Law & Politics

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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Behavioural science helps explain why we miss autocratic red flags

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 paved the way for the democratisation of many eastern European countries and ...
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The end of coal and the nuclear red herring

Coal has had its day as Australia’s key energy source — regardless of what politicians driving an energy debate full ...
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Having secular government spaces helps us respect religious differences

This is a lightly edited transcript of a speech opposing a motion to reinstate Christian prayers in formal government meetings ...
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As Christian nationalism’s new figurehead, Trump inspires Australia’s extremes

The first days of Trump’s second presidency have passed with a flurry of tariff standoffs and literal turf wars with ...
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