust while...

08.10.2026 30

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Roger Beale

Australia’s ‘sensible centre’ is shifting radically right

Australia has a new centre. If any policy finds itself between Labor and One Nation, it’s now considered “the middle ground”. That should be...

08.10.2026 30

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Amy Remeikis

Chart shows it all about property slump

With national property values down by an average 5.2 per cent in September from their March peak, Australia’s housing market is in a distinct...

07.10.2026 30

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Hal Pawson

Australia is ageing, but it is not ageing evenly

The population of Australians aged 85 years and over is especially important to watch. Once Australians reach these older ages, the likelihood of...

07.10.2026 50

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Simon Kuestenmacher

Coalition migration policy rests on false premises

Following months of discussions and partial announcements, Liberal leader Angus Taylor has unveiled the Coalition’s migration policy, including the...

07.10.2026 40

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Alan Gamlen

Albanese’s poll slump after interest rate hike

In a federal Redbridge poll, the total vote for One Nation and the Coalition has been steady since late August at 50 per cent, but Anthony...

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Adrian Beaumont

Five reasons Donald Trump might actually resign

It’s hard to read US President Donald Trump’s mind – what with his chronic lies, delusions and fake promises. His incentives to finish his term...

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Ralph Nader

Christa Pike just the latest of US's failed executions

Christa Pike survived an execution attempt in Tennessee this week, after receiving two doses of pentobarbital, a lethal drug. As a result, Governor...

05.10.2026 100

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Austin Sarat

If climate talks can't stop coal and gas, why bother?

For many years, the annual United Nations climate conference, known as the COP, has represented something profoundly important: The hope that the...

05.10.2026 50

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Anote Tong

China and housing: Two things we might have missed

One of the issues with sushi train political journalism (just grabbing whatever comes round on the train) is that only the bright and shiny – often...

04.10.2026 100

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Amy Remeikis