The combination of moral authority and strategic location could make Timor-Leste an unexpected mediator in regional disputes. Kurniawan Arif Maspul reports. TIMOR-LESTE'S ACCESSION to ASEAN this week ...

Trump is an unpredictable force reshaping global politics and international behaviour, reframing diplomacy, institutions and public discourse in his wake, writes Vince Hooper. In these fractious times ...

The Liberal Party Leader added: "Why else would we plan to cease all renewable projects? The clue is in the name, Net Zero — for zero action on climate. I don’t see what all the fuss is about, quite ...

Fresh scrutiny of royal interference in Whitlam’s Dismissal has renewed calls for Australia to finally become a republic, writes Dr John Jiggens. IN 1999, Australia held a referendum to alter the ...

If we are to survive, unprecedented levels of cooperation are needed, no matter how unlikely. Mark Beeson writes. GLOBAL GOVERNANCE is failing. Nothing highlights this reality more dramatically than ...

Despite the spin, the Coalition and News Corp remain mouthpieces for billionaire interests bent on stalling climate action and truth alike, writes Dr Victoria Fielding. THE LIBERAL and National ...

Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was my hero during the 1970s, but I did him a disservice at Sydney's Oktoberfest. This photograph I shot of Whitlam, mid-speech, clutching a giant beer stein – looking ...

The numbers confirm Australia’s economy is responding to global conditions better than most, as Alan Austin reports. THIS WEEK’S number is 46. Australia has now had its jobless rate below 4.6% for 46 ...

While leaders fumble climate action, the unchecked rise of superintelligent AI could eclipse every threat we know, writes Mark Beeson. WELL-MEANING friends frequently tell me not to be so pessimistic, ...

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While the stock of temporary entrants remains large, the pressure to expand the permanent migration program will only grow. Dr Abul Rizvi reports. AFTER A DELAY of many months, the Government ...

The monopolisation of media isn't just undemocratic — it enables criminal economies to flourish behind a façade of control, writes Nick Potter. WHEN A GOVERNMENT declares that it “solely controls” the ...