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The Morrison government has announced a $250 million program for the entertainment, arts and screen sectors.
The national broadcaster has announced more cuts to its services, including 250 job losses and the axing of the major 7:45am news bulletin. It is the latest in a long line of blows to the ABC.
There is a vacuum within the legal profession that allows sexist, racist and other troubling conduct to go unaddressed. This must change.
The media have mad a significant contribution to the current crisis of democracy - now, they must play a vital role in any democratic revival.
A recent poll from the Lowy Institute shows
“unprecedented shifts” in Australian public opinion
Anthony Albanese has proposed negotiations for a bipartisan agreement on an energy policy framework to create greater certainty for investment.
A focus group conducted by the University of Canberra has the byelection in the marginal NSW seat of Eden-Monaro shaping up to be ‘very close’
The Morrison government is resisting calls for a royal commission into robodebt. But there are still too many unanswered questions about the controversial scheme.
As a former NZ Police sergeant, I know firsthand how police fatalities shape one’s behaviour. The recent shooting of two officers in Auckland cuts to the heart of NZ’s trust-based policing policies.
By many measures, America is failing, and its people - in fact, the world - need the nuclear and military giant to turn itself around.
Sexual harassment is endemic within the law. This inquiry’s finding must be the catalyst for genuine and long overdue change in the profession.
An investigation commissioned by the High Court has found former judge Dyson Heydon sexually harassed six young female associates who worked for him when he was on the court.
There are many questions about the inquiry into the destruction of an Aboriginal heritage site, including how it will be conducted, what will be publicly disclosed and who will be protected.
Hanson has been largely unsuccessful in seeing her signature policies realised. But she has helped normalise xenophobia and racism and thus had a disproportionate influence on the national debate.
The federal government has shown during the pandemic that it is prepared to impose great financial burdens for the sake of our health. We need them to do the same for another crisis: climate change.
A study into the new Tasmanian laws finds they are warranted and necessary.
The government’s higher education changes appear driven by three factors.
Michelle Grattan talks politics with Assistant Professor Caroline Fisher
The Federal Court found a 2011 decision by the Gillard government was unlawful. What does this mean for ministerial decision-making today?
Police played a unique role in many settler colonies executing assimilationist policies designed to dismantle First Nations families.
The federal government will provide an extra 39,000 university places by 2023 in a package that will restructure the amounts students have to pay for courses.
Rather than continually focusing on the “gap” between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, we should look at pathways to success within First Nations communities.
The Victoria branch-stacking scandal couldn’t have hit at a worse time for Anthony Albanese - the middle of the byelection in Eden-Monaro, a marginal Labor seat which he desperately needs to hold.
When we arrest adults, we are often arresting parents. But protections for children are haphazard and kids are falling through the cracks.