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At a time when history is so contested, the gift of the Uluru Statement is that it provides a basis for redefining — and retelling the stories of — the nation.
The clever strategy by Premier Daniel Andrews to defer analysis of the failed hotel quarantine program until the virus had been suppressed makes the findings largely academic and historical.
Which countries emerge best from the pandemic, and how the world tackles the climate crisis, will be among the defining features of global politics in the coming year.
The pandemic delivered a political year like no other. The risk now is that the country returns to a ‘normal’ that wasn’t working to start with.
The most important changes in Scott Morrison’s limited reshuffle are centred on two vital and controversial issues that will severely test the government in coming months.
The president-elect is also likely to be less tolerant of Israel’s settlement expansion and the inroads Russia and Turkey have made into the Middle East.
When he ended 2019 amid literal and political smoke, it would have seemed inconceivable Scott Morrison could finish 2020 on a high. Or that he’d have reached there on the back of Australia’s worst downturn…
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg on promising budget figures
Michelle Grattan discusses MYEFO with Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.
Christmas is the most popular time for Australians to give to charity. But it’s important to do some research first.
Australians are highly engaged on the topic, yet don’t have strong opinions either way. Among potential migrants, only Indians showed a high degree of interest in Australia as a destination.
The government will inject a further $1 billion into aged care, most of it for home care packages, in Thursday’s budget update.
Recent survey results show the Australian public is becoming more satisfied with the federal public services.
The protests, which have lasted for weeks, have become embroiled with deep anxieties in France about decolonisation, policing, the limits to secularism and the place of Muslims in French society.
A new study highlights significant misunderstandings about the scale and scope of Australians who receive unemployment payments.
Overlooked for decades, the house where the women’s suffrage campaign was launched finally becomes a public landmark.
As federal parliament heads off on its Christmas break, a cloud of uncertainty hangs over the legal community and the Australians who access the family law system.
Once upon a time, a king ruled a land untroubled by much. But then, one hot and smoky summer, everything started to change …
The government’s latest industrial relations reform does little to change the power between employers and employees - with the former still strongly advantaged.
University of Canberra Professorial Fellow Michelle Grattan and University of Canberra Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher discuss the week in politics.
New far-right groups have emerged during the pandemic and existing groups have become more radicalised and increased their memberships.
A government-dominated parliamentary committee has recommended the voting system for federal elections should become optional preferential and pre-polling should be reduced from three to two weeks.
If we remain relatively virus-free, politics in 2021 should become more normal than in 2020. And that will affect strategies on both sides.
Senators have granted a two-year extension to a program for which there is little supporting evidence.
A new study reveals Australians felt both more connected to immediate family and more distant from others because of restrictions. The financial cost for many families has also been high.