Law & Politics
The moral case for the Indigenous Voice
The question of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in Australia is fundamentally an ethical matter, though opponents often frame it …
The Echidna Strategy’s prickly reality for liberal values
At the ALP national conference earlier this month, Pat Conroy, Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development and …
The new threat to freedom of expression
The federal government is moving to ban what it calls ‘disinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ in an initiative similar to legislative moves …
What do climate denialists do when the facts change?
John Maynard Keynes is widely believed to have said: “Well, when the facts change I change my mind. What do …
Misinformation and the path to deeper polarisation
Many Australians believe the nation is more politically polarised and divided today than in the past. It’s a divide that has …
The Voice: Analysing the official No case
The official No case for the Voice referendum – the pamphlet of which has just been published by the Australian …
Chomsky’s take on the challenges of our time
In Noam Chomsky’s new hard-hitting book, his position is always clear, incisive and challenging. Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of …
How democracies survive
To paraphrase Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government — except for every other one we’ve tried. While …
The case for going nuclear
Throughout the 20th century, reliable and low-cost coal-fired electricity, plentiful oil for transport, and natural gas for heating and chemical …
The King’s coronation: Pomp and Australia’s divided circumstance
On Saturday night, as the new King of England was being crowned, I found myself caught in the crux of …
Our duty to laugh in the face of tyrants
Autocracies are very serious places. They have to be. Their power is founded on an absurdity – the assertion that …
In the face of extremism, liberals must snap out of their complacency
Several years ago I found a copy of Mein Kampf in a second-hand bookstore in country Victoria. Better my bookshelf than a …