Conservatives prevail to hold back the tide on same-sex marriage
The marriage equality movement could still back the plebiscite on condition that its results are binding.
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Ten years on, it’s time we learned the lessons from the failed Northern Territory Intervention
The Northern Territory Intervention implemented coercive measures that would have been unthinkable in other, non-Indigenous communities.
Australian politics explainer: the MV Tampa and the transformation of asylum-seeker policy
The Tampa incident in 2001 has formed the underlying basis of the approach to asylum seekers attempting to reach Australia by boat ever since.
Not-for-profits must adapt as one arm of government’s ‘three-sector solutions’
Governments have come to realise that no one sector acting alone has the capacity or capability to solve complex social policy problems.
So long, Climate Institute – too sensible for the current policy soap opera
After 12 years, The Climate Institute is shutting down having failed to find financial backing for its brand of "centrist, pragmatic advocacy" on climate policy.
Baird’s early exit means NSW loses a leader whose best years were yet to come
Mike Baird is the fifth New South Wales premier in ten years, and only one of them lost their job to an election. There's little time, it seems, to learn and grow as a political leader.
If we scrapped the states, increasing Canberra’s clout would be a backward step
Federal politicians and the public like the idea of abolishing the states. But consider the likely result: a more powerful Canberra, with regional governments amounting to glorified shire councils.
Cabinet papers 1992-93: the balance of head and heart
Labor’s project of economic transformation hit some harder realities as Paul Keating assumed the top job. And a new push on remaking Australia stirred a brooding reaction of its own.
Look up: how policy gaps and failure blind us to what’s going on in Indigenous affairs
Waves of policies from successive Coalition and Labor governments have followed a paternalistic lead. This has created further impediments to thousands of Indigenous peoples who are doing plenty.
Another prime minister, another endorsement for coal – but why?
Malcolm Turnbull has said coal will be important for "many decades to come" – joining a long line of prime ministers who talked big on climate policy but found themselves talking up fossil fuels.
Explainer: what is the Adler shotgun? And should restrictions on it be lifted?
The hyperbole about the Adler shotgun simply does not match with the facts. This is symptomatic of the generally poor quality of debate around firearm policy in Australia.
From Tampa to now: how reporting on asylum seekers has been a triumph of spin over substance
How do the media management strategies devised in haste 15 years ago affect how asylum seekers are portrayed today?
Why do we still hand out honorary academic titles?
The decision to award former Prime Minister John Howard an honorary doctorate was criticised. So what are honorary titles - and why do we still have them?
Turnbull will not succeed as prime minister unless he unites his party
The Liberal Party is increasingly preselecting parliamentarians of firm, values-based ideas, leading to a more ideological and riven party.
Today’s leaders could learn from Menzies, who built modern Australia without acting in haste
There can be no doubt that Australia became modern between 1949 and 1966, the year Robert Menzies retired as prime minister.
Attacks on renewable energy policy are older than the climate issue itself
Skirmishes over funding for renewable energy research are just the latest battle in a saga that stretches back to the early 1980s – years before the public became widely aware of the climate threat.
Plebiscite looks set to fail, but the push for same-sex marriage will not
The push for marriage equality is not just about walking down the aisle in matching outfits; it's become a potent symbol of equality and acceptance.
Explainer: what is parliament’s role in the marriage equality debate?
As the government hints the marriage equality plebiscite may be delayed until 2017, calls intensify for the parliament to legislate on the issue instead. So what is parliament's role here?
Their body politics: Malcolm, John and the junk in Tony’s trunks
Since his ascendancy, the currently trim and muscular-looking Malcolm Turnbull has – for an Australian prime minister – had unusually little to say about sport.
The traditionalists are restless, so why don’t they have a party of their own in Australia?
In the last 12 months, under the leadership of an eastern suburbs small-l liberal, the Liberal Party has decided it wants to look more like the party of Hewson than the party of Howard.
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