Governance system reform should start now

14 Nov 2025 | The failed Voice Referendum was a fatal demonstration of the adversarial nature of our two-party ...  

Institute of Public Affairs continues to mislead on immigration levels

14 Nov 2025 | Murdoch media and the IPA are again distorting migration data to fuel anti-immigration fearmong ...  

OECD sounds alarm on Australia’s innovation paralysis

12 Nov 2025 | A new OECD report warns that without coherent strategy and collaboration, Australia’s tech ...  

JEFF MCMULLEN: The boy with no eyes — the dangers of a new nuclear arms race

11 Nov 2025 | Trump’s reckless nuclear testing threats risk reigniting an arms race and repeating the horrors ...  

How rising house prices can help the economy

11 Nov 2025 | Rising house prices may sting homebuyers, but the Reserve Bank’s latest research shows they ...  

Congressional Budget Office estimates of deportations will make Trump angry

10 Nov 2025 | The CBO’s latest projections expose the gap between Trump’s tough talk on deportations and the ...  

Australia’s economy shines in a world of deepening gloom

10 Nov 2025 | The numbers confirm Australia’s economy is responding to global conditions better than most.  

UN warns extreme heat will become more frequent, intense and widespread

8 Nov 2025 | Destabilised food systems, school closures, heatstroke, disease — millions in our region are ...  

Australia's 'Young Rich List' is one more unneeded celebration of the elite

8 Nov 2025 | While most young people are doing it tough, the richest among them have increased their wealth by ...  

Unlike Australia, Canada continues to implement its long-term immigration plan

7 Nov 2025 | Canada’s steady approach to immigration reform shows that long-term planning, not ad hoc reac ...  

Malcolm Fraser and governing after The Dismissal

7 Nov 2025 | Malcolm Fraser’s legacy is one of contradictions — the conservative reformer who came to power ...