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When I represented universities, I often appeared at parliamentary inquiries. All were instructive, but there was one in late 2020 that taught me how...
Australia’s Catholic bishops are being urged to confront the church’s legacy of clerical abuse with a public act of remorse, following examples...
Long delays in getting an endometriosis diagnosis have prompted much excitement about new saliva, gut and blood tests, but promising early results...
A generational shift is reshaping global perceptions of modernity, as young people increasingly look to China – rather than the West – for a...
Labor’s latest carbon offset proposal shows how economic ideas that work neatly on paper can deliver far less environmental benefit when put into...
Five years into renewed Taliban rule, Afghanistan’s future remains uncertain. What went wrong with two decades of peacebuilding – and what can be...
Bullshit may be easy to dismiss, but from politics and gambling to advertising and public relations, it can obscure truth, shape debate and carry...
Australian farmers are turning to wind and solar to produce fertiliser locally, cut rising costs and reduce their dependence on volatile global supply...
The modern fact-checking movement launched 25 years ago is in retreat – just as it’s needed more than ever. For society and democracy to function...
Decades of flawed pay policy have left the Commonwealth public service with a dysfunctional remuneration system – and the latest round of enterprise...
America’s record of failed wars exposes the limits of military power and raises serious questions about Australia’s continued reliance on the...
Both One Nation and the Coalition have been talking up their mass deportation target of around 75,000 – with zero details of how that would be...
Climate change, war and fragile supply chains are driving a growing global food crisis, with hunger rising and the world’s food systems under...
Two NSW battery projects face independent review after attracting dozens of objections, many from opponents living hundreds of kilometres away....
China’s growing power is reshaping the region. Australia should respond with diplomacy and stronger economic ties rather than military confrontation...
The death of Zomi Frankcom has renewed scrutiny of the risks facing aid workers and what Australia can do when accountability falls short. “We are...
Australia’s anger over housing, inequality and living costs is real, but blaming migration risks fuelling the populist politics of fear and...
Banks are clawing back rewards as new credit card fee rules threaten their profits, raising bigger questions about competition, cash and who...
AI could lift productivity and living standards, but without stronger government leadership, workers risk missing out on the benefits at the same time...
Much of Australia’s lobbying industry remains hidden from public view, with new research exposing major gaps in the federal register and calls for...
If Anthony Albanese wants Labor to remain in power for the long haul, it will need to offer more than competent management, says Jack Waterford....
Is the government right to encourage the development of AI in Australia? If so, how should they do it, and do it equitably. Michael Keating examines...
The forest industry claims 80,000 jobs are threatened by a proposed new forest carbon method. But employment data from three states tell a very...
A powerful coalition of British and French former diplomats is demanding a ban on arms transfers and a freeze on EU-Israel and UK-Israel trade...
Australia’s Asian-language capability has declined for decades, weakening our ability to understand and engage with our neighbours. Labor’s new...
The collapse of US-Canada trade talks marks a new low between the two nations, with warnings of major economic and human impacts on both sides of...
Laurent Evrard contrasts the genocides in Gaza and Cambodia, and finds that Israel’s pursuit of security through military dominance perpetuates...
Australia’s Asian-language capability has declined for decades, weakening our ability to understand and engage with our neighbours. Labor’s new...
Private-school scholarships can transform individual lives, but selective admissions make success rates a poor measure of what schools achieve – and...
Labor inherited a migration system burdened by asylum backlogs, temporary visa pressures and administrative failure. Four years later, the clean-up...
Forty years ago, one woman in the NSW town of Queanbeyan saw a need and decided to act. Now 850 people a year receive cancer support from Rise Above....
The NDIS has introduced new powers to ban auditors and consultants after more than 200 providers were allegedly registered using false or misleading...
Afghanistan’s battlefields are quieter, but millions of girls remain excluded from education. The consequences will emerge slowly – in missing...
While calls to sink the AUKUS deal continue to mount in Australia, UK allies maintain they are “fully supportive” of the $368 billion defence...
Democratic oversight breaks down when voters can no longer tell genuine abuses of power from partisan attacks. Strategic trolling exploits that...
Sixty years after the Battle of Long Tan, a simple Canberra commemoration offered a more thoughtful kind of remembrance – one that honours the dead...
A confronting display can be reconsidered. Removing a documented critique of the war on Gaza from a public library collection would be another matter...
A journey through Jerusalem, Mount Sinai and the Dead Sea becomes a meditation on pilgrimage, responsibility and the uneasy line between freedom and...
Syria’s new political order is being presented as a clean break with dictatorship, while the history of Islamist armed groups, foreign intervention...
AI’s impact will extend well beyond jobs and productivity, reshaping how societies confront disease, wage war and generate economic growth. The AI...
A joint crackdown on tobacco smuggling shows what Australia and China can achieve through practical cooperation – and why a relationship dominated...
France’s experience with low-enriched uranium submarines challenges claims that Australia would have to send vessels overseas for reactor support,...
Across much of the world, attitudes towards China are improving as views of the United States deteriorate, with trust in American leadership,...
Australia’s housing market has long been powered by fear of missing out. But stretched incomes and record prices could produce the opposite response...
NSW is using the enormous electricity demand of Tomago and new data centres to drive investment in wind and storage, potentially unlocking gigawatts...
Parliament has passed the largest contraction of the NDIS since its creation. The amendments improve the bill, but budgets will shrink and eligibility...
A NSW Supreme Court judgment has sharply distinguished criticism of Israel from antisemitism, raising important questions about the IHRA definition...
P&I can pursue important issues early and keep publishing when others look away because it answers to readers, not powerful interests. One week...
Donald Trump’s latest business venture – selling advance access to his market-moving Truth Social posts – further intertwines his presidential...
Israel’s military has opened criminal investigations into the killing of Hind Rajab and other Palestinians in Gaza, but rights groups say its record...
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