Barnaby Joyce discovers the political power of pinkwashing

19 Aug 2026 | Sexuality does not confer political virtue any more than ethnicity or faith does.  

The kids are alright — it's the One Nation Adults who are a concern

18 Aug 2026 | From Vietnam to today’s anti-Hanson rallies, young Australians have a proud history of speaking ...  

AUKUS offers Australia a nuclear solution to climate change

17 Aug 2026 | Australia’s embrace of AUKUS exposes the absurdity of prioritising militarisation while the far ...  

The Census became a target for Australia's trust crisis

13 Aug 2026 | The 2026 Census has become a lightning rod for conspiracy theories, but the real story is why so ...  

Robert F Kennedy Jr declares that individual liberties trump collective safety

12 Aug 2026 | What Kennedy is proposing is something different: a hierarchy where rights always win, regardless ...  

Trump’s man in Canberra brings God, markets and AUKUS

11 Aug 2026 | Trump’s new ambassador brings his evangelical faith, free-market creed and unwavering support ...  

Forty-three years after Hawke, Australia needs a new economic debate

7 Aug 2026 | More than four decades after the Hawke-Keating Accord reshaped Australia's economy, it's time for ...  

Ed Husic doesn’t give a shit; William Blake might

6 Aug 2026 | Ed Husic's blunt outburst says more about Labor's political paralysis than party discipline, th ...  

It's Right to say a decency deficit is poisoning democracy

4 Aug 2026 | Political dysfunction is not a “both sides” problem; it is the result of a right-wing culture ...  

The debate Australia's two-party system won't allow

3 Aug 2026 | Australia's adversarial two-party system is stifling democratic reform, making the case for prop ...  

The world's conflicts should not divide Australians

1 Aug 2026 | In an increasingly divided world, protecting social cohesion is one of the most important inves ...  

Media bamboozled by big claims miss the real story

29 Jul 2026 | Media need to do their homework and challenge big claims — our democracy depends on it.  

Middle powers must step up where Trump won't

23 Jul 2026 | As Trump retreats from global leadership, middle powers have an opportunity and a responsibility ...  

How the USA and Israel compare on the spectrum of fascism

23 Jul 2026 | The USA and Israel are assessed against ten defining characteristics of fascism, revealing dist ...  

Close Pine Gap protesters challenge Australia's U.S. alliance

22 Jul 2026 | Protesters are renewing calls to close Pine Gap as criticism grows over the secretive facility' ...