Politics
Suggested Cabinet submission for 2026-27 migration and humanitarian program

The Albanese Government is about to consider a cabinet submission on the 26-27 migration program. ...  
Should the ABC be privatised? A modest (re-e)valuation

ABC staff walked off the job last week and the public broadcaster instantly switched to BBC pr ...  
Australian wildlife cruelty is out of control

Horrific, sadistic wildlife cruelty is out of control in Victoria, New South Wales and South ...  
American war strategy and the need for independence

America's increasingly flaky military strategy under successive regimes stresses the importance ...  
Here we Joh again! Queensland’s new speech bans and police powers

Last month, Queensland's draconian antisemitism bill became law and within hours, the first arre ...  
Medical misogyny and endometriosis: Beyond the Simon Gordon scandal

Dr Simon Gordon's alleged victims may have been preyed upon by an unscrupulous practitioner, but ...  
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EDITORIAL: Medical misogyny and endometriosis: Beyond the Simon Gordon scandal

A recent Four Corners exposé featured a prominent Melbourne surgeon whose alleged sickening ...  
U.S. Civil War II — or Australian Independence Day?

If it isn't time for America to revolt against its revolting leaders, it's time for Australia ...  
Why the Liberals lost so badly in South Australia to Labor — and One Nation

Why were the Liberals in South Australia so thoroughly demolished by Labor – and also One ...  
What UK Labour's downfall means for Australia

The lesson from London is not that Albanese is Starmer. It is that a large mandate without a clear ...  
Grow up or blow up: Humanity's final exam

For centuries, thinkers and philosophers have issued a consistent, chilling warning: the tools of ...  
Stiff penalties for workplace deaths are doing their job

Controversial initiatives to curb worker fatalities appear to be effective. Alan Austin reports ...  
Petrol: Now you see it, now you don’t

In the wake of the conflict in and around Iran, there is talk of introducing petrol rationing in ...  
An American fairytale: Donald J, the man who thought he could work miracles

In 1936, a year in which Hitler’s Nazi party was consolidating power in Germany,  British film ...  
The hardening of youth in Israel’s nationalist enclave

As a Jewish Australian who spent considerable time in Israel, I noticed, decades ago, something ...  
Capital Gains Tax reform could spell the end of neoliberal Australia

Australia’s debate around tax reform challenges a system that has driven inequality and locked ...  
The tyranny of distance and the Australian oil crisis

Distance is the primary factor affecting Australia in the current oil crisis.  
Why Pauline Hanson's One Nation will never win government

Don't believe the News Corp bots, Pauline Hanson's One Nation failed dismally in South Australia ...