OPINION & ANALYSIS: Controversial American feminist writer Naomi Wolf, in an extended phone call (which she videoed) with a Taylor staffer, demanded an apology from the energy minister over his inaccurate claim they’d been corridor near-neighbours at Oxford in 1991 and for implying that she’d campaigned against Christmas.
Read moreLambie had indicated previously that her vote for the repeal would be conditional on the government meeting a condition which she would not specify. She suggested security matters were involved.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: In a deeply tragic irony, the two victims who lost their lives to a man who made a mockery of their idealism were assisted by two others who appear to have genuinely benefited from prison rehabilitation programs.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: If this alleged attempted interference by China is proved – if it is indeed provable – this would rise to the level of an unacceptable attempt to subvert Australia’s democratic processes.
Read moreWestpac is accused of 23 million breaches of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing law, with the alleged breaches include transfers of money to the Philippines for child sex exploitation.
Read moreFormer prime minister Keating attacked The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age in particular for their China coverage.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: Fire officials warn that this week's catastrophic fire conditions are "where people die". Climate change has arrived, and politicians should drop the meaningless rhetoric.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: These unprecedented fires are an indication that a much-feared future under climate change may have arrived earlier than predicted. The week ahead will present high-stakes new challenges.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: The aspirations for our diplomacy must be upgraded beyond the bare minimum. Ten years on from Diplomatic Deficit, Australia must resist the magical thinking that foreign affairs and trade somehow happen by themselves.
Read moreAttorney-General Christian Porter singled out Market Forces in a Monday statement that said he was co-ordinating advice across several portfolios on what could be done to protect resource businesses from such activism.
Read moreWith job insecurity on the rise and widespread casual employment, many people had unpredictable income and hours and few protections. “These Australians deserve a greater sense of security”, says opposition leader.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: There are clearly risks in shooting at a moving vehicle. Unlike what happens in films, bullets generally do not stop moving trucks or cars.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: The imperative to protect press freedom is fundamental and deserving of general recognition and protection. In light of these concerns, our international obligations and the rule-of-law concerns for legal clarity, consistency and proportionality, it is time for a Media Freedom Act.
Read morePrime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters he’d made the point ‘which was well received, that Australia is an independent, sovereign nation’.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: Nick Warner, the new director general of the Office of National Intelligence, has sounded the alarm about Australia’s lack of preparedness to counter cyber-threats.
Read more‘It is inevitable that Australia will make more decisions that China doesn’t like,’ said Labor's Penny Wong.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: Though the call between Trump and Morrison does not indicate any Australian government wrongdoing, it shows how the PM’s bromance with the president brings its political embarrassments.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: After Boris suspended parliament, I began to think that maybe beneath the frenzied manner he was actually a skillful operator who was going to bend the rules to buy time until he could call an election that he thought he could win. But after last week's Supreme...
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: Morrison bypassed the climate summit, so he won’t be able to give his daughters a first-hand description. But they may have opinions.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: With Australia-China relations at a low point – due to Australia’s foreign interference legislation, the banning of Huawei from 5G network and other issues – there’s no indication when an invitation might come. Not that the Prime Minister wants to seem anxious.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: Trump isn’t the first deeply unpopular president Australia has seen and he won’t be the last.
Read moreLiberal MP Liu issued a statement following a politically disastrous interview with Sky on Tuesday night in which she repeatedly floundered when pressed on her connections to Chinese organisations.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: While fire is a normal part of Australia’s yearly cycle and no two years are alike, what we are seeing now is absolutely not business as usual.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: As Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise - an outcome supported by government policy - the continued downward trajectory of the Great Barrier Reef is inevitable.
Read moreOPINION & ANALYSIS: We should not have one model of special protection for religious faith and a lesser model of protection for all other people.
Read moreThe taskforce will have members from universities, national security agencies and the federal education department.
Read moreDr Yang has been held in Beijing under harsh conditions, without access to lawyers or family for more than seven months before being formally arrested.
Read moreScott Morrison stressed this was an international mission, but so far the United Kingdom is the only other country to have signed up.
Read moreSPECIAL FEATURE: Save for a successful appeal in the High Court, Pope Francis will likely expel Pell from the priesthood. The family of the second survivor is suing him and or the church for civil damages, as may others.
Read moreScott Morrison describes the “the bacon and eggs principle” where “the chicken is involved, but the pig is committed”.
Read moreSPECIAL FEATURE: The operations of the Chinese Communist Party are generally opaque, especially to outsiders. But in recent years, the party’s reach and influence with the Chinese diaspora has become much more obvious, particularly in Australia.
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