Refuse Eric Trump a visa to visit Australia

New wind farms and big batteries are pushing South Australia closer to 100 per cent net renewables, while supplying major industry and driving billions of dollars in new investment.

Economic insecurity matters, but it cannot explain the populist challenge alone. Governments must also address migration, belonging and trust while delivering improvements in housing, services, fairne...

David Pocock’s Commonwealth Land (Affordable Housing) Bill would require affordable housing to be built into residential development on Commonwealth land. It deserves support because public land shoul...

Labor’s shift to the right has opened political space on its left. If the Greens seriously want to become an alternative party of government, they must take votes from Labor, professionalise and build...

Across Europe and the US, some of the loudest anti-immigration politicians have migrant roots, migrant spouses or family histories shaped by migration. The contradiction has done little to slow their ...

Australia is at a tipping point. Choosing the brave route – taxing gas and raising revenue – would also, in this case, be the right one.

The RBA has lifted rates to 4.6 per cent, concentrating much of the pain of fighting inflation on younger households with mortgages. A tighter budget could spread the burden more fairly, but serious s...

I spent a day in Parliament House last week. It was the day Immigration Minister Tony Burke was to make his long-delayed speech to the National Press Club on migration, and that issue hung heavy in th...

Energy ministers have agreed to develop a pathway for plug-in solar and batteries, technology that could extend the benefits of household renewables to people locked out of rooftop systems.

In the second of a two-part series, rebuilding trust requires more than competent economic management – Australians also need institutions that listen, include and respond.

A chapter in Helen Pitt’s 'Luna Park' revives claims that Neville Wran blocked a lease for personal reasons, but official tender records point elsewhere.

Financial stress is rising and life satisfaction is falling, but Australians’ discontent runs deeper than household budgets to growing distrust in politics and government.

Restoring home ownership requires substantially lower house prices – and for most existing homeowners, falling property values need not leave them materially worse off.

Mandate qualified teacher-librarians in schools!

One Nation’s rise reflects deeper economic insecurity, political alienation and distrust in institutions. Defeating it requires more than condemnation.

Super funds criticised One Nation's proposal to allow workers to take 25% of their super in their pay for three years. Is it good policy?

A UK national security assessment warns that ecosystem collapse threatens food, water, health and geopolitical stability – and that no country will escape the consequences.

Battery EVs took a record 24.9 per cent of Australia’s new-car market in August, outselling both petrol and diesel as electrified vehicles continued their rapid rise.

From an Australian point of view, more dangerous bulls--t is being propagated by our own common-and-garden politicians.

Australia’s anger over housing, inequality and living costs is real, but blaming migration risks fuelling the populist politics of fear and division.

Technology is building a colder world. Tech does not nurture relationships, it does not feel, and it does not care about people.

If Anthony Albanese wants Labor to remain in power for the long haul, it will need to offer more than competent management, says Jack Waterford.

The NDIS has introduced new powers to ban auditors and consultants after more than 200 providers were allegedly registered using false or misleading information. The case raises concerns about a syste...

It’s not radical to say that Labor and the Coalition agree on more than they disagree on these days. That’s neoliberalism in a nutshell – both parties are tied to protecting the market and capital.

China’s rise as the world’s leading electric vehicle producer offers an interesting case study in industrial policy. Its experience shows how competition between government agencies, local governments...

Australia’s productivity debate is overlooking the deeper economic problems created by decades of neoliberal policy.

New minimum standards will give food delivery workers an earnings floor, accident cover and clearer workplace protections. The changes also test years of warnings that regulating gig work would send d...

Australia’s increasingly segregated school system is weakening both educational equality and social cohesion. Breaking the policy deadlock may require giving citizens a greater role in shaping long-te...

A long-running subscription rip-off ended with refunds and a $10 million penalty. More importantly, it showed what government can achieve when it sides with consumers against corporate power.

Australia needs a migration policy based on workforce reality, not populist fear, racial resentment or a political race to match One Nation’s impossible promises.

As Australia ages, the care workforce will depend on better training, stronger retention and skilled migration – not a narrow debate about population or monoculture.

Former Irish president and UN human rights chief Mary Robinson says Israel’s annexation of Palestinian land is unfolding in plain sight, enabled by impunity and a lack of international political will.

For self-funded retirees, home electrification can cut energy bills, reduce exposure to petrol and gas prices, and add value to the home.

Haitian refugees being summoned to check-ins are being fitted with GPS monitors and sent home — making them easier to locate and round up for mass deportation later.

Labor’s promise to ease living costs and cut taxes may offer relief, but it avoids the deeper question of who owns, controls and profits from the systems making life insecure.

One Nation’s proposed visa cap and threat to deport students would devastate international education and risk tens of thousands of jobs.

South Africa’s transition from apartheid to multiracial democracy suggests that a single secular, non-racist state may offer a more hopeful future for Israel–Palestine than a fragmented two-state sett...

Weak growth, falling real wages and poor productivity are linked, and one way to force business to invest and improve efficiency may be to lift wages across the economy.

In an open letter in August 1998, four former prime ministers expressed their concern about the upsurge in racism at the time of the Howard Government and the coming election.

One Nation leader labels family violence leave ‘ridiculous’ and decries ‘woke’ support of women’s rights in November podcast

The government wants AI data centres to minimise water use and maximise energy efficiency, but those rules will mean little without public, facility-level measurement of their real impact.

The new national framework for AI is all about infrastructure. Where are the guardrails to protect citizens?

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has declared that domestic violence is “wrong, but it’s also a two-way street” in a radio interview.

Despite years of China-threat rhetoric, Australia’s trade, infrastructure and consumer markets remain deeply shaped by practical engagement with China.

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