Australia wants a seat at the UN but what would it stand for?
Australia wants a UN Security Council seat in 2029–30, but what would it do with that influence? Anthony Albanese promises to defend international law, yet his government has declined to join proposed...
25 Sep 25min
Labor is becoming what it once condemned
The Albanese Labor government came to office promising integrity, transparency and accountability, but four years later those standards are being tested by allegations of pork-barrelling, politically ...
18 Sep 23min
Macklemore, Mary Kostakidis and the red line on Palestine
Political power doesn’t always operate through governments or legislation – it can work through vexatious litigation, lobbying, money, professional pressure and the ability of influential organisation...
17 Sep 27min
Australia, Israel and the charade of Palestinian recognition
Almost a year after Australia recognised Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, what has actually changed? The Albanese government has imposed no meaningful sanctions on Israel, restricted n...
11 Sep 26min
The Liberal Party: Chasing One Nation to the edge of oblivion
One Nation may be slipping in the polls, but Pauline Hanson is still setting the direction of conservative politics in Australia – and Liberal leader Angus Taylor appears determined to follow her to t...
10 Sep 30min
A climate change disaster in Nepal is Australia’s problem too
The catastrophic Nepal–Tibet floods, triggered by a collapse of glacial ice and rock in the Himalayas, have killed more than 1,250 people and left thousands missing, exposing the escalating dangers of...
4 Sep 23min
Labor’s One Nation problem
One Nation's byelection win in Secret Harbour – an 18 per cent swing in a WA Labor seat held for 37 years – is a warning sign for the Albanese government, and branding Pauline Hanson “dangerous and di...
3 Sep 32min
