Why have successive Australian governments found it so difficult to truly embrace the country’s potential to become a clean energy superpower?
New research has revealed persistent barriers that continue to thwart the political ambitions of young women from standing for election.
In assessing Scott Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
Existing research evidence suggests the hegemony of neoliberal measures within Australian welfare policy has resulted in higher, not lower, levels of social and economic injustice.
As the Voice to Parliament referendum nears, the impact of what’s now known as the Anglosphere continues to have major implications for Australia’s domestic policy settings and institutionalised sense of self.
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.
The October 2022 budget marks a departure from the “blokier” budgets of recent years, centring gender equality and the care economy rather than high-vis and hard hats.
There are good reasons for the federal government to abolish the Cashless Debit Card, but what about the BasicsCard?
Legislation must be created to ensure that Scott Morrison’s underhanded ministerial power-grab never happens again.
Five key policy moments have contributed to the power crisis engulfing Australia.
The imminent transition from Elizabeth II to Charles III across the Commonwealth brings with it important political considerations, not least of which is: Should Australia reconsider the place of the monarchy in its own political system?
Australia’s prime ministers in recent years haven’t stayed in office for long. If the Australian public can be patient, Albanese’s style may offer greater longevity.
Although election night started well enough, another miracle victory quickly evaporated as voters turned their backs on the incumbent government.
Neither Scott Morrison nor Anthony Albanese has so far impressed with strong leadership skills – but the Labor leader may offer a different style of leadership that might suit the times.
In a survey sure to provoke debate, 66 political scientists and historians ranked Australia’s WWII prime minister John Curtin as the finest leader we’ve had.
A new collection of essays describes a political arena in which the structural and cultural barriers facing women are contradictory and self-defeating.
With so much recent focus on how women are treated, we need to look first at how we use language. And for a long time, it’s been used to belittle and silence women.
Legal abortion doesn’t mean it's easy for women to access the services they need, particularly if they live in rural areas.
Independent political candidates have been rising up against some of Australia’s most conservative MPs, and winning. Could Craig Kelly's seat of Hughes be the next target?
An aggressive US climate policy rollout could provide a dose of reality to the climate discourse in Canberra – showing the transition can be done.
Some Australians are still uncomfortable with attempts to challenge the Anzac myth.
The surging popularity of more emotive language regarding climate change is indicative of public sentiment, but context must play its part.
They’re on the front line of climate change, but many women in at-risk regions continue to be ignored in global mitigation discussions.
More money is being invested in the arts, but per-person funding is down, and the federal government's contribution is exposed, according to cultural think tank A New Approach.
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