Capitalism's unrestrained access to political influence, land and labour is starting to cannibalise the very consumer market it requires to exist. read now...
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As he gave the 2025 Lowy Lecture on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall on 4 November 2025, spy boss Mike Burgess warned the nation is facing unprecedented foreign threats, and, in terms of the enemy within, or the fifth column, the ASIO director general considers that local chapters of global Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir warrant broader scrutiny, ...
Laws, bans and politicians have done nothing to thwart the rise of organised white supremacy in Australia. read now...
On Thursday, the Liberals reversed their commitment to net zero by 2050. While it’s impossible to predict precisely what this decision means for climate action in Australia, the policies and laws already in place suggest momentum will continue. There’s no question the climate policies of opposition parties matter –
Alexander Sinn/UnsplashAustralia’s regulator has suspended use of a common pesticide used on blueberries, raspberries and blackberries known as dimethoate. But this year-long suspension isn’t due to any new information about the pesticide itself. Rather, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) says it’s because we’re eating ...
The failed Voice Referendum was a fatal demonstration of the adversarial nature of our two-party electoral system. read now...
Former Prince Andrew’s scandals highlight a monarchy losing relevance — and an Australia ready to move on. read now...
Donald Trump always demands public adulation, and he probably feels that it should be peaking now. He’s realised such long-time conservative dreams as damaging America’s social safety net and cementing a grossly unequal tax code. He’s bombed Iran with no immediate repercussions, even if it was more of a glancing
Natalia Alkema/GettyMultiple schools and early learning centres in the Australian Capital Territory have shut on Friday after asbestos was found in coloured sand used for children’s art and sensory play. At least one school in Brisbane has also closed due to potential exposure. On Thursday, WorkSafe ACT issued a contamination
Drusilla Modjeska’s new book A Woman’s Eye, Her Art opens with a young German woman screaming “Let it be. There is no other way” at her mother from an omnibus. It is 1899, and the woman is Paula Becker (later Paula Modersohn-Becker), the book’s inspiration and the focus of the
A year after the 2023 census, changes were already taking place in New Zealand’s population that meant the data was in danger of being superseded. Fertility was continuing to decline, the number of immigrants arriving was beginning to climb, there was an exodus of New Zealand citizens, Māori made
Andy PhillipsonThe Australian premiere of Circa’s Wolf at Brisbane’s Queensland Performing Arts Centre was a breath-holding whirlwind of primal excitement. In two 40-minute acts, Director Yaron Lifschitz took us on a journey of savagery, survival and togetherness. Circa is an edgy contemporary circus company that offers audiences a boost of
Capitalism's unrestrained access to political influence, land and labour is starting to cannibalise the very consumer market it requires to exist. read now...
As he gave the 2025 Lowy Lecture on Gadigal land at Sydney Town Hall on 4 November 2025, spy boss Mike Burgess warned the nation is facing unprecedented foreign threats, and, in terms of the enemy within, or the fifth column, the ASIO director general considers that local chapters of global Islamic organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir warrant broader scrutiny, ...
Laws, bans and politicians have done nothing to thwart the rise of organised white supremacy in Australia. read now...
On Thursday, the Liberals reversed their commitment to net zero by 2050. While it’s impossible to predict precisely what this decision means for climate action in Australia, the policies and laws already in place suggest momentum will continue. There’s no question the climate policies of opposition parties matter –
Alexander Sinn/UnsplashAustralia’s regulator has suspended use of a common pesticide used on blueberries, raspberries and blackberries known as dimethoate. But this year-long suspension isn’t due to any new information about the pesticide itself. Rather, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) says it’s because we’re eating ...
The failed Voice Referendum was a fatal demonstration of the adversarial nature of our two-party electoral system. read now...
Former Prince Andrew’s scandals highlight a monarchy losing relevance — and an Australia ready to move on. read now...
Donald Trump always demands public adulation, and he probably feels that it should be peaking now. He’s realised such long-time conservative dreams as damaging America’s social safety net and cementing a grossly unequal tax code. He’s bombed Iran with no immediate repercussions, even if it was more of a glancing
Natalia Alkema/GettyMultiple schools and early learning centres in the Australian Capital Territory have shut on Friday after asbestos was found in coloured sand used for children’s art and sensory play. At least one school in Brisbane has also closed due to potential exposure. On Thursday, WorkSafe ACT issued a contamination
Drusilla Modjeska’s new book A Woman’s Eye, Her Art opens with a young German woman screaming “Let it be. There is no other way” at her mother from an omnibus. It is 1899, and the woman is Paula Becker (later Paula Modersohn-Becker), the book’s inspiration and the focus of the
A year after the 2023 census, changes were already taking place in New Zealand’s population that meant the data was in danger of being superseded. Fertility was continuing to decline, the number of immigrants arriving was beginning to climb, there was an exodus of New Zealand citizens, Māori made
Andy PhillipsonThe Australian premiere of Circa’s Wolf at Brisbane’s Queensland Performing Arts Centre was a breath-holding whirlwind of primal excitement. In two 40-minute acts, Director Yaron Lifschitz took us on a journey of savagery, survival and togetherness. Circa is an edgy contemporary circus company that offers audiences a boost of