Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways. As a Labor leader, his views are a mix of the extremely tough and the very empathetic and compassionate. His handling of the antisemitism crisis illustrates the point. Also, Minns usually speaks his
Until recently, pollsters in Australia haven’t had a lot to complain about. True, sampling isn’t what it used to be. When polling was conducted face to face, and sampling points drawn from the electoral roll gave almost every voter an equal chance of being interviewed — indeed, even after polling
A closer look at One Nation’s immigration platform reveals policy confusion, borrowed Trumpian slogans and proposals that collapse under basic scrutiny. read now...
An event for public sector data professionals Expectations of government continue to rise. Delivering seamless services, strengthening transparency and maintaining public trust all depend on secure, well-governed data. Join data, analytics and AI leaders from across the APS at Data for Breakfast Canberra for a morning focused on advancing whole-of-government
Pia Johnson/Melbourne Theatre CompanyIn the shadow of Franz Kafka’s visionary dystopian fiction, the faceless, hierarchical machinery of bureaucracy has long served as a symbol of quiet, grinding despair. Kafka’s institutions are at once impenetrable and absurd, systems that trap individuals in a perpetual tension between resignation and the faint, flickering
On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week. Rainfall records are likely to topple across inland areas, as rains of 150–300mm are predicted
Many future-oriented government initiatives fail for very obvious reasons. Much of this work usually lives in a single unit and produces interesting outputs, but is not connected to any policy cycles. Often, it is also highly dependent on a few champions and is not built on an internal skills base,
Alex Potemkin/Getty ImagesIf you live with pelvic pain, period pain, sex or bowel symptoms, you may have been told you could have endometriosis, and that surgery is the “gold standard” for diagnosis and treatment. But over the past few weeks, questions have been raised about whether surgery is actually
Vitaly Gariev/UnsplashIt’s nighttime and you’re exhausted. But the hotel bed feels wrong. The mini fridge won’t stop making that low, irritating hum. The power outlet lights feel brighter than the sun. Outside, random car honks and noises make sleep feel like a distant possibility. Many of us struggle to sleep
Local pro-Palestinians gathered on Gadigal land in Hyde Park on Sunday, 22 February 2026, to march through the Sydney CBD. The constituents were in the park to express their grievances about a 29-month-long mass murder and starvation program against the Palestinians of Gaza. And this was the first such mobilisation since the New South Wales police ...
David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty ImagesA baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan provided Punch with an orangutan plushie as a
Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways. As a Labor leader, his views are a mix of the extremely tough and the very empathetic and compassionate. His handling of the antisemitism crisis illustrates the point. Also, Minns usually speaks his
Until recently, pollsters in Australia haven’t had a lot to complain about. True, sampling isn’t what it used to be. When polling was conducted face to face, and sampling points drawn from the electoral roll gave almost every voter an equal chance of being interviewed — indeed, even after polling
A closer look at One Nation’s immigration platform reveals policy confusion, borrowed Trumpian slogans and proposals that collapse under basic scrutiny. read now...
An event for public sector data professionals Expectations of government continue to rise. Delivering seamless services, strengthening transparency and maintaining public trust all depend on secure, well-governed data. Join data, analytics and AI leaders from across the APS at Data for Breakfast Canberra for a morning focused on advancing whole-of-government
Pia Johnson/Melbourne Theatre CompanyIn the shadow of Franz Kafka’s visionary dystopian fiction, the faceless, hierarchical machinery of bureaucracy has long served as a symbol of quiet, grinding despair. Kafka’s institutions are at once impenetrable and absurd, systems that trap individuals in a perpetual tension between resignation and the faint, flickering
On average, Australia’s driest town, Oodnadatta, gets just 172mm of rain a year. But the small town in inland South Australia is likely to get two years’ worth of rain in a single week. Rainfall records are likely to topple across inland areas, as rains of 150–300mm are predicted
Many future-oriented government initiatives fail for very obvious reasons. Much of this work usually lives in a single unit and produces interesting outputs, but is not connected to any policy cycles. Often, it is also highly dependent on a few champions and is not built on an internal skills base,
Alex Potemkin/Getty ImagesIf you live with pelvic pain, period pain, sex or bowel symptoms, you may have been told you could have endometriosis, and that surgery is the “gold standard” for diagnosis and treatment. But over the past few weeks, questions have been raised about whether surgery is actually
Vitaly Gariev/UnsplashIt’s nighttime and you’re exhausted. But the hotel bed feels wrong. The mini fridge won’t stop making that low, irritating hum. The power outlet lights feel brighter than the sun. Outside, random car honks and noises make sleep feel like a distant possibility. Many of us struggle to sleep
Local pro-Palestinians gathered on Gadigal land in Hyde Park on Sunday, 22 February 2026, to march through the Sydney CBD. The constituents were in the park to express their grievances about a 29-month-long mass murder and starvation program against the Palestinians of Gaza. And this was the first such mobilisation since the New South Wales police ...
David Mareuil/Anadolu via Getty ImagesA baby macaque monkey named Punch has gone viral for his heart-wrenching pursuit of companionship. After being abandoned by his mother and rejected by the rest of his troop, his zookeepers at Ichikawa City Zoo in Japan provided Punch with an orangutan plushie as a
