If a future Coalition government was to bring nuclear into the mix, energy costs for residential and, especially, industrial customers would likely increase.
Religious discrimination laws have been highly controversial in Australia in recent years. Here’s where they started, and where we are now.
Well-off investors with multiple properties own a majority of rental homes. They have no excuse not to do the right thing by their tenants.
If the Voice referendum is lost on 14 October, the Prime Minister will have to confront some diabolically difficult challenges, and quickly pivot to the role of healer-in-chief.
Given its remit and membership, the inquiry is unlikely to break new ground – and has met fierce opposition even before starting its work.
If implemented, the recommendations of Australia’s online gambling inquiry will advance regulation by several orders of magnitude.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ leads and phasing out gambling ads.
A response of bigotry or hatred is common for people identifying as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, just as it is for people coming out as gay, bi, trans or queer.
Five key policy moments have contributed to the power crisis engulfing Australia.
Judging by what the new federal government has promised, the answer appears to be a resounding “Yes”.
The Morrison government is ramping up its war and security rhetoric, be it COVID or stoking China fears, in an effort to arrest its flagging popularity ahead of the next federal election.
A new collection of essays describes a political arena in which the structural and cultural barriers facing women are contradictory and self-defeating.
The real-time SCRUB project is tracking how groups of people around the world are behaving amid the COVID-19 crisis.
How might the controlling of human mobility translate into a "new normal" beyond the coronavirus pandemic?
The so-called Moomba 'riot' and subsequent media sensationalism has had a detrimental effect on young South Sudanese in Victoria.
If Scott Morrison wins, chances are that the Liberals who have the most potential to harm the government – Tony Abbott and Peter Dutton – would likely also remain to haunt his agenda.
It's a mess and has lost its way in the modern political and social landscape. Nothing short of a complete rebuild can save it.
Despite the Coalition coming off second-best for the 30th consecutive Newspoll, PM Malcolm Turnbull is unlikely to face a leadership challenge.
Fast-tracking visas for white South African farmers is a misuse of Australia’s humanitarian program.
A moral panic and sensationalist media reporting demonstrates how rhetoric can promote fear and intolerance.
Kevin Rudd's apology to Indigenous Australians 10 years ago was a momentous, but ultimately futile, gesture.
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