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During his recent Lowy Lecture address, ASIO chief Mike Burgess made questionable claims about social cohesion, trust in institutions and values, writes Jaron Sutton. It’s a good thing that Burgess ...

Tasmania has become Australia's new logging hotspot, wasting public money while destroying our native forests. Tom de Kadt reports. LAST WEEK, the Australian Conservation Foundation released research ...

A new OECD report warns that without coherent strategy and collaboration, Australia’s tech ambitions risk collapsing under bureaucracy and complacency, writes Paul Budde. THE OECD’s Science, ...

The numbers confirm Australia’s economy is responding to global conditions better than most, as Alan Austin reports. THIS WEEK’S number is 46. Australia has now had its jobless rate below 4.6% for 46 ...

A landmark new book, expanding on Rachel Perkins’ acclaimed documentary, confronts the truth of the Frontier Wars — the violence, resistance and silence that defined Australia’s colonial past, writes ...

The New York Times’ timid epiphany exposes how America’s media helped pave Trump’s road to authoritarianism, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. Somewhat like the police turning up days after the robber has ...

As drones and quantum sensors redefine the rules of modern warfare, Australia’s costly AUKUS submarine program risks becoming an outdated investment in a world where stealth no longer exists, writes ...

The U.S. dollar is a major currency of the global financial ecosystem and its rate against the EUR is highly regarded by investors and international businesses. Foreign exchange rates can swing widely ...

AI is reshaping Australia’s digital and energy foundations, demanding a bold rethink of how the nation powers and connects its future, writes Paul Budde. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) is no longer just ...

The LNP are back in QLD and so are many of the old policies that kept them out of power for ten years, including the Cableway that never goes away. Founder Dave Donovan investigates who stands to gain ...

Australia does not lack ideas, it lacks resolve about the kind of country we want to be, writes Carl Rhodes. VIOLENCE RETURNED to Melbourne’s streets last weekend. Anti-immigration marchers clashed ...