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The values we never voted on
Before a visa is granted, most applicants over 18 must sign a short declaration. It is called the Australian Values ...
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Australia needs more people who think like scientists
How we think and feel about science develops from an early age – and we never know where that early ...
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A secular evaluation of AI: Anna Goldsworthy’s essay
In early June, in this magazine, I expressed exasperated astonishment with Pope Leo XIV’s encyclical on artificial intelligence (AI) and ...
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MBJ’s view
See current affairs through the eyes of cartoonist Matt Bissett-Johnson. Published 16 August 2026.
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Accepting free will doesn’t exist may make us less hateful and ashamed
In his 2023 bestseller, Determined, neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky argued that the interaction of biology and environment leaves no room for free ...
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Fundamentalism in Australia’s university system
The changes made to higher education by the Labor government in 1988 took many years to filter through the Australian ...
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