March, 2020
Politics / Federal politics
As the National Party celebrates its centenary, its future is in the hands of bitter rivals Michael McCormack and Barnaby Joyce
Politics
March, 2020
Politics / Federal politics
Even during a time of crisis, history shows that partisan politics has a role to play
March, 2020
Coronavirus: cancelling culture
Culture / Arts / Politics / Federal politics
How the COVID-19 crisis could be catastrophic for Australia’s already vulnerable arts sector
March, 2020
Politics / Federal politics / Society / Health
On responding effectively to COVID-19 amid a deluge of conflicting information, and with a government we increasingly distrust
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➊ The Devil and Scott Morrison
What do we know about the prime minister’s Pentecostalism?
As the National Party celebrates its centenary, its future is in the hands of bitter rivals Michael McCormack and Barnaby Joyce
Tony Abbott seems determined to wreck the clean energy target
➍ Scott Morrison’s quiet Australians
Just how silent does the PM want Australians to be?
Federal Politics
March, 2020
The ASIO chief’s opaque transparency
Last week, Mike Burgess said a lot while revealing little
February, 2020
Looking back on Kevin Rudd’s overly ambitious and thinly detailed Australia 2020 Summit
February, 2020
With the prime minister, what you see is what you get
February, 2020
The virus exposes the increasing difficulty of Australia’s balancing act between China and the US
February, 2020
The fraught politics of Fire Fight Australia
The imperatives of commercial media mean that the bushfire crisis is unlikely to be a tipping point for denialism
February, 2020
Despite fine words in response to the latest Closing the Gap report, the PM insists that politicians know best when it comes to the question of recognition
International Politics
December, 2019
Australia’s political leaders have lost their bearings in a changed world
December, 2019
On the West’s Trump-led exit from the wreckage of the Middle East
November, 2019
What does China want from Australia?
On Australia’s efforts to resist Beijing’s campaign for influence – A Quarterly Essay extract
October, 2019
Bougainville’s independence vote is a historic moment for Papua New Guinea, and a reckoning for Australia
October, 2019
We don’t need another superhero
Are superheroes the form of entertainment we deserve, but not the one we need right now?
October, 2019
It is not in Australia’s national interest to become involved in Trump’s vendettas
Issues & Policies
March, 2020
How Denmark is bidding farewell to fossil fuels – an extract
December, 2019
Our current aged-care system makes it difficult to deliver care in its truest sense
November, 2019
Time will tell if the Westpac scandal delivers the reset our corporate culture needs
April, 2019
A fresh canvas for Indigenous politics
The Uluru statement is headed for referendum
April, 2019
The government’s appeal to self-interest groups
The Liberal Party has little left but pitches to the hip pocket
March, 2019
The parable of Lyle Shelton and Dianne Thorley
When Christianity, climate change and drought collided in Toowoomba