June 24, 2020
At what cost
Society
University fees have never functioned as a price signal in the way the government is anticipating
Russell Marks
By this author
May 27, 2020
COVID-19 versus human rights
Society
The virus is the latest excuse for governments to slash and burn the individual rights of prisoners
June 10, 2020
Do black lives matter to the PM?
Politics
How serious is the Morrison government about stopping Indigenous deaths in custody?
June 1, 2020
Wage deals on wheels
Society
Delivering your dinner for half the minimum wage
May 13, 2020
Economic fantasy fiction
Politics
Australia’s future is looking increasingly dystopian thanks to our governments’ continuing affair with neoliberal theory
April 29, 2020
Trust me this time
Politics
Forgive us our cynicism when it comes to the COVIDSafe app – Australian governments have been downright untrustworthy for a long time
April 22, 2020
Coronanomics
Politics
COVID-19 is shaking conservatives’ commitment to the neoliberal creed
April 2, 2020
Northern exposure
Politics
COVID-19 is turning Indigenous communities into a tinderbox
March 18, 2020
Viral panic
Politics
On responding effectively to COVID-19 amid a deluge of conflicting information, and with a government we increasingly distrust
March 4, 2020
Legal fictions
Society
How the High Court’s “alien” ruling inches us closer to addressing the facts that matter
March 1, 2020
All watched over
Society
How far away is mass surveillance when Australian governments are linking CCTV cameras to facial-recognition technology and providing photo IDs to a nationwide system known as ‘the Capability’?
February 19, 2020
The fraught politics of Fire Fight Australia
Politics
The imperatives of commercial media mean that the bushfire crisis is unlikely to be a tipping point for denialism
February 5, 2020
Taking sides over ‘Dark Emu’
Politics
How the history wars avoid debate and reason