Law & Politics

The world “does have intelligent design”, says Andrew Hastie

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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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