Despite royal family’s scandals, Australia is unlikely to ditch monarchy

21 Oct 2021 | The royal family is facing its biggest crisis since the abdication of Edward VIII, as Prince ...  

Australian Republic Movement on track for reform

11 Jul 2021 | With Queen Elizabeth's reign nearing its end, the Australian Republic Movement is working on a new ...  

Prince Philip passes away, years after Australian knighting controversy

12 Apr 2021 | The death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh on 9 April 2021 at the age of 99 has brought ...  

Treasury knows: High levels of migration crucial to economic growth

1 Mar 2021 | Treasury's estimate of net overseas migration numbers lacks detail, meaning future economic growth ...  

The Apology was the start, not the end, of the reconciliation process

15 Feb 2021 | On 13 February 2008, then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made the first federal government apology ...  

Despite ‘irresponsible journalism of the worst kind’, Murdoch gets a gong

1 Feb 2021 | News Corp chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch was given a lifetime achievement award on Australia Day. ...  

Courting awards and dog whistles on White Australia Day

28 Jan 2021 | There is a reason the debate is still raging about January 26 and it may not be one that immed ...  

Australia exists for the rich and powerful — but that can change

23 Jan 2021 | Australia isn't for its people but for plutocrats: for the billionaires, the coal barons, the ...  

Wren's week: Australia must reckon with its ugly history

23 Jan 2021 | Next Tuesday is Australia Day, a vexed day on the calendar.  

Real political reform must follow a consultative, coherent process

16 Jan 2021 | David Muir argues the Federal Government must put an end to the ad hoc process, or lack of proc ...  

Selling Australia's offshore detention regime to the world

16 Dec 2020 | The term “offshore processing” suggests something industrial, mechanistic.   

Stuck overseas, Aussies struggle to come home

29 Nov 2020 | Australian citizens stranded overseas due to COVID-19 and flight caps, feel abandoned by the ...  

MUNGO MACCALLUM: Aussie anthem doesn't ring true for all

25 Nov 2020 | Our national anthem is back on the playlist and, as always, for the wrong reasons.  

Interstate rivalry costly in times of crisis

27 Sep 2020 | COVID-19 has brought into focus the century-old rivalry between the Commonwealth Government and ...  

'Twiggy' refuses to rule out destruction of Aboriginal sacred sites

23 Sep 2020 | There are mining companies and then there are mining companies.  

An Australian republic: Why it remains our best choice

20 Sep 2020 | Australia should persist in republicanism because it is our best chance to improve the lives of ...  

Recession: With recovery comes hidden risk

7 Sep 2020 | One of the less obvious dangers of Australia's recession is the role of vested interests in its ...  

Wattle Day for an inclusive Australia Day

1 Sep 2020 | Grassroots calls to move Australia Day to Wattle Day, mean our national day will no longer to be ...