December, 2020
Politics / Australian Defence Force
Why are we more outraged by cheating cricketers than alleged war crimes in Afghanistan?
Politics
December, 2020
Politics / International politics
Australia and New Zealand have distinct approaches to foreign policy, especially when it comes to China
December, 2020
Politics / Issues and policies
Flagrant conflicts of interest abound at the top
November, 2020
And now for something completely indifferent
Culture / Art / Politics / Federal politics / Society / COVID-19 / Economics
The Morrison government is yet to fully realise that sidelining the arts hurts the economy
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On Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party
➋ The Devil and Scott Morrison
What do we know about the prime minister’s Pentecostalism?
Scott Morrison is good at promising but not at delivering
➍ Taking sides over ‘Dark Emu’
How the history wars avoid debate and reason
Federal Politics
November, 2020
Robodebt: How did it come to this?
A retrospective of one of Australia’s most disastrous policies
November, 2020
Until the bonk ban, Canberra culture dictated that what happened in the bubble stayed in the bubble
November, 2020
Action on climate change is ramping up everywhere, except in Scott Morrison’s government
October, 2020
Newspoll delivers an unwanted result for the Murdoch media
October, 2020
Scott Morrison wants to launch Mathias Cormann onto the global stage
October, 2020
What if Frydenberg had actually created a budget for the times?
International Politics
November, 2020
A vision of America in November 2021
November, 2020
Despite Joe Biden’s historic win, the damage done by the Trump presidency will be hard to snuff out
October, 2020
The dissident Indonesian lawyer charged for tweeting about Papuan activism
August, 2020
Australia’s assumption that China will give up its Pacific rivalry with the US is dangerously misguided
June, 2020
Australia’s G7 invitation is a big opportunity, but Morrison should not play Trump’s protégé
April, 2020
How the spread of the virus revealed our leaders to us
Issues & Policies
October, 2020
Despite a widely supported petition, the government is too scared to take on the Murdoch empire
October, 2020
The pioneering politician was more than a feminist icon
September, 2020
Case studies of systemic failure in Victoria’s fight against coronavirus
September, 2020
So what is MMT and why should you care?
September, 2020
How climate politics is fracturing Australia’s party system
September, 2020
How Google and Facebook created the opportunity for NewsCorp’s latest coup attempt