Australia
The world's conflicts should not divide Australians

In an increasingly divided world, protecting social cohesion is one of the most important inves ...  
AUKUS: Its single point of obsolescence

Australia could find itself without a credible undersea force due to the capability gap between ...  
Opposites attract: Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart's paradoxical relationship

What’s behind the alliance between Pauline Hanson and Gina Rinehart?  
Booyakasha at Wimbledon: The quietly remarkable Jewish family behind the loudest man on centre court

One Baron Cohen cousin makes us laugh at what we pretend to be. The other helps us understand what ...  
AusAlert test exposes the need for a fully integrated national warning system

Monday's AusAlert test begs the question: what should constitute the gold standard for a nati ...  
Pauline shines in the political gutter, enjoying spoils from wealthy donors

Perhaps if Pauline Hanson actually turned up for work more often, she'd have a greater unde ...  
Monte Dwyer: The forecast for Karl Stefanovic after Today

Does Karl Stefanovic maintain his "lovable larrikin" image or continue barrelling down this righ ...  
Australia's fairness problem is holding productivity back

Rather than flowing into higher wages, a growing share of productivity gains has failed to show up ...  
Rigged game: Australia's obscene concentration of wealth

It’s past time that Australians reasserted that the democratic state is superior to the fortune ...  
The Socceroos reflect our rich Australian identity and bring us together

The Socceroos have family histories from different parts of the world, yet when they wear the ...  
Fertility rate falls: More and more Australians are choosing to be child-free

For a growing number of Australians, the decision to remain child-free is a rational calculation ...  
Sovereignty surrendered: U.S. firm Palantir invited into the engine room of ADF

Defence software sovereignty is outsourced to U.S. firm Palantir in a $7.6 million limited tender ...  
The Starlink challenge: Australia's next hyperscaler problem

Starlink's long-term ambitions appear to extend well beyond telecommunications access.  
The fair go has got up and gone

Australia can keep telling itself the fair go is alive, but fairness is not a slogan or kerosene ...  
Students and academics sold out for debt-trap degree factories

Australia created a skills shortage coexisting with graduate underemployment by quietly decoupling ...  
Centre v Right populism: Same grievances, different answers

Can Community Strong Australia deliver policies that address the economic conditions driving ...  
It’s not climate change – it's climate reversal

We didn’t just change the climate; we put it in reverse — and we are compressing that change ...  
Beyond monoculture: What really holds a diverse nation together

Australia's strength lies not in monoculture, but in shared values, trust and a genuine sense of b ...  
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