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Australia’s environmental management framework is undergoing a timely review to overhaul the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). The government’s proposed reforms seek to fundamentally transform the way national environmental matters are […]

By Walt Zlotow   In 1948 the US launched an airlift of food and supplies to keep Berliners fed and healthy during the Soviet blockade of allies from Berlin. During the airlift’s 15 months, US […]

5 Systemic Failures: A System in Critical Condition Beyond specific issues with home injuries and mental health, the workers’ compensation system suffers from foundational problems that affect all claimants. 5.1 Frontline Professional Perspectives General practitioners […]

There is a joke circulating among NSW Labor veterans about Graham Richardson’s state funeral: “It will be the only funeral where the pallbearers are lobbyists.” It is a good line. It gets a laugh. But […]

In some ways you have to feel sorry for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley. Elected after a rout at the last election, Ley has attempted to unite a Coalition of political parties that seem hell bent […]

When the President of the United States publicly declares six sitting lawmakers guilty of a capital crime, the story doesn’t quietly fade just because the news cycle moves on. Following President Trump’s November 20, 2025, […]

There has been an insufferable degree of smugness of late in the chatting classes about Australia’s electoral system. A special for Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced by veteran journalist Annabel Crabb has done much to swell […]

X has introduced a new feature that shows the country an account is posting from – and within seconds, the entire MAGA universe experienced mass, unplanned international travel. Suddenly, the loudest voices insisting they are […]

Introduction: The New Workplace Reality Exposes Systemic Flaws The dramatic shift toward remote work in Australia has created a critical stress test for the nation’s workers’ compensation systems, revealing fundamental flaws in how workplace injuries […]

“You can’t always get what you want,” sang The Rolling Stones. The Australian mining lobby never received the memo. For decades, it has secured its every wish: a royalty regime that ranks among the world’s […]

When Peter FitzSimons asked what kind of legislation actually works – and which countries are doing it better – he pointed to the heart of a quiet national crisis. Australia doesn’t lack intelligence, civics, or […]

The authorities in Türkiye have hit their stride regarding international humanitarian law, a subject they are not always consistent about. The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the defence minister Israel Katz, and others, are facing […]

By James Moore (I am offering below a piece I began writing years ago regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I have published it previously but will likely do so again in the […]