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Can Trump be shamed into supporting human rights?
After three decades at the helm of Human Rights Watch, the former executive director Kenneth Roth has written a memoir about his time campaigning against human rights violations around the world – in…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The Descendants: the search for Tom Wills
For some years there have been suggestions that in the 1860s Tom Wills, Australia’s first sports hero and a founder of Australian rules football, may have taken part in the massacres of Gayiri people…
Published on 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Is Australia a conspiracy theory nation?
Conspiracy theories and fringe ideas are now increasingly a visible part of Australian politics and public life. But what pushes people to abandon our shared reality, and what is responsible for the …
Published on 5 months ago
The Descendants: decoding a massacre
Colonial pastoralist Major Logue is a figure of note in the city of Geraldton, Western Australia. But his diaries, written partly in code, reveal a dark and confronting chapter of Australia’s past – …
Published on 5 months ago
Back to Back Barries: does Albanese care more about polls or Palestine?
Barrie Cassidy and Tony Barry examine Labor and Liberal positions on recognising Palestine and ask: will the prime minister change Australia’s position on the issue? They also discuss the many obstac…
Published on 5 months ago
Newsroom edition: when will Australia recognise Palestine?
On Wednesday, Australia joined 14 other countries to describe the recognition of Palestine as ‘an essential step towards the two-state solution’, linking progress on statehood to the upcoming United …
Published on 5 months ago
Could Murdoch bring down Trump?
For Donald Trump, Jeffrey Epstein is the story that won’t go away. Most recently, the Wall Street Journal reported about a letter they claim was written by Trump to the late convicted sex offender fo…
Published on 5 months ago
Why do we age in dramatic bursts, and what can we do about it?
Scientists are beginning to understand that ageing is not a simply linear process. Instead, recent research appears to show that we age in three accelerated bursts; at about 40, 60 and 80 years old. …
Published on 5 months ago
Why the Australian Greens expelled their cofounder
Earlier this month the Greens officially terminated the membership of one of its founders. Drew Hutton, the expelled member, criticised the party as ‘authoritarian’, claiming it is silencing members …
Published on 5 months ago
Is this the tipping point in Gaza?
After days of international pressure, Israel has agreed to increase the amount of aid going into Gaza. It follows last week’s pictures coming out of the besieged territory showing confronting scenes …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago