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AFR Rich List offers a scorecard of Australian inequality

The Rich List reveals a system that concentrates wealth and narrows the pathways to economic ...  
FLASHBACK 2019: Put Gun Nation last!

The dangers posed by political extremism, misinformation and vested interests continue to cast a ...  
One Nation's poll surge and the politics of prediction

Polls can capture a moment in time, but treating them as crystal balls risks turning political ...  
Australian flotilla survivors describe ordeal after Gaza mission

A humanitarian mission may have ended at the border, but for some Australian participants, the ...  
AFR-king what!? Mad money mag grovels to Gina, bootlicks billionaires and promotes plutocracy

‘Billionaire barons have every right to use their money to influence us’, pontificated the ...  
Why are state and federal governments driving the koala to extinction?

Koalas continue to suffer: Are we dealing with political environmental vandalism?  
AI is not just technology — it’s reshaping society in ways we don’t control

AI is transforming society: Will humanity shape that transformation or be shaped by it?  
The carbon capture con keeping fossil fuels alive

Mainstream media is eagerly repeating the public relations triumphs of fossil fuel giants, but the ...  
How individualism became civilisation's ingrown hair

Individualism didn't make us human. Cooperation did. And right now, we're letting that fact fest ...  
Housing affordability improves — get set for a deluge of new first home buyers

House prices are softening, incomes are rising and demand pressures are easing, creating the ...  
A party of Independents will only succeed if it is transparent

The success of any party of Independents will depend not on its branding, but on whether it can ...  
Royal Commission under fire for excluding Palestinian perspectives

The Royal Commission into Antisemitism has sparked debate over free speech, protest rights and the ...  
The glaring problems with Labor’s dreadful, appalling, terrible 2026 Budget

Few observers in Australia’s media have had a kind word for last month’s controversial Budg ...  
The ALP and its lack of authenticity

Labor cannot keep claiming to be the voice of labour if the people at the top have never really ...  
New Caledonia: Paris continues to obstruct decolonisation

New Caledonia is a test of whether France is prepared to apply the human rights principles it ...  
Paid agitator Avi Yemini's plan to harvest votes for One Nation

Legislative reform is needed when paid political agitators profit from the exploitation of demo ...  
What New Zealand can teach Australia about democracy

The Farrer by-election has exposed the cracks in Australia's two-party system and revived the case ...  
Independents now partying: Why a new party will likely be just another party

Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses the prospect of the Teal Independents forming a new ...  
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