Commission Only: How To Launch A Major Inquiry, Then Ignore Its Findings
Royal Commissions in Australia are increasingly common, very expensive and, despite their importance, frequently ignored.…More
Browsing: Australian Politics
The Climate Is Heating, The Economy Is Cooling. The Jobless Are Obviously To Blame
Scott Morrison’s war on welfare is all about distracting us from climate chaos and a…More
CPAC & The High Court: Fighting For Australia’s Future?
As the basic freedoms of all Australians are whittled away, conservatives met to chant ‘send…More
Greens To Formally Apologise Over Buckingham Sexual Assault Saga, But Secret Internal Report Still Hangs Over Party’s Head
Ella Buckland, the woman at the centre of sexual assault allegations that ended the political…More
Labor Now A Party Of Capitulation And Parliamentary Irrelevance
These are dark days for the Australian left, writes Ben Eltham. Anyone who thinks that…More
Thanks, Bob Brown, You Helped Labor Lose The Unloseable Election
Queenslanders don’t like being told how to vote, and even less how to think, writes…More
The Real Tragedy Will Be If Labor Retreats To Its Short-Sighted, Racist Past
If you forget history, you’re condemned to repeat it and on that front, David Heslin…More
For the Sake of Australian Democracy, Resist The ‘Messiah From The Shire’
We need to keep religion out of politics, and defeatism out of political loss. Carl…More
A Green Insider’s Perspective: Lessons From An Election Campaign
Greens local councillor from Brisbane Jonathan Sri delivers a post mortem on the party’s federal…More
It Was Never An Unloseable Election For Labor, But Still…?!?!
Ben Eltham wraps up an extraordinary election campaign, and an even more extraordinary result. Hands…More
