The archives’ neglect may not be, as some as argued, another shot in the culture wars, but it is a sign of the government’s truncated temporal imagination.
The Murugappans have been fighting to stay in Australia for years. All the while, Sri Lanka has one of the worst records of state-perpetrated violence against civilians in the early 21st century.
Australia’s Prime Minister wants reform of the World Trade Organization to rein in China’s ‘economic coercion’. But it also needs to constructively engage with China on that reform.
The federal government has had a patchy pandemic, to say the least. But COVID has also highlighted remarkable social discipline in the Australian people.
The government’s response to Kate Jenkins’ landmark report on sexual harassment in the workplace includes several positive measures. On the whole, however, it doesn’t go far enough.
History shows how the states and territories can step into a policy breach when the federal government fails. It’s time they band together on electric vehicles.
For the first time, a woman has been appointed to the hawkishly masculine home affairs portfolio. Whether this will bring a change of approach on asylum seekers and other issues remains to be seen.