Books & arts
19 July 2017
Books | Martha Nussbaum wants to take the anger out of public life. It’s a highly ambitious goal, and would it necessarily be desirable?
National affairs
18 July 2017
The fall of two Green senators highlights the need to deal with some anachronistic election rules
National affairs
11 July 2017
The challenge to the National Party MP should help clarify the outer limits of a conflict of interest
National affairs
28 June 2017
Efforts to remove “race” from the Constitution have become tangled up with Indigenous recognition. Let’s take them one at a time
International
14 June 2017
As non-nuclear states meet to negotiate a nuclear weapons ban treaty, Britain has withdrawn from the compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice over nuclear…
National affairs
29 May 2017
Each part of the comprehensive settlement released in Uluru has international precedents
National affairs
19 May 2017
First Nations have reclaimed the recognition process in the lead-up to a landmark gathering at Uluru this month
International
13 April 2017
More than 100,000 people die from asbestos-related disease each year, but the global asbestos industry continues to thrive. An African diplomatic initiative could be the first…
International
10 April 2017
Without a clear strategy, the American strike on a Syrian airfield lacked both legality and effectiveness
National affairs
17 March 2017
Injustices sometimes need to be resisted unlawfully, as critics of Sally McManus should know
National affairs
13 March 2017
Urged on by an independent MP, Annastacia Palaszczuk’s government has shown how real-time disclosure can work
Essays & reportage
10 February 2017
Donald Trump’s sacking of Sally Yates raises broader questions about how best to respond to the new administration
Books & arts
26 January 2017
From the archive | Outside TV drama, “enhanced interrogation” fails the evidence test, writes Tom Hyland in this review first published in June 2016
Books & arts
19 January 2017
Books | How can we protect free speech in a global village that’s more like a vast multicultural city?
Essays & reportage
22 December 2016
Keith Windschuttle has assembled a highly selective case against recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution
Essays & reportage
19 December 2016
The 1966 equal pay case was a product of the silence at the heart of Indigenous policy, writes one of the lawyers briefed in the case
Essays & reportage
30 November 2016
The appointment of the new chief justice is a reminder that diversity and merit are not mutually exclusive
National affairs
15 November 2016
George Brandis’s backdown is only the first step in clarifying and protecting the role of this key legal officer
National affairs
3 November 2016
The composition of the Senate could rest on the complex issues raised by the cases of Bob Day and Rodney Culleton. And in the background is attorney-general George Brandis’s…
National affairs
2 November 2016
The Bali Process on forced migration made progress this year, but will governments implement its recommendations?
National affairs
14 October 2016
The government senators who grilled the solicitor-general might have done themselves, and George Brandis, more harm than they realise
National affairs
13 October 2016
A tangle of legislation lay behind the case taken by former parliamentarians to protect their superannuation and travel concessions
National affairs
5 October 2016
From the archive | Relations between the attorney-general and the solicitor-general play a key role in the rule of law in Australia. So what explains George…
National affairs
13 September 2016
Among the real risks of the marriage equality vote is the possibility it might fail, says Peter Brent
Books & arts
9 September 2016
Books | Energy and ambition fuelled the rise and fall of a remarkable but flawed Labor leader, writes Paul Rodan
Essays & reportage
22 August 2016
The Coalition and Labor both say their offshore processing policies are driven by realism, writes Peter Mares. But a practical approach must engage with moral questions as well
National affairs
3 August 2016
If the would-be senator for Western Australia is “incapable of being chosen,” he won’t necessarily be replaced by another One Nation senator, writes Tony …
National affairs
1 August 2016
If governments are serious about the royal commission into child protection, they should pledge in advance to honour its recommendations, says Patrick Sullivan
National affairs
29 July 2016
The leaders of Australia and Germany responded differently to recent terrorist attacks. Klaus Neumann looks at why
International
13 July 2016
Britain’s highest legal officer was under enormous pressure to give the legal okay for the war in Iraq, writes Gabrielle Appleby. Australia can learn from the fallout