Manus Legal Challenge Is Bad News For Canberra
The difficult art of government has many challenges, and its practitioners know many failures. But…More
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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
Why Progressives Should Be Smiling
The convincing victory of Barack Obama last year was more than just good news for…More
No News From Manus
Since December, the Immigration department has increasingly censored refugees’ ability to communicate with the outside…More
Labor Will Regret Newstart Debacle
It was all, apparently, a mistake. Centrelink, the Australian Government’s vast benefits and pensions bureaucracy,…More
In Defence Of Compulsory Voting
You wouldn’t know from its current premier, but Queensland was the first state in Australia…More
The Real Hole In Labor's Economic Policy
When the Treasurer, just before Christmas, announced that a budget surplus this financial year was…More