A sweeping new bill to combat antisemitism, hate and extremism was rushed through federal parliament this week with minimal ...

Treasury’s Net Overseas Migration forecasts don’t match current visa settings and trends. Migration may fall less than ...

Right-wing campaign groups and Coalition MPs are again using Australia Day to drive petitions, wedge politics and anti-elite rhetoric. This year’s campaign is being amplified by paid digital ads, ARC ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has called a snap election as the LDP seeks to rebuild support and secure numbers through new alliances. But economic strain and rising tensions with China could ...

Mark Joseph Carney is a Canadian politician and economist who has served as the 24th prime minister of Canada since 2025 ...

Australia’s push for a federal Human Rights Act is stalled by political caution and media hostility. The path forward may ...

Australia remains wealthy but structurally fragile – highly dependent on raw exports and poorly positioned for a more complex, decarbonising global economy. Economic complexity is a warning signal we ...

Australia is pouring billions into AUKUS submarines without clear delivery capacity from the UK or the US. The result could ...

A landmark Victorian inquiry has exposed deep, system-wide failures in how women’s pain is treated. The policy response now ...

Trump’s move on Venezuela signals a wider push to squeeze China out of Latin America. But Beijing’s trade, investment and ...

A capability review of WA’s Justice Department shows a system overwhelmed by rising demand, delays and overcrowding. The underlying problem is political – punitive law-and-order settings that expand ...

The world is too complex – and too dangerous – to be reduced to “good” and “evil”. The habit still shapes how the West ...