The negotiated amendments won by the Greens improved Labor’s initial terrible climate "safeguard mechanism", but are not enough to make it worthy of support, argues Alex Bainbridge.
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Peter Dutton’s party increasingly cradles the prehistoric, argues Binoy Kampmark.
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David Brophy argues we have an obligation to resist the forces that are pushing Australia towards a disastrous war with China.
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The following open letter about trans rights was initiated by Community Action for Rainbow Rights and Pride in Protest.
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As with all matters regarding United States policy, Australia will, if not agree outright with Washington, adopt a non-committal position — “quiet diplomacy”. Binoy Kampmark reports.
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Indigenous communities have deep histories of gender nonconforming and trans mobs, argues Ethan Lyons.
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Norrie argues it is embarrassing that NSW is now behind much of the world, and other Australian states, in making gender self-identification legal.
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Susan Price reports that Labor is weighing up 116 new coal, oil and gas projects — the equivalent of starting up 215 new coal-fired power stations.
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Far from a groundswell, NSW Labor government received only a 3.6% swing, after 12 years of Coalition neoliberalism. James Wyner reports.
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A parliamentary inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed startling evidence about some of its operations. Suzanne James reports.
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“We don’t surrender,” One Nation's Mark Latham said recently. He is using a legal loophole to try and get two representatives in the NSW Legislative Council to push his bigoted agenda. Paul Gregoire reports.
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Labor’s small target strategy offers little to people and further shrinks the already thin political differences between the major parties, argues Peter Boyle.