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…
Cory Bernardi bats away former prime minister John Howard’s dismissal of his Liberal defection to One Nation
Cory Bernardi has returned serve after former prime minister John Howard dismissed his prospects of being part of…
Previously secret cabinet documents reveal Howard government tried to mitigate ‘homegrown’ terrorist threat
As the Albanese government grapples with the aftermath of the nation’s worst act of terrorism at Bondi Beach,…
Bondi Beach terror attack suspect Naveed Akram conscious in hospital after being in coma
The death toll of the horrific Bondi terror attack has risen to at least 16 people, including a…