The presumption of innocence is a legal maxim that’s increasingly under threat, despite it being a founding principle of the rule of law. The most distinct threat to the concept right now appears in a piece of Albanese government legislation that seeks to provide various police forces with the ability to request the minister cut off social security ...
Alison Bechdel is famous for inventing the “Bechdel Test,” a sarcastic way of assessing whether a film is non-sexist — it must contain at least one scene in which two named women are shown together talking about something other than a man. A friend points out the aphorism embodies Bechdel’s
No matter how many times you see a leader being torn apart, the brutality of it is always shocking. In the latest assault on Sussan Ley, Victorian senator Sarah Henderson, a rightwinger and strong opponent of net zero, declared on Friday, “I do have to say, really honestly, I
Tuesday this week was a very good day for Democrats and a very bad day for both MAGA and the oligarchy. If I were a properly house-trained pundit, I would immediately follow that statement by throwing some shade at Democrats. But this was a blowout, pure and simple. Here are
While the Coalition was combusting over climate change and energy policy on Thursday, treasurer Jim Chalmers went to visit his alma mater, the Australian National University, to talk about opportunity. He’d been asked to address Crawford School alumni on the campus where he wrote his PhD on Paul Keating and
➡️ Click here to see how much gold 1 trillion dollars can buy in this interactive story Carl Rhodes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic
Canada’s steady approach to immigration reform shows that long-term planning, not ad hoc reactions, delivers stability even in uncertain times. read now...
Ketut Subiyanto/PexelsYour alarm goes off. Somehow you manage to get dressed, drag yourself to the gym, and start squatting. But why does it feel so hard? Your legs are heavy and the weight you lifted only a couple of days ago – in the afternoon – feels almost impossible. No,
As the COP30 global climate change conference begins in Brazil, we need greater focus on the impact of climate change on people’s human rights. By looking at climate change as a human rights issue, we can spur faster and more effective action to protect people from harm. The evidence on
Donald Trump’s net approval has slumped to its lowest this term as the United States government shutdown breaks the record for the longest shutdown. Democrats had big wins in state elections on Tuesday. I previously covered the ongoing US government shutdown on October 9, eight days into a shutdown that
The presumption of innocence is a legal maxim that’s increasingly under threat, despite it being a founding principle of the rule of law. The most distinct threat to the concept right now appears in a piece of Albanese government legislation that seeks to provide various police forces with the ability to request the minister cut off social security ...
Alison Bechdel is famous for inventing the “Bechdel Test,” a sarcastic way of assessing whether a film is non-sexist — it must contain at least one scene in which two named women are shown together talking about something other than a man. A friend points out the aphorism embodies Bechdel’s
No matter how many times you see a leader being torn apart, the brutality of it is always shocking. In the latest assault on Sussan Ley, Victorian senator Sarah Henderson, a rightwinger and strong opponent of net zero, declared on Friday, “I do have to say, really honestly, I
Tuesday this week was a very good day for Democrats and a very bad day for both MAGA and the oligarchy. If I were a properly house-trained pundit, I would immediately follow that statement by throwing some shade at Democrats. But this was a blowout, pure and simple. Here are
While the Coalition was combusting over climate change and energy policy on Thursday, treasurer Jim Chalmers went to visit his alma mater, the Australian National University, to talk about opportunity. He’d been asked to address Crawford School alumni on the campus where he wrote his PhD on Paul Keating and
➡️ Click here to see how much gold 1 trillion dollars can buy in this interactive story Carl Rhodes does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic
Canada’s steady approach to immigration reform shows that long-term planning, not ad hoc reactions, delivers stability even in uncertain times. read now...
Ketut Subiyanto/PexelsYour alarm goes off. Somehow you manage to get dressed, drag yourself to the gym, and start squatting. But why does it feel so hard? Your legs are heavy and the weight you lifted only a couple of days ago – in the afternoon – feels almost impossible. No,
As the COP30 global climate change conference begins in Brazil, we need greater focus on the impact of climate change on people’s human rights. By looking at climate change as a human rights issue, we can spur faster and more effective action to protect people from harm. The evidence on
Donald Trump’s net approval has slumped to its lowest this term as the United States government shutdown breaks the record for the longest shutdown. Democrats had big wins in state elections on Tuesday. I previously covered the ongoing US government shutdown on October 9, eight days into a shutdown that
