Law & Politics
Imagine a social media algorithm that prioritises trust over outrage
Following Ukraine’s recent drone strikes on Russian data centres, Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, suggested there was “less hate, less division ...
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Built to break: Why One Nation’s coalition won’t survive power
Pauline Hanson has gathered Christian conservatives, neo-Nazi fellow travellers and anti-establishment mavericks under one banner, but expects to run a ...
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The disconnect driving populist politics
In May 2025, the Albanese Labor government’s decisive victory suggested that the tides of populism which had inundated Europe and ...
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Royal Commission needs to put Bondi attack into a global and historical context
Commissioner Virginia Bell has been asked to inquire into the antisemitism which resulted in the murder of 15 Jews on ...
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Populists make a play in Australia’s fragmented political landscape
Not even a stunt orchestrated by activist group GetUp! could derail One Nation leader Pauline Hanson’s first appearance at the ...
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The values we never voted on
Before a visa is granted, most applicants over 18 must sign a short declaration. It is called the Australian Values ...
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The idea of separating church and state has deep roots
The Trump administration’s Religious Liberty Commission released its report on June 26, 2026, on the state of religious freedom in ...
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Is Christianity indispensable to Western democracy? Looking at the claims of political Christianity’s defenders
Australia is becoming a less religious, and less Christian, country than it formerly was. As recently as 1971, more than ...
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The poverty of current affairs TV
In 1978, a Californian advertising executive with the evocative name of Jerry Mander published a book entitled Four Arguments for ...
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Far from “winning” the gender struggle, women face new threats
Almost a decade after Hanna Rosin, editor at The Atlantic, published her book, The End of Men, she was invited ...
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Can Australia be a credible voice for religious and belief rights internationally?
While Australian diplomacy claims to protect and promote universal human rights internationally, a credibility gap is becoming increasingly evident in regards to ...
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Aristotle’s wisdoms and warnings for our age of tech utopias and inequality
If Plato was the first Western political philosopher, Aristotle was the first political scientist in today’s sense. Plato’s Republic, for ...
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