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.
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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.
New sports are being added to the Olympics all the time in an effort to remain relevant to younger audiences, while others (sorry baseball) are left out.
Australia is on track to meet its 2030 Paris climate targets without resorting to carryover credits, with the aid of the recently-announced technology roadmap, according to projections to be released on Thursday.
For far too long, mining companies have let their social and cultural heritage commitments slide. The inquiry report should be a wake-up call for the industry.
Chief Scientist Alan Finkel on climate, energy and emissions
Michelle Grattan discusses Australia's current climate policy and its 2050 targets, with Australian Chief Scientist Alan Finkel.
Despite the government agreeing in principle to the royal commission’s recommendations, nothing is set in stone — including findings of fact.
Australia’s policy-makers are pursuing a one-dimensional “stand up to Chinese bullying” approach — and it clearly isn’t working.
On Wednesday, the government will introduce industrial relations legislation allowing businesses affected by COVID to be exempt from the Better Off Overall Test (BOOT) in enterprise agreements.
The 800-page report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch terror attacks ultimately asks New Zealanders to look to themselves to prevent such an atrocity happening again.
The Morrison government will introduce legislation forcing Google and Facebook to face arbitration if they fail to come to commercial deals with traditional media on payment for content
A new survey shows that while younger men generally had more progressive views than older men on gender roles, they also endorsed such ideas as men’s use of violence and control in relationships.
Right now, Labor’s marginal seat holders are talking about JobSeeker. Privately, many are wondering if next year they’ll be on it.
The government is set to rush through parliament this week its legislation enabling parts of the militant CFMMEU to break away.
A Victorian government proposal to build a clinical information system for every Victorian, with no opt-out, has merits, but the many risks to privacy must be addressed.
When the honour of Australia’s revered soldiers is questioned, so, too, is the national self-image. But war is an ugly business, and we pay a price for tethering it so tightly to our identity.
“Casual” employment will be defined and a universal standard spelled out for casuals to convert to full or part-time employment in industrial relations legislation introduced this week.
The centrepiece of the Richardson review’s recommendations is an electronic surveillance act, which in theory, at least, is a good idea.
Michelle Grattan discusses the political week that was with Professor Paddy Nixon
Medicine’s linguistic history in English is rich indeed, peppered with borrowings from French. But the Old English renderings retain a certain charm.
In the moment, Scott Morrison’s angry denunciation of the offensive Chinese tweet about alleged Australian war crimes seemed a reasonable response.
Have our leaders been emboldened by their successes in responding to the pandemic and counting on this to defuse criticisms of their behaviours?
Asia-Pacific expert Bates Gill on China’s endgame
Michelle Grattan discusses China's wolf warrior diplomats with Bates Gill, professor of Asian-Pacific security studies