POLITICS

Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization for Migration calls Europe the most dangerous destination for irregular migration in the world, and the Mediterranean the world's most dangerous border crossing. Distinguishing migrants from asylum...

Migrants and refugees flooding into Europe have presented European leaders and policymakers with their greatest challenge since the debt crisis. The International Organization for Migration calls Europe the most dangerous destination for irregular migration in the world, and the Mediterranean the world's most dangerous border crossing. Distinguishing migrants from asylum...

Former Liberal staffer and sexual assault advocate Brittany Higgins has called for “immediate action” on misconduct in Parliament, after a landmark Human Rights Commission report. Read the full Report here https://humanrights.gov.au/sites/default/files/document/publication/ahrc_set_the_standard_2021.pdf The Jenkins review has 28 recommendations to fix parliament’s toxic culture – will our leaders listen? Sonia Palmieri, Australian National University In the...

Labor $2.4 billion plan to expand suburban and regional access to full-fibre NBN Michelle Grattan, University of Canberra Anthony Albanese is promising a Labor government would invest $2.4 billion to boost the NBN, expanding full-fibre access to 1.5 million homes and businesses. With the faux election campaign in full swing, although the...

Garry Linnell: Advance Australia Fair is just ‘beautiful lies’   Every nation tells lies about itself. It’s how history is made. Little fibs are buffed and shined and presented as facts. Distortions and exaggerations are given a lick of paint and turned into brightly shining legends. Even absolute falsehoods can be burnished enough...

While Australians were distracted last week by Melbourne’s lockdown ending and the final days of the Queensland and United States elections, both major parties joined forces in federal parliament to weaken political donations laws. The legislation passed last week overrides state bans on property developer donations in two ways. Federal parliament...

Scott Morrison’s coronavirus mea culpa was barely disguised score-settling with Daniel Andrews

Scott Morrison has stated he wants to govern in the “Howard tradition”, but sadly that has also entailed adopting the worst of John Howard’s strategies: to admit or explain as little as possible. Recall the former prime minister’s commitment to the Iraq war without parliamentary debate, the Tampa and...

Your entire life savings has evaporated overnight, but not because some anonymous fraudster had stolen it. It happened because the very banking institution that regulators have repeatedly told you is "unquestionably strong" has faltered. The bank has taken your deposit and converted it into shares to ensure its own survival. A Senate...

Newly obtained tax information reveals that from 1985 to 1994, Donald J. Trump’s businesses were in far bleaker condition than was previously known.     Donald J Trump has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from...