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Paul Monk 31/08/2023

At the ALP national conference earlier this month, Pat Conroy, Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for International Development and ...

David James 28/08/2023

The federal government is moving to ban what it calls ‘disinformation’ and ‘misinformation’ in an initiative similar to legislative moves ...

Noel Turnbull 25/08/2023

John Maynard Keynes is widely believed to have said: “Well, when the facts change I change my mind. What do ...

Shasha Wang 30/07/2023

Many Australians believe the nation is more politically polarised and divided today than in the past. It’s a divide that has ...

Ian Robinson 27/07/2023

The official No case for the Voice referendum – the pamphlet of which has just been published by the Australian ...

Reg Naulty 13/07/2023

In Noam Chomsky’s new hard-hitting book, his position is always clear, incisive and challenging. Illegitimate Authority: Facing the Challenges of ...

Jonathan Meddings 29/05/2023

To paraphrase Winston Churchill, democracy is the worst form of government — except for every other one we’ve tried. While ...

Dave Collins 16/05/2023

Throughout the 20th century, reliable and low-cost coal-fired electricity, plentiful oil for transport, and natural gas for heating and chemical ...

Alison Francis-Cracknell 10/05/2023

On Saturday night, as the new King of England was being crowned, I found myself caught in the crux of ...

Tama Matheson 24/04/2023

Autocracies are very serious places. They have to be. Their power is founded on an absurdity – the assertion that ...

Jonathan Meddings 11/04/2023

Several years ago I found a copy of Mein Kampf in a second-hand bookstore in country Victoria. Better my bookshelf than a ...

Mike Gaffney 29/03/2023

This is a lightly edited transcript of a speech given to the Tasmanian Legislative Council 28 March 2023. It is ...