As this week’s ALP National Conference will confirm, the Albanese government remains strongly wedded to the AUKUS nuclear-propelled submarine project. But the project was misconceived from the outset and, five years later, it remains even more obvious that it is not in our national interest.

Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies (AWAWS) is a professional organisation established for women and men committed to gender equality and diversity in ancient world studies including classics,...

As a run of inquiries examine the governance of Australia’s universities, senior leadership refuses to accept there is a crisis in the sector.

The social issues in Alice Springs are part of the complex legacy of colonisation and arbitrary settlement, interrupting kin structures and imposing a form of apartheid.

Rome celebrates 2,779 years on 21 April, in the Natale di Roma birthday tradition based on the legendary founding of the Eternal City by Romulus in 753 BC.

As in Thucydides’ time, the Trump administration’s war posture promises short-term gains but long-run disaster.

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Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies (AWAWS) is a professional organisation established for women and men committed to gender equality and diversity in ancient world studies including classics,...

Challenge the standard picture of the ancient orator with Professor Henriette van der Blom and the role of rhetoric in contemporary society.

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The new panel, which advises the government on research and service priorities for people with autism, includes many members who have argued that vaccines cause autism.

The world as we know it is changing fast. It is not at all clear what the seating arrangements will be or who will be leading the opposition when parliament resumes next Tuesday. At face value, the disarray of its opponents is a gift for the Albanese government, shifting attention from how it is handling the many daunting challenges confronting the nation to the other side of

The prime minister’s office said officials agreed that Australia needed “immediate” reform, including new restrictions on who is allowed to own firearms.

More than three decades after the royal commission, calls are growing for the government to finally implement its recommendations, to stop the rising number of preventable deaths.

Barnaby Joyce has always talked a story about himself bigger than the brim on his Hopalong Cassidy hat. He is a one-man plot line, but his achievements for the people he professes to represent are sli...

Barnaby Joyce has always talked a story about himself bigger than the brim on his Hopalong Cassidy hat. He is a one-man plot line, but his achievements for the people he professes to represent are sli...

Tech giant faces hefty fines from consumer watchdog for allegedly trying to convince customers to pay more than needed for their Microsoft 365 subscription

Australian human rights expert who was on UN commission of inquiry labels Israel’s strategy a failure that ‘has not brought peace and has not destroyed Hamas’

Australian human rights expert who was on UN commission of inquiry labels Israel’s strategy a failure that ‘has not brought peace and has not destroyed Hamas’ * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast “The people of Gaza have absolutely no way to escape the killing: they are literally a captive population.” Chris Sidoti knows the brutality of conflict too well, his experience investigating international crimes is devastatingly comprehensive. But he sees a categoric difference in the violence in Gaza. Continue reading...

Two globally renowned figures in the field of human rights will address the National Press Club in Canberra on 1 October on the topic “Palestine recognition: necessary but insufficient”.