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When America raises the bill, Australia pays the price

As Washington demands unprecedented military spending from its allies, Australia faces a stark ...  
The regional visa dilemma facing Pauline Hanson

Pauline Hanson's biggest problem is that regional Australia depends on the migration she oppo ...  
Slow violence in the Kimberley’s forgotten prison

Year after year, Broome Prison remains overcrowded, degrading and overwhelmingly Indigenous — ...  
Australia’s social cohesion troubles can be resolved by addressing inequality

Australia’s fraying social fabric isn’t being torn apart by culture wars or extremism alone ...  
Australia’s growing tolerance for racism a threat to democracy

As racism shifts from the fringe to the mainstream, Australia’s social cohesion and democratic ...  
Scott Morrison’s holy war: Preaching politics in Israel

In Jerusalem, Scott Morrison blended faith, fear and foreign policy into a sermon that excused ...  
Australia’s whistleblower laws protect the state, not the truth

From Bernard Collaery to David McBride, the evidence shows Australia’s whistleblower framework ...  
Efforts to house all Australians make slow but steady progress

The latest official data confirms that poverty and homelessness are gradually easing.  
The first heat of the year and we are already breaking records

Climate collapse isn’t coming — it’s already here and Australia is burning faster than ...  
Australia’s inequality isn’t an accident, it’s policy

Inequality keeps growing in Australia because we play by one rule — don't upset the rich. ...  
The poisoned word: How Palestine solidarity is branded as antisemitism

Why is support for Palestine so often seen as “antisemitism”? And why so few mentions of ...  
Antisemitism or accountability? Drawing the line without erasing free speech

As Australia tightens hate-speech laws, a flawed definition of antisemitism risks being weaponised ...  
Australia Day 2026 violently exposes deep national divisions

If the aim of Australia Day is to promote national unity and social cohesion, writes Dave Donovan ...  
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EDITORIAL: Australia Day 2026 violently displayed the deep divisions in our nation

There’s an old saw about tourists in Ireland pulling up to the side of the road to ask a local ...  
Trump's war on international justice

When the U.S. sanctions international judges to shield Israel, power decides who is accountable ...  
U.S. economic dominance: Why we must break free

Australia is rich in resources but poor in outcomes because our biggest industries are owned by ...  
Beyond reform: South Azerbaijan’s case for political agency

Decades of exclusion and environmental collapse have pushed South Azerbaijan beyond reform and ...  
Critical minerals, critical failures: Victoria sacrificing farms, water and public money

Victoria’s rush for critical minerals is leaving poisoned land, gutted regulators and taxpayers ...  
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