Year after year the mining industry rolls out a PR campaign to defend the huge subsidies they receive. This year's was more tone deaf than usual - perhaps we're wising up, writes Dugald Murray

With little chance of making it to Australia, thousands of refugees face delays in processing while being denied access to education or employment in Indonesia, writes Antje Missbach

In the UK and Australia, globalisation is forcing labour parties to rethink their approach to their working-class bases - and helping parties like One Nation and UKIP succeed, writes Shaun Crowe