Law & Politics
How authoritarians twist language into weapons
					
			
																				
			Matthe Sharpe		
				
																						
			22/10/2025		
				
		
		
			The world finds itself in a cultural setting in which large swathes of democratic countries place their faith in faux ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						The world “does have intelligent design”, says Andrew Hastie
					
			
																				
			Si Gladman		
				
																						
			03/10/2025		
				
		
		
			Ten years ago, during his first political campaign, Andrew Hastie refused to answer media questions about his religious views and ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Why immigration has become the scapegoat for our age of crisis
					
			
																				
			Alan Gamlen		
				
																						
			29/09/2025		
				
		
		
			We are living through an age of disruption. The post-war consensus that liberal democracy, free markets, and open societies were ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Political witch hunts and blacklists: The new era of McCarthyism
					
			
																				
			Shannon Brincat		
				
																						
			21/09/2025		
				
		
		
			A modern-day political inquisition is unfolding in ‘digital town squares’ across the United States. The slain far-right activist Charlie Kirk ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Non-religious Australians are now asking for a fair go
					
			
																				
			Si Gladman		
				
																						
			28/08/2025		
				
		
		
			The imposition of daily acts of Christian worship in our parliaments and local governments has long been a divisive issue, ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Tackling antisemitism can’t be at the expense of a free and open society
					
			
																				
			Ian Robinson		
				
																						
			27/07/2025		
				
		
		
			At the heart of the Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism recently released by Jillian Segal, Australia’s Special Envoy to ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Democracy and the legitimacy of political power
					
			
																				
			John Wright		
				
																						
			21/07/2025		
				
		
		
			Imagine that one day your neighbour knocks on your door and proceeds to tell you what to do. They might ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Lee Kuan Yew’s insight into the fall of democracies
					
			
																				
			Jack Dikian		
				
																						
			08/07/2025		
				
		
		
			Long before Australia saw four sitting prime ministers deposed by their own parties between 2010 and 2018, before the United ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Volunteers and charities are shouldering too much of the burden
					
			
																				
			Elizabeth Dangerfield		
				
																						
			26/06/2025		
				
		
		
			The work of volunteers and charities helps us as a nation address some of the most pressing needs in our ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Why extremists see gold in the migration debate
					
			
																				
			Josh Roose		
				
																						
			03/06/2025		
				
		
		
			There’s nothing new about debates around immigration in an Australian election campaign and it’s sensible that they happen. There’s also ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Are young men really becoming more conservative?
					
			
																				
			Mark Davis		
				
																						
			16/05/2025		
				
		
		
			What’s up with young men? In Australia and many countries overseas, there has been considerable public discussion on what appears ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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						Staying woke
					
			
																				
			Elizabeth Dangerfield		
				
																						
			30/04/2025		
				
		
		
			There is a war on the word ‘woke’. It is now used in a derogatory way to dismiss concerns about ...		
					
					
														
									
								
													
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