Ben Roberts-Smith attends 25th Afghanistan war anniversary in Canberra
Australia’s most decorated soldier and accused war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith has travelled to Canberra to commemorate 25 years…
Time to unfurl a new Australian flag for Brisbane 2032
With Brisbane 2032 on the horizon, Australia has a golden opportunity to ditch its colonial-era flag and embrace…
How a breast cancer treatment trial changed the lives of Australian women
Donna Rullo wasn’t going down without a fight. It was early 2001, and then-40-year-old Ms Rullo had just…
How ‘stop the boats’ changed the world
In 2001, Australia was criticised on the world stage for its unprecedented hardline policy on asylum seekers. Twenty-five…
Peter Hollingworth, former governor-general of Australia and retired Anglican bishop, dies aged 91
Retired Anglican bishop and former governor-general Peter Hollingworth, who resigned in 2003 amid controversy over his handling of…
Four more things Australia can do to arrest house prices
Australia’s housing crisis is often blamed on tax incentives like negative gearing and the CGT discount, but the…
Aspiration has changed since the Howard era. This budget is finally catching up
The word “aspirational” means something very different in contemporary Australia, compared to what it used to mean. At…
Thirty years after losing his family in the Port Arthur massacre, Walter Mikac says gun control is still vital
Walter Mikac was in the darkest depths of grief, shock and anger. As he flew from Hobart to…
Why Angus Taylor’s criticism of high immigration is raising eyebrows
A lot has been written about Liberal leader Angus Taylor’s controversial immigration speech last week. He said immigration…
Taylor’s migration plan doesn’t make much sense. That’s not the point
More than a day after Angus Taylor unveiled the first plank of the Coalition’s long-awaited migration policy and…
Specialists refuse to correctly diagnose best economy ever
Only once has Australia’s economy achieved near-perfect health. The newsrooms failed to track and record this for 2025,…
How Australia’s lax property tax has created a class system
Former prime minister John Howard once dismissed fears about Australia’s increasingly unaffordable housing, saying he had never received…