Law & Politics
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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Countering this election’s climate misinformation campaigns
Libby Lester
26/04/2025
Australia’s climate and energy wars are at the forefront of the federal election campaign as the major parties outline vastly ...
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