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High Court decision a game-changer for Australia on eve of COP31

The High Court’s ruling against the Hunter Valley mine’s expansion is a significant moment for ...  
No easy solution to Australia's rural and remote connectivity problem

A vast continent like Australia requires a mix of remote and regional connectivity solutions to ...  
Time to unfurl a new Australian flag for Brisbane 2032

With Brisbane 2032 on the horizon, Australia has a golden opportunity to ditch its colonial-era ...  
Tackling loneliness: Leadership needed from Federal Government

Australia needs a Federal Minister for Loneliness and Social Connection to provide leadership on ...  
Angus Taylor's culture wars won't save the Coalition

Angus Taylor harping on about wokeness and culture war politics could drive more voters to One ...  
Democracy begins before the ballot box

Australia’s elections give voters real choice, but democracy remains incomplete when political ...  
David Shoebridge brings a fighting edge to the Greens

David Shoebridge’s rise to the Greens leadership offers a chance to challenge Labor from the ...  
Australia’s demographic future demands a rethink

Australia must confront falling fertility, an ageing population and growing skills shortages with ...  
Organised misogyny radicalisation becoming national security issue

Today's boys are being fed entitlement and grievance — women are cast as the enemy who took some ...  
Democracy must be measured by more than elections

China, India, the United States and Australia reveal why democracy must be judged not only by ...  
One Nation's jittery demagoguery leads immigration policy

Bidding wars and nonsense targets are the focus of immigration policy in Canberra, with the ...  
Press freedom under attack from algorithms and cruel clickbait questions

Press freedom is under attack from algorithms and journalists trying to wound rather than infor ...  
Triple Zero: Band-Aid solutions won't deliver structural reform

Commonwealth considering establishing statutory authority to take responsibility for the Emergency ...  
Democracy and putting power back in public hands

David Higginbottom examines who really holds power in Australia and how democratic institutions ...  
Trump dinner reject Tate's foul-mouthed tirade a Towering charade

Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate fails to produce evidence of his Mar-a-Lago dinner after being brutally ...  
The Labor paradox: Too progressive, not progressive enough

Labor governments face criticism from both sides, but progress requires compromise, consensus and ...  
Pauline Hanson’s ABC paywall threatens our shared culture

Pauline Hanson’s plan to put the ABC behind a paywall threatens decades of shared Australian ...  
Australia’s political leaders are failing democracy

Australia’s political leaders continue to put self-interest and political expediency ahead of ...  
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