The much-mooted trans-Tasman travel bubble will begin on October 16, but will be very limited.
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After a disastrous week in which Mikakos’ evidence to the hotel quarantine inquiry came into question, she has resigned her position and says she will also quit parliament.
Volunteer firefighting crews are struggling to cope with increased pressures on time, training and resources. As the bushfire season approaches, new policies and plans are critically important.
The much-heralded success of the national cabinet is more related to the extraordinary circumstance in which it operates than its revolutionary design.
There has not yet been an explanation for the detention of the CGTN news anchor, but it is difficult to untangle it from deeply strained relations between China and Australia.
The departure of journalist Emma Alberici from the national broadcaster is the latest example of the ABC being unable or unwilling to push back against hostile governments.
English-born Berry emigrated to gold-rush Victoria, where he helped to shape modern Australian democracy.
The ministers have written of their desire to “find every possible way to advance shared interests”. But this should stop short of following the US down its hostile path with China.
A look at the week in politics, focussing on what Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has described as “without doubt, the biggest shock this country has ever faced”.
The mission of Voice. Treaty. Truth in the Uluru Statement represents very carefully sequenced reforms. A proper understanding of these should guide any constitutional changes.
New research shows some stereotypical ideas about what it means to be a man have a particularly harmful effect on men’s behaviour.
The tough line on returnees comes as Victoria announced its latest daily tally of a record 288 new COVID cases.
With the US exercises in the South China Sea, the security and political environment is treacherous at a moment when China itself feels under siege.
There are many ideas on how Indigenous recognition can be achieved in line with the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We need to keep exploring them until we find one that will work.
Allowing the senator to appear on the show spouting ill-informed, racist arguments might make for good ratings, but it damages us all.
It has been another huge week in news, with coronavirus spikes in Melbourne, an investigation into former High Court judge Dyson Heydon, and a Labor plan for an energy policy framework.
While much attention was on the US this week, there was also an official acknowledgment that Australia is in recession, and a controversial HomeBuilder program to boost the economy.
Labor’s Jim Cairns was a vital leader against the war, typified by the May 1970 demonstrations. No politician since has played such a strong campaigning role.
It is almost impossible for asylum seekers held in detention to practise social distancing. For their protection, and that of the wider community, the government must take action now.
Rather than the absence of ideology, Liberals may be reverting to earlier forms of social liberalism that emphasise the common interests between labour and capital.
Given the market is not coping and the need for government to intervene is more apparent than ever, one might think the time for social democracy has come again. The reality, though, is not so simple.
The usual pretence that right-wing commentators are on the side of their audience falls away in times of crisis. They are on the side of business - particularly their own.
It is important government continue – and be able to be properly scrutinised – during this time of crisis, and the Australian Constitution allows it to be done electronically.
New Zealand will spend NZ$12.1 billion – or 4% of its GDP – to support businesses, increase benefits for seniors and low-income families, pay people in self-isolation, and boost health care capacity.
War is expensive, and the Iranian leadership may now face increased pressure to withdraw from its involvement in the Syrian conflict.