It is fantasy to think a nation that doesn't control its energy has security. Australia could have been well on its way to energy security.

Fuel supply shock from Iran – not too many wage rises – will be the driver of higher figures in June It is rare for economic data to be out of date the moment it is published – and yet that is the case with the February inflation figures out on Wednesday at 11.30am. By 11.31am they had been digested and ignored amid a flurry of “before the full impact of the Iran war” comments. In February, annual inflation was 3.7%, down slightly from 3.8% in January, with underlying inflation unchanged at 3.3%. Continue reading...

I bow out of my role for the organisation at a perilous time for the international law. There are consequences not just for Palestinians, but the wider Middle East, says Unrwa commissioner-general Phi...

Revulsion at Israel’s actions in Gaza is driving a global rise in antisemitism, while efforts to conflate criticism of Israel with hatred of Jews are deepening the danger.

With no clear objective and mounting economic and political costs, the case for ending the Iran war is becoming overwhelming.

The principle of ministerial responsibility means a minister must answer for the policies and advice presented to cabinet – including the flawed Robodebt scheme.

While in 2024 US President Donald Trump won votes off the back of falling living standards and rising prices, his current war against Iran is creating a far worse economic storm.

New findings from the anti-corruption commission clear several figures of corruption over Robodebt, but the affair still exposes profound failures in public administration.

Beset by massive cost blow-outs and in a major blow to transparency, Defence has told the Auditor-General not to report on Major Projects

The 'modern' Australian Labor Party does not lack power, but it lacks the will to use it. On Labor’s retreat from reform and what it means.

FoI documents show ministers ignored recommendation for fresh inquiry that could have reduced or paused farming

For Anthony Albanese – as well as Mark Carney and Keir Starmer – to go along with Trump and Netanyahu’s cynical ploy negates any sense of moral authority we possess – a catastrophe for the rules-based order * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The ease and speed with which Australia, along with Britain and Canada, fell in behind Donald Trump’s attack on Iran was startling. For a country that is constantly trumpeting the essentiality of the international rules-based order in preserving global peace and stability, Australia is shameless in its ability to slide into the American slipstream. And to hide behind Iran’s alleged possession of nuclear weapons – or at least its ability to produce them – as justification for the attacks and the obliteration of Iran’s governing leadership, portrays us as gullible, duplicitous or both. Trump claimed that Iran’s ability to construct nuclear weapons was destroyed last June. Truth or lie? It cannot be both. The claim that Iran had the ability to do so until last weekend was either true or false. It could not be both. So what exactly was the case for yet another unprovoked and illegal attack on Iran? Allan Behm advises on international and security affairs at the Australia Institute in Canberra Continue reading...

The Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) debacle might have served as a “life lesson” to politicians and lobbyists about the risks involved in interfering with the independence of arts organisations. But as w...

Graham Crossan cannot eat, talk or breathe unassisted but he's been denied funding for high-level care due to a new way of assessing aged care funding.

Undoing bad policy does not require rewarding those who have benefited from it

The RBA never misses a chance to blame wages for rising prices but data shows profit-driven inflation is back

On Sunday 15 February, Prime Minister Albanese and Defence Industry Minister Conroy, with South Australian Premier Malinauskas in tow, launched the new AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine construction sit...

As the Coalition reasserts “lower tax” as political identity and Labor rushes to deny the high-tax label, Australian politics is losing the language needed to fund shared purpose, rebuild trust and sustain public life.

Angus Taylor a walking Venn Diagram intersection of fossil fuel fervour and cash for the boys.

The violence surrounding protests against the visit of Israel’s president was not an accident of crowd control. It reflects a deeper political failure – where authority suppresses dissent rather than confronting uncomfortable truths about Gaza, protest rights and democratic responsibility.

While Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Sydney, his government was taking concrete actions in the West Bank designed to "continue to kill the idea of a Palestinian state".

How the Albanese government continues to shirk action on the worst remnant of the Morrison–era changes to higher education.

"Disunity is death" is a phrase often used in Labor circles, but it’s rarely discussed how government unity at all costs fragments society.