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By Chen Ziqi   US President Donald Trump arrived in Beijing on Wednesday for a new round of face-to-face talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping from May 14 to 15, a meeting arriving at a […]

By Rob Mellett A Brisbane man who alleges his religious beliefs were unlawfully overridden by Queensland’s Covid-19 vaccine mandates has likely cleared a major legal hurdle, setting the stage for a landmark human rights trial. […]

By Denis Hay Description Labor 2026 budget analysis examines housing, cost of living, and why governments avoid deeper reforms Australians want. Introduction – Australians Want More Than Small Relief The Labor 2026 budget analysis now […]

How the Albanese Government Uses Antisemitism to Hide Its Cost‑of‑Living Failures Dedication: To my wife ‘S’ – who knows where the money goes. She is an economist. Only days ago, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stood […]

In which Jim Chalmers breaks several promises and the planet simultaneously Many years later, as he faced the press gallery, “Lucky” Jim Chalmers would remember that distant afternoon when his father first explained to him […]

By Walt Zlotow Marco Rubio is America’s 72nd Secretary of State – the first being John Jay in 1789. While serving as the President’s top foreign affairs advisor, overseeing diplomatic missions, managing international relations, promoting […]

On May 10, Robert Kagan, the high priest of neoconservative thought, the bell ringer for muscular interventionism and general American meddlesomeness, lamented in The Atlantic that the United States had suffered a unique defeat in […]

The 2026–27 Budget: A Masterclass in Theatrical Governance By Andrew Klein and Sera Klein – Long‑standing analysts, co‑authors and collaborators On 12 May 2026, Treasurer Jim Chalmers handed down a federal budget framed as a […]

On the night of 9 May 2026, One Nation won its first federal lower house seat. The journalists covered who won. Too few asked what winning means. David Farley of One Nation defeated independent Michelle […]

Australian Conservation Foundation Media Release The budget contains at least seven times more spending on initiatives that damage nature and the climate than it allocates to climate and nature protection, the Australian Conservation Foundation said. […]

They make you do it – they, in this case, being the folly-fouled leaders of educational institutions – because it’s all in the name of organisational efficiency, productivity and purpose. Engage what is often erroneously […]