Law & Politics

Better ways to close the health gap than the Voice

As a medical student at the time that I voted ‘Yes’ in the 1967 referendum, it was a ‘no-brainer’ to ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

How democracies survive

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

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →

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 ...
Continue reading →
Facebook X Email linkedin