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Reclaiming democracy for the people
Australian democracy isn’t broken, but political power is increasingly concentrated among wealthy donors, corporate lobbyists and party powerbrokers.…
6 hours ago
Jacinta Allan: Legacy, debt and the end of an era
Jacinta Allan’s resignation ends the Daniel Andrews era and leaves Victorian Labor confronting the political cost of its ambitious Big Build agenda. …
1 day, 6 hours ago
Burnham’s Britain: Renewal or more disappointment?
Andy Burnham’s arrival as British prime minister will test whether a modern Labour government can finally break with Thatcherism and neoliberalism by…
1 week ago
The Hanson Battler Myth
One Nation’s falling support is exposing the gap between Pauline Hanson’s media profile and electoral credibility. Her European roadshow offered cult…
1 week, 1 day ago
The price of speaking out: Art, Palestine and the MSO
The Federal Court might have ended pianist Jayson Gillham’s legal battle with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, but the controversy raises broader qu…
2 weeks ago
The Royal Commission and silencing the critics of Israel
Australia’s Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion was created to confront genuine antisemitism, but is it instead silencing criticis…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
China’s missile launch and Australia’s panic merchants
China's latest missile test triggered familiar warnings of an escalating security crisis, but was the reaction driven more by geopolitics than by the…
3 weeks ago
Labor’s power without purpose: Who does Labor govern for?
The NSW Labor Conference exposed a deeper question confronting Australian politics: what does the modern Labor Party actually stand for? As delegates…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Politics of Outrage: When anger becomes the business model
The politics of outrage has become one of the most powerful business models in modern media, with podcasts, social media and algorithms increasingly …
4 weeks ago
The Liberal Party’s winter of irrelevance: Can it recover?
Why is the Liberal Party struggling to reconnect with Australian voters? This week, we examine Angus Taylor’s leadership, the Liberal Party’s identit…
4 weeks, 1 day ago