Gillard Has Her Security Priorities Wrong
Australia has a new National Security Strategy. Entitled "Strong and Secure", the 58-page document sets…More
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Albo Can't Fix The Airport Jam
As speculation mounts that Wilton will be crossed off as a site for a second…More
The New Offence And Insult Regime
Back in 1973, Professor Fred Hollows and his medical team were travelling in outback New…More
NSW Up For Grabs In Electoral Shuffle
The upcoming NSW state redistribution demonstrates how the politics of New South Wales is shaped…More
What Labor Can Learn From Obama In 2013
This month's Newspoll boosted Labor's hopes about the next election. The commentators and Twitterati who…More
Manus Legal Challenge Is Bad News For Canberra
The difficult art of government has many challenges, and its practitioners know many failures. But…More
Why Adelaide Is On A Downer
Legend has it that the great blues guitarist Robert Johnson sold his soul to the…More
Migrants Don't Steal Jobs
In the past two decades, the way people migrate to Australia has undergone a profound…More
The Religious Right To Discriminate
The Federal Government is approaching the end of a long process in reforming anti-discrimination law,…More
Kids Facing Despair On Manus
Several days ago, a child asylum seeker on Manus Island wrote a letter in his…More