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Defence April 27, 2024

Marles’s defence strategy another failed response to China threat

The Albanese government’s new defence strategy fails just as badly as previous documents, conflating two unreconcilable responses to China.


Media April 27, 2024

Exclusive: Albanese fears Facebook will leave Australia

As media companies including News Corp prepare for more redundancies following the loss of payments from Facebook, the government fears the platform will leave Australia entirely.

Politics April 27, 2024

‘A race towards minority’: Labor’s fight for re-election

Labor is looking past ailing polls as it lays the policy groundwork for the next election, while strategists and pollsters say even a minority government may be tough to secure.

Environment April 27, 2024

Dutton’s nuclear policy backfires

Having pushed for nuclear power as a signature energy policy, National MPs are now divided over where to build reactors – which will be disproportionately located in their seats.

Law & Crime April 27, 2024

Why wasn’t the Bondi Junction attack deemed an act of terrorism?

Two horrific stabbing incidents with two very different explanations – one mental health, the other terrorism – demonstrate the disconnect between how violence affects women and how it is treated by authorities.

Media April 27, 2024

The story of Australia’s first free press

Australia owes its press freedom to a former convict, whose battle with local authorities to publish without censorship ultimately ruined him but paved the way for others.

World April 27, 2024

Israel readies for offensive in Rafah

Albanese hikes Kokoda Track with PNG prime minister. Modi calls India’s Muslims ‘infiltrators’. Trump’s ‘catch and kill’ media strategy.

Health April 20, 2024

Sales reps have infiltrated operating theatres

Sales reps for surgical hardware companies are becoming a common presence in operating theatres – selling medical devices, sometimes without the consent of unconscious patients.

News April 20, 2024

Bondi Junction attack: Women are sick of being afraid

Analysis: The killing of six people, most of them women, at a Bondi Junction shopping centre is a reminder of the unique and unaddressed nature of male violence.

Economy April 20, 2024

Inside Albanese’s industrial re-election strategy

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is staking a significant part of his re-election on an interventionist plan to revitalise investment in industry.

Law & Crime April 20, 2024

Every player in the Lehrmann scandal

Bruce Lehrmann’s rape of Brittany Higgins has dragged in dozens of people, almost all of them damaged by the scandal and its fallout.

World April 20, 2024

Israel retaliates against Iran attacks

Shadow war in the open. Conflict deepens regional schism. Military campaign in Gaza stepped up.