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Debate on housing and intergenerational equity is just beginning

Australia’s housing crisis cannot be solved without confronting the trade-offs between afford ...  
Arming for extinction: The climate cost of militarism

As global military spending surges to record levels, the climate cost of war and rearmament ...  
Stoking hate in the Sunshine State

Twenty-six people face possible gaol time for displaying or voicing words the Crisafulli Govern ...  
Why we have a housing crisis and why government cannot fix the problem

Australia's housing crisis is a violation of basic human rights and international law.  
Why is there so little diplomatic action on Chinese state-sponsored hacking?

Power politics, economic dependence and international law are blocking diplomatic action on ...  
Gaza flotilla exposes world’s selective attention to suffering

The Gaza flotilla drew global attention, but its activists delivered a stark message: the suffe ...  
Lucky for some: Australia’s per capita recession

Despite economic growth and rising profits, many Australians have experienced a decade of stagnant ...  
The more powerful you are, the more unaccountable in media

Media neutrality is enabling powerful figures to normalise racism while ordinary people face ...  
Why Angus Taylor’s migration cap doesn’t add up

The practical, legal and economic realities behind Labor, Coalition and One Nation migration ...  
The hypocrisy at the heart of the LNP’s migration rhetoric

The LNP’s mixed messaging on migration risks undermining its attempts to court multicultural ...  
Australia now has best-ever economy and worst-ever reporters

Coverage of the recent Federal Budget proves standards of economic reporting are at an all-time ...  
Chamberlain won the Battle of Britain — and saved Australia too?

What premium is Australia paying today, and for a capability that arrives – if it arrives – in ...  
The real assault on aspiration isn’t tax reform: It’s inequality

When aspiration pathways are blocked, the political rhetoric of aspiration becomes detached from ...  
The great Treasury fiction: Why public investment is rigged to fail

Treasury’s reliance on flawed market benchmarks is undermining long-term public investment.  
Feeding the rich, poor fed to wolves. Well done Angus!

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Opposition Leader Angus Taylor would seek to jump on the orange ...  
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EDITORIAL: Feeding the rich, poor fed to wolves. Well done Angus!

Perhaps it’s no surprise that Opposition Leader Angus Taylor would seek to jump on the orange ...  
The making of America's first dictator

As legal immunity expands and institutional safeguards erode, America edges ever closer to a ...  
Facts in, garbage out: Why the RBA needs functional finance

As cost-of-living pressures mount, critics argue Australia’s inflation response is worsening the ...  
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