Politics
Deal or no deal: Why is Brexit so hard?

Dr Martin Hirst discusses the pros and cons of the United Kingdom leaving the EU.  
Normalising Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison's bullying behaviour during interviews has become the accepted standard, but ...  
EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Helloworld and other informal corruption

A new disease, corruption anaesthesia, has afflicted the Australian political landscape.  
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EDITORIAL: Informal corruption

A new disease, corruption anaesthesia, has afflicted the Australian political landscape.  
Environmental protection is no simple matter

Complex legal terminology and ignorance by the mainstream media is making environmental protection ...  
The confected 'threat' of Venezuela: A war on democracy

'A war has been declared on Venezuela, of which the truth is "too difficult" to report.' ...  
Australia's three million forgotten voters

In Australia's poorest places, where mainstream politicians rarely tread, the Far Right is forming ...  
Tony Abbott and the climate change fandango

Does anyone believe that Tony Abbott’s latest change of stance on climate change is anything ...  
The Coalition 'refreshes'

"All governments refresh", the PM said a few weeks ago when three senior government ministers ...  
Is the Morrison Government corrupt?

Dr Martin Hirst reports on an alarming trend of secrecy, obfuscation and duplicity in federal ...  
Julie Bishop and the Liberal Party women

It was Julie Bishop’s farewell. She was Australia’s first female Foreign Minister but what ...  
A winner: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal

The Green New Deal offers a unique chance to stop the worst effects of climate change, writes Dr ...  
The illegal bugging of the Timor Leste Cabinet

Australians reading about secret trials in foreign countries tend to content themselves in the ...  
Why Bernie Sanders' age doesn't matter

Sanders’ age of 77 years shouldn’t deter U.S. voters from supporting him, writes Assistant ...  
GetUp launches Canberra election campaign

National activist group GetUp officially launched the Canberra leg of its election campaign ...  
PRESS GALLERY SKETCH: Why Julie Bishop isn't standing for re-election

After Question Time on Thursday, Julie Bishop advised the House she would not be standing for ...  
Wren's week: Paladin, Helloworld and other #ChumGate scams

The Paladin and Helloworld scandals are just the latest in a long line of Liberal Party cronyism ...  
Attorney-General's surprise move over legal loophole

Attorney-General Christian Porter revealed the discovery of a loophole in the Medevac Bill to the ...  
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