Why have successive Australian governments found it so difficult to truly embrace the country’s potential to become a clean energy superpower?
Religious discrimination laws have been highly controversial in Australia in recent years. Here’s where they started, and where we are now.
In assessing Scott Morrison’s prime ministership, several factors need to be taken into account. On many of them, his record is poor.
Liz Truss has defeated Rishi Sunak to become the next prime minister – but her victory makes the Conservatives much more likely to lose the next election.
Legislation must be created to ensure that Scott Morrison’s underhanded ministerial power-grab never happens again.
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.
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.
Unlike many politicians, Anthony Albanese doesn’t appear to harbour a sense of entitlement to the top job – and his journey towards it has been a long one.
Neither Scott Morrison nor Anthony Albanese has prioritised a commitment to recognising and reducing men’s violence in their election pitch. They haven’t even uttered the words “violence against women”.
Distrust is framed as a problem that needs to be solved. Instead, it can signal where there are deep social problems that need to be addressed.
The Morrison government has walked back on its pledge to establish a federal anti-corruption commission, while its term in government was peppered with allegations of corrupt behaviour.
With marginal seats in play, and the outcome of the previous election to remind us, it’d be foolhardy to write off the Coalition from recording another unexpected result.
Scott Morrison's remarks in response to a question about Will Smith’s Oscars’ slap risk being a dog whistle, fuelling and cultivating a culture of male violence.
The current draft still includes a range of provisions overriding federal, state and territory laws to allow for discrimination.
Australia’s climate policy can learn much from our experience of COVID-19, as it’s a case study in the importance of swift collective action during a global crisis.
Electricity should be a main focus, but big improvements are also needed in transport, industry, agriculture and buildings.
If the federal government won’t take appropriate climate change action to save the planet, Australians will use their collective power to do so.
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.
Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout priority should move from those most at risk of the disease to those most likely to spread it, according to new modelling.
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.
There are three measures for assessing whether public policy is successful, and the Coalition has been found wanting on all three. But there’s one policy area that’s an even bigger disaster.
A new collection of essays describes a political arena in which the structural and cultural barriers facing women are contradictory and self-defeating.
In light of parliamentary staff facing problems when making complaints, we can learn from reform in the United Kingdom.
Supply isn’t the problem with the COVID-19 vaccination rollout – it’s the structural and communications issues that need addressing.
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