Politics
JOHN SCHUMANN: Dear Democrats, if you don’t fight, you lose

In the face of President Trump’s rising authoritarianism, the Democrats are dithering and ...  
Forty years after the Rainbow Warrior, justice still waits

As France rebrands itself as a climate and ocean leader, Pacific civil society reminds the world ...  
NBN in Australia: Speeding ahead, but the system still lags behind

While average speeds are improving, Australia’s broadband future still hinges on resolving ...  
Sorting through the economic debate — Australia is well placed

While Australia’s economy faces short-term pressures, its structural strength remains a solid ...  
Slashing support: How the NDIS is leaving the most vulnerable behind

As funding cuts take hold, the NDIS is drifting further from its founding promise, leaving those ...  
Australia’s AI push needs more questions, fewer promises

As government and industry sprint toward an AI-powered future, it's the unanswered questions, not ...  
Denmark’s economy leads the world as Australia advances and USA declines

The Independent Australia ranking on economic management (IAREM) for 2025 affirms progressive ...  
Australian CEO pay scandal averted by PR spin and media churnalism

While CEO salaries in Australia soar to $39.5m, the media normalises our country's economic ineq ...  
How the ‘end of history’ illusion is holding us back

A persistent cognitive bias is limiting our politics, our potential and our progress, all because ...  
Republic debate sparks push for local power reform

A growing chorus is calling for Australia’s republic conversation to focus less on symbolism and ...  
Systemic cruelty against First Nations children not confined to history

With states jostling to prove their tough-on-crime credentials by introducing racist laws, will ...  
Trump’s war on the press paints journalists as spies

Trump once praised WikiLeaks, now he's hinting at using the same law that jailed Julian Assa ...  
Bob Vylan villainised at Glastonbury: The price of free speech

Bob Vylan's Glastonbury chant raises hard questions about where to draw the line between free spee ...  
Sussan Ley’s real opposition is her own party

Just one month into the job, Sussan Ley’s biggest battle isn’t with Labor, but with the ...  
How Israel’s allies hijacked U.S. democracy

Pro-Israel donors poured unprecedented sums into the 2024 Presidential Election, distorting U.S. ...  
Trump's war on the ICC goes digital with Microsoft as an ally

When Microsoft locked an ICC prosecutor out of their email, it proved just how easily U.S. power ...  
Gaza's destruction continues, but so does the silence

The terror in Gaza is no ordinary humanitarian crisis, as the product of an ongoing, one-sided ...  
Normalising Trump is killing the media's credibility

Mainstream news media are failing to defend American democracy by constantly working to normalise ...  

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