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Our home electrification boom has an equity issue

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Trevor Brown

Proposed laws tackle hate speech quickly, not well

On Tuesday, in response to the Bondi terrorist attack and mounting pressure to take strong action, the Albanese government released draft...

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Keiran Hardy

Reluctance for 'clear-eyed' look at US is untenable

As Europe grows increasingly alarmed by the Trump administration’s fixation on Greenland, the Albanese government is being urged to reassess...

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Tegan George

Why Rudd, a contentious choice as ambassador, left

Kevin Rudd’s premature departure in March from his post of Australia’s ambassador to the US is a surprise, but perhaps not as unexpected as it...

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Michelle Grattan

What 2026 may bring for China-Aus relationship

When Labor was returned to power in 2022, the China-Australia relationship began to stabilise after what had been a rocky few years. So, where do...

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Guangyi Pan And Edward Sing Yue Chan

What to do in the face of catastrophic fire danger

Across Australia there are a number of fire districts facing extreme or catastrophic fire danger ratings in this ongoing heatwave. In Victoria, the...

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Sarah Mccoll-Gausden

Five lessons from Aust’s battle with tech giants

Big technology companies, including Facebook, Google and Elon Musk’s X, have proven difficult for national governments to control. The Internet has...

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Bill Browne

'Unjust’ electoral finance laws threaten democracy

We’ve all heard a version of the famous Winston Churchill quote about democracy. “No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it...

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