Russell Marks

News Corp’s COVID coverage has been a health risk of its own

A primary school–aged child in court surely represents the ultimate failure of society, yet Australia won’t raise the age of criminal responsibility

On Kerr, the Palace Letters and the Crown’s silence

University fees have never functioned as a price signal in the way the government is anticipating

How serious is the Morrison government about stopping Indigenous deaths in custody?

The virus is the latest excuse for governments to slash and burn the individual rights of prisoners

Delivering your dinner for half the minimum wage

Australia’s future is looking increasingly dystopian thanks to our governments’ continuing affair with neoliberal theory

Forgive us our cynicism when it comes to the COVIDSafe app – Australian governments have been downright untrustworthy for a long time

COVID-19 is shaking conservatives’ commitment to the neoliberal creed

COVID-19 is turning Indigenous communities into a tinderbox

On responding effectively to COVID-19 amid a deluge of conflicting information, and with a government we increasingly distrust

How the High Court’s “alien” ruling inches us closer to addressing the facts that matter

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’?

The imperatives of commercial media mean that the bushfire crisis is unlikely to be a tipping point for denialism