Year: 2026

Alternate title: What the killing of Alex Pretti reveals about Trump’s America On January 24, 2026, federal immigration agents killed Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old U.S. citizen and ICU nurse in Minneapolis. According to official […]

By Maria Millers As we lean into the heat of summer with the dread that it brings in places prone to fires and health risks to the vulnerable, it’s also that time of year when […]

Attempts by the Murdoch Media to control the politics of the summer season are temporarily on hold after attempts to abort the anti-hate legislation by the Albanese Government and new gun control measures were soundly […]

It’s official. This tormented, heated, traumatised planet is now home to over 3,000 billionaires. (That number was reached last year.) In October 2025, Elon Musk became the first man to have wealth exceeding half a […]

When the cameras did not look away, and what we cannot unsee The street is bright with winter glare. Snow is packed hard at the curb, greyed by traffic and footprints. A cluster of men […]

By Alicia Lucas Business Models Uber adjusts its business model depending on the amount of resistance it finds in a new market but only as much as it has to, writes Dr James Muldoon, University […]

By Denis Hay Description Why safe seats undermine democracy in Australia, weaken accountability, distort policy incentives, and how realistic reform can restore representation. Introduction Safe seats are often treated as a normal feature of Australian […]

What Australians were told was “normal”, what we experienced instead – and why the old model no longer works For a long time, the Overton Window was a useful way to describe Australian politics. It […]