There is a danger in the ongoing humiliation of Scott Morrison that he becomes a convenient fall guy for a wider system failure. Morrison’s conduct...

Special counsel Jack Smith in Washington on June 9. (Tom Brenner for The Washington Post) Special counsel Jack Smith has been toiling away for months,...

In RoboDebt’s wake, our very system of government needs to be bulldozed and rebuilt. Rex Patrick argues it is time for a republican model,...

Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish, a book drummed into a generation of sociology students, begins with a long description of a public execution in...

Robodebt royal commission recommends prosecutions, reform and an end to arbitrary cabinet secrecy The robodebt royal commission has suggested individuals be referred for prosecution, alongside...

Seven public servants criticised in robodebt report as agencies consider response. Robodebt royal commissioner Catherine Holmes found that public servants had misled cabinet, and...