Politics
Allan’s resigned: How will the media shut down Labor now?

Ben Carroll has replaced Jacinta Allan as Victoria's Premier, but let's not kid ourselves that ...  
A universal public housing system for a divided Australia

A universal public housing system could turn redistribution from an abstract promise into visible ...  
Israeli pressure fails to sway Labor on Gaza

Despite diplomatic lobbying from the Israeli embassy, Labor delegates rejected efforts to dilute ...  
The healthcare ethics crisis inside Nauru

New research reveals how Australia's offshore detention system placed health professionals in ethi ...  
The multicultural generosity Pauline can't see

From volunteers to blood donors, Australians of every background demonstrate the compassion and ...  
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EDITORIAL: Allan’s resigned: How will the media shut down Labor now?

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has resigned. It comes as no surprise to those who have witnessed ...  
Why Australians need the right to answer their own Census

Australians should be free to record their own beliefs, identity and conscience without someone ...  
Media bamboozled by big claims miss the real story

Media need to do their homework and challenge big claims — our democracy depends on it.  
The Australian War Memorial's Rocky Horror Show

The Australian War Memorial has taken tentative steps towards recognising the Frontier Wars, but ...  
The strait of human life: When oil matters more than children

When war is measured in barrels instead of bodies, our moral priorities have gone badly astray.  
Katter holds firm against the One Nation tide

Bob Katter's personal appeal may keep Kennedy out of One Nation's hands, but the future of the Ka ...  
Why inequality survives democratic politics

Australians demanding radical political change may defend the economic arrangements causing their ...  
Investors applaud resilient economy while newsrooms refuse to report it

Encouraging information on jobs and wealth has been greeted with a range of interpretations.  
Rushy Lagoon sale: Tasmania's largest farm and the carbon math that doesn't add up

Here's the pitch: plant enough trees & somewhere a coal-fired power station, a gas plant, or an i ...  
Plastics are still a problem and there's room for improvement with green alternatives

How green are plastic alternatives? What about those LEGO bricks?  
Market mysticism and the misinformation that dudded Australia

Australia didn't just embrace market economics; it embraced the myth that efficiency alone coul ...  
Filming 'The Odyssey' in Western Sahara raises ethical questions

By filming a story of exile and homecoming in Western Sahara, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey ...  
Middle powers must step up where Trump won't

As Trump retreats from global leadership, middle powers have an opportunity and a responsibility ...  
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