When I first visited New York last September, I did not anticipate being physically assaulted in broad daylight within my first 24 hours in the country. In the short time I was in New York, I was sexually harassed and discriminated against multiple times, setting a precedent to be mindful of my safety. Almost six Continue reading »
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The abolition of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) is a crucial part of Attorney General Mark Dreyfus KC’s integrity platform. In the last decade of Coalition governments it had become overwhelmed by partisan appointments, creating a bedlam of incompetence and politically-motivated decisions. Many of these Coalition appointments were unqualified, with no legal training or experience: Continue reading »
When there has been so much loose talk about what would be a catastrophic war between the world’s two major powers, it is both significant and welcome that Foreign Minister Penny Wong has authoritatively stated her position that the Asia-Pacific is a multipolar region, and that this is Australia’s national policy at this time. In Continue reading »
Australia now has an adventurous and activist foreign policy again. But it has not answered the questions that the former prime minister raises. For the foreign minister’s National Press Club speech this week, we need to thank the interventions of former prime minister Paul Keating. Australia is at last having the foreign policy debate it has Continue reading »
While lying to the public is routine, the Pentagon leaks show officials have been selling fabrications about how Ukraine is faring.
‘This is the most fundamental attempt to change the DNA of the Labour Party in its entire history’
If you pay for cable or satellite TV, you’re subsidizing Fox News, whether you watch it or not.
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From AIDS to Covid, the history of regulation shows that we need facts — but also direct action.
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The wife of Opposition leader Peter Dutton has denied that her husband is a monster who prowls the neighbourhood after dark feeding on small mammals, saying he is just a misunderstood knockabout bloke who loves making dad jokes with the... Read More ›