Four-year federal terms: a referendum that is positive, logical and winnable

29 Aug 2026 | A Referendum on four-year terms is likely to succeed and should benefit Australian politics ...  

Australia risks being left behind by a changing world order

28 Aug 2026 | Australia’s dependence on the U.S. risks undermining its sovereignty and security as the global ...  

McBride and Duggan expose the human cost of Australia’s security state

25 Aug 2026 | David McBride’s release and Dan Duggan’s extradition battle expose the human cost of Austra ...  

Ukrainian activist found guilty of high treason in political "show trial"

22 Aug 2026 | Bogdan Syrotiuk was found guilty of high treason — the evidence presented at his "trial" w ...  

Far-Right secretive political group Advance appears at election inquiry

22 Aug 2026 | Far-Right Advance "stacked" with Liberal Party operatives and backed by billionaires.  

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 ...