This Explainer provides an overview of Net Overseas Migration, including how the data is collected, how it contributes to Australia’s population estimates, and what the figures do and do not measure. ...

The three key ingredients are now in place

Pedestrians are more likely to be killed by heavier cars – and even more so if the vehicle is taller, Australian-first research has found.

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Justice Robert Beech-Jones has accused the Samuel Griffith Society of a US-style attempt to stack the high court with conservatives, exposing a partisan rift in the process

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No Australian government could stack the High Court… could it? A judge’s speech prompts a look some worrying dates

So here we are again in another protracted leadership contest.

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Key issues The Australian welfare state is facing significant demographic, economic and political challenges, which are likely to require a reconsideration of the structure and fun...

<p>The 2025 Australian federal election saw an unexpected landslide victory for the Labor Party, the Liberal Party’s worst ever result and the continued rise of the non-major-party vote. In this book,...

Last year the Australian National University (ANU) was getting some bad press, so they engaged a company called Bastion Reputation to help with the media fallout from restructures and the heavily crit...

The Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia hosts the launch of Landslide, published by ANU Press and edited by Marian Sawer, Jill Sheppard, and John Warhurst. Join veteran journalist Nick Bryant ...

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As the government brings its new hate laws to parliament, it’s worth remembering past attempts suggest legislation used to outlaw political groups have been neither wise nor necessary Australia’s history of banning political groups gives pause for thought as to whether we really want to go down this route again. During the first world war, the Unlawful Associations Act 1916 was enacted and used to ban a group called Industrial Workers of the World. Membership was made a criminal offence. Members could also be deported if they were not British subjects born in Australia. Anne Twomey is a Professor emerita in constitutional law at the University of Sydney Continue reading...

For the final blog post of 2025, I wanted to look at a question that has come up regularly in the comments, and on psephological websites: how meaningful is the two-party-preferred vote, particular…

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