National affairs
22 February 2023
In a remarkable turnaround, the TGA has eased restrictions on the therapeutic use of psilocybin and MDMA. But will the benefits be fairly spread?
National affairs
15 February 2023
There are good reasons to be sceptical about recent polling on the Voice referendum
National affairs
7 February 2023
The rising number of selective government schools is harming other students. But could those schools become part of a better solution?
National affairs
6 February 2023
Australia’s fringe Russian nationalist movement has worrying international links
National affairs
27 January 2023
Labor is riding high across Australia, and the Greens are doing better than most observers acknowledge. Where does that leave the Coalition?
National affairs
27 January 2023
The robot can tell you what everyone else thinks — and that creates an opportunity for journalists
National affairs
24 January 2023
The government’s cuts to Medicare rebates for psychological counselling misunderstand the nature of mental illness
National affairs
23 January 2023
Plenty, in fact, so the government needs to avoid getting derailed by the Voice’s critics (and some of its friends)
National affairs
23 January 2023
Have critics overlooked what the opposition leader didn’t ask?
National affairs
19 January 2023
Of all Scott Morrison’s poorly conceived initiatives, why has Labor stuck with AUKUS and its nuclear-powered submarines?
National affairs
23 December 2022
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Noel Pearson’s clash over the Voice masks a more complicated picture
National affairs
14 December 2022
When can we say an epidemic is over?
National affairs
6 December 2022
… is worth a pound of cure — which is why we need an Australian Centre for Disease Control charged with doing both
National affairs
27 November 2022
Dan Andrews’s government has cause for celebration — and plenty on its plate
National affairs
25 November 2022
Labor promised a more respectful, diverse and family-friendly parliament. Has it delivered?
National affairs
24 November 2022
Polls have inevitably tightened in Victoria, and the shape of the upper house continues to be anyone’s bet
National affairs
18 November 2022
A first-time senator is fascinated and alarmed
National affairs
16 November 2022
The mood has shifted during the current election campaign, but the Liberals aren’t likely to be the beneficiaries
National affairs
11 November 2022
While the Australian War Memorial lavishes $500 million on its controversial extension, wartime service records go undigitised
National affairs
2 November 2022
Once a key player in Rupert Murdoch’s Australian empire, Ken Cowley ended up on the outer
National affairs
31 October 2022
$8 billion lost each year in Medicare fraud, errors and over-servicing? The evidence doesn’t add up
National affairs
26 October 2022
Labor’s first budget is a good start, but the treasurer’s roll-up-your-sleeves attitude still needs to be applied to some tough challenges
National affairs
19 October 2022
Ireland provides one model for how a presidency can work within a parliamentary system
National affairs
14 October 2022
A grown-up conversation about how we fund better services is long overdue
National affairs
7 October 2022
Will Victoria’s healthcare bidding war really benefit the opening bidder?
National affairs
7 October 2022
The signs of change are clear, but the balance between convenience and secrecy is still evolving
National affairs
30 September 2022
Short-sighted political calculus has preserved a seriously undemocratic upper house in Victoria
National affairs
28 September 2022
The biggest investment in social housing since Kevin Rudd was prime minister won’t be enough to stop life getting tougher for low-income tenants
National affairs
27 September 2022
Are fears of a repeat of the 1999 republic referendum influencing the campaign for an Indigenous Voice?
National affairs
24 September 2022
Shifting voter sentiment and a hostile global economy make Labor’s prospects far from clear