The debate is often framed (particularly by those with a vested interest in the status quo) as though Australians must choose ...

While the Yemeni threat ripens, Trump's hold on the Iran bombing campaign is becoming tenuous to the point of mania. The Iranians continue to attack regional powers as retaliatory punishments for the ...

The difference in status matters. Cordelia possesses privileges Ophelia lacks. Yet Shakespeare repeatedly grants moral courage to characters who possess little worldly power. The issue is therefore ...

Anti-corruption commissions were established in Australia to replace ad hoc, temporary royal commissions that governments previously appointed to investigate allegations of political wrongdoing and ...

Prescribed burning provides substantial and documented economic benefits across Australia by reducing the severity, extent and cost of bushfires. Severe bushfires impose enormous economic costs that ...

Pauline Hanson's tour of Old Blighty. She has been a remarkable survivor in the cutting, remorseless field of politics. Mocked for her incoherence, her lack of e ...

Who'd have guessed that a quick read of an email from our local library would have caused me to almost spill my morning cup of cappuccino as I laughed at the irony and sheer hypocrisy of an upcoming " ...

Connectivity Doctrine starts from this premise. Connectivity is not produced by infrastructure alone. It is produced by the degree of coherence between the institutions, rules, standards and ...

For years Australians have been told that housing affordability is one of the nation's greatest priorities. Every election brings new promises, billion-dollar funding announcements, ambitious housing ...

When Rwandan President Paul Kagamestood up at the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris earlier this year, he didn't talk like a leader hedging his bets on energy policy. He talked like a determined man in a ...

There has been ongoing government neglect when making decisions, undertaking actions and progressing policies in relation to regions, regional communities, regional industries and regional employment ...

If a property investor bought such a house, they would immediately be up for $51,143.50 in stamp duty plus more in legal expenses. (In contrast the transaction costs involved in buying shares are next ...