Politics
Trump’s shutdown reveals myth of small government

The latest U.S. Government shutdown underscores how calls for “small government” are less ...  
Journalists taking Trump at face value are too gullible for words

Gullible journalism helped Trump turn Project 2025 into a living nightmare for America.  
Forum reveals widening divide over housing strategy and affordability targets

A packed forum debating the Inner West’s Fairer Future Plan laid bare the growing policy divide ...  
Trump’s legacy: Division, denial and a climate in crisis

As Trumpism spreads and the climate crisis worsens, the cost of denial, greed and inaction grows ...  
If Australians want nice things, try shunning the destructive newsrooms

The latest economic update strongly endorses Labor and repudiates the media-backed Coalition.  
Australia’s “mass migration” myth: The real story is mass deportation

Australia isn’t facing mass migration — it’s enforcing mass deportations, allowing Section ...  
A former neo-Nazi won't help the ABC play catch-up on white nationalism

Jeff Schoep led America’s biggest neo-Nazi group — now he sells himself as a “former extr ...  
Oligarchy of oafs: Australia’s broken university governance

Australia’s universities have become playgrounds for overpaid executives and inept governance ...  
The racism we refuse to see: Australia’s silence on Papua New Guinea

Australia’s token gestures of reconciliation ring hollow while Papua New Guinea, our closest ...  
Canberra’s $1.6B AUKUS gamble risks destabilising the Indo-Pacific

Australia’s escalating $1.6 billion AUKUS spend promises nuclear submarines but threatens to ...  
Trump, Hitler and acquiescing to murderous regimes

Managing editor Michelle Pini discusses Donald Trump's burgeoning dictatorship and what Aust ...  
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EDITORIAL: Trump, Hitler and acquiescing to murderous regimes

Imagine if Austrian Chancellor Dr Kurt von Schuschnigg had not gone to Germany to meet with Hitler ...  
Selective empathy and the weaponisation of trauma

'Nothing prepared me for being accused of causing harm by wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh at a quee ...  
Government report provides a strong basis for immigration reform

Australia’s student visa system is feeding permanent migration at double the rate Treasury ...  
Trump is a fascist: We are the resistance

American politics took another dark turn this week. U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a ...  
Social media ban sparks deadly unrest and leadership shake-up in Nepal

A sweeping social media ban ignited mass youth protests in Nepal, leaving dozens dead, thousands ...  
The new authoritarianism: AI turns convenience into control

From Facebook’s data scandal to AI-driven surveillance, technology is reshaping democracy by ...  
Fighting Australia’s complicity in genocide — we’ve been here before

When governments refuse to act, it has always fallen to workers and communities to halt Austral ...  

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