National affairs
11 September 2025
A misleading assertion about Indian voters has rippled across the political landscape
National affairs
5 September 2025
Memorials to the violence against “comfort women” risk being hijacked by competitive victimhood
National affairs
5 September 2025
The government’s FOI plan runs counter to its promised opening up of non-sensitive data
National affairs
4 September 2025
The weekend’s protests are a reminder of Australia’s distinctive record
National affairs
29 August 2025
It’s just exposing cracks that were already obvious and growing
National affairs
29 August 2025
Behind the violence of its most extreme adherents is a web of groups active at the grassroots
National affairs
25 August 2025
Jim Chalmers’s roundtable cleared the way for much-needed tax reform
National affairs
22 August 2025
A burgeoning finance sector has increased the economy’s vulnerability in an era of heightened global risks
National affairs
15 August 2025
A federal government faced with greater spending demands needs to bite the tax bullet
National affairs
14 August 2025
How the pundits are getting it wrong about generational voting
National affairs
14 August 2025
Should company taxes changes really be a priority at the next week’s economic summit?
National affairs
13 August 2025
A narrow focus on supply is certain to disappoint
National affairs
7 August 2025
Successful overseas systems are no panacea for Australia’s problems, but they can help us think more clearly about the options
National affairs
28 July 2025
National trends and local factors have combined to make forming government an immensely complicated process
National affairs
25 July 2025
The International Court of Justice has opened the door for human rights–based legal action against recalcitrant governments
National affairs
25 July 2025
The British communications regulator’s SOS for broadcast TV is a message for Australians too
National affairs
23 July 2025
More evidence emerges that Peter Dutton’s electorally toxic impulses were reinforced by misleading polling
National affairs
22 July 2025
Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are…
National affairs
22 July 2025
The former Treasury head was revealed to be an arch-reactionary in his long second career
National affairs
18 July 2025
A former Treasury secretary lays down the environmental law
National affairs
11 July 2025
The NT coroner spells out the long series of events that led to Kumanjayi Walker’s death
National affairs
10 July 2025
The school system has spent fifty years not fixing one of its central flaws
National affairs
7 July 2025
Immigration might not be the headline issue it was before the election, but problems are mounting
National affairs
4 July 2025
An auspiciously timed amendment to departmental responsibilities highlights a long delay in federal electronic-surveillance reforms
National affairs
30 June 2025
Nostalgia-fuelled panic about declining populations doesn’t match plausible forecasts
National affairs
30 June 2025
New shadow minister Kerrynne Liddle believes the rights of the vulnerable should take precedence over Indigenous rights
National affairs
27 June 2025
A leaked transcript of a Liberal Women’s Council meeting highlights the challenges facing Sussan Ley over women’s representation
National affairs
23 June 2025
How Australia viewed the weekend bombing
National affairs
20 June 2025
Jim Chalmers wants to “test the appetite” for more ambitious productivity reforms
National affairs
19 June 2025
As Iran and Israel wage war, big military parades are held in the United States and Britain