Australian Politics

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Why Australian campaign finance reform laws keep ending up in the High Court

New laws attempting to keep big money out of Australian politics have also entrenched the major parties, leaving them vulnerable to constitutional challenge in the High Court

Politics & Society

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Analysis

Debate over NDIS budget ignores the cost of workforce exclusion

While arguments continue over the value of the NDIS, deficit-based stereotypes for people with disability are quietly impacting our economy

Politics & Society

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Analysis

The Australia-EU trade deal runs deeper than tariffs

After a decade of negotiations, Australia and the EU have finally struck a deal. But beyond the tariffs lies something more consequential – a quiet reshaping of democratic alignment in an unstable world

Politics & Society

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Analysis

State-based treaties aren’t symbolic - they are the foundation of Indigenous economic self-determination

As Victoria implements its treaty, forthcoming negotiations in other states are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to lay the foundation for the economic sovereignty of Indigenous nations

Politics & Society

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Analysis

What the Brittany Higgins ruling tells us about defamation in Australia

Former Western Australian senator Linda Reynolds has won her defamation case against former staffer Brittany Higgins over social media posts

Politics & Society

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Analysis

Labor’s historic election victory continues to reshape Australian politics (and its opposition)

For the first time in almost forty years, Australia’s National Party will not form a coalition agreement with the Liberal Party

Arts & Culture

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Book extract

‘Collective action by working people has transformed Australian history time and again’

From wages and working conditions to the eight-hour day, a new book brings together some of the life stories of the people who propelled Australia’s union movement

Politics & Society

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Opinion

The Australian Opposition’s electoral woes will get worse before they get better

Focusing on the ‘Trump-lite’ policies of the Liberal Party obscures the deep structural issues it faces

Politics & Society

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Opinion

Like Canada, Australia has rejected Trump’s disruption

Many Australians saw this Federal election as a referendum on the country’s future in a world re-shaped by Donald Trump. Labor’s confident win is a data point in a global realignment

Politics & Society

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Opinion

One word is missing from this Australian election. It’s Asia.

Any new Australian government must navigate the confronting reality of a 'post-America Asia' as part of its foreign policy, but that’s not being talked about in this election campaign