Politics & Economy
While the National Party increased their vote and representation in cabinet at the last federal election, there are rumblings of...
Social Justice
Yesterday the Attorney General George Brandis announced Australia would become a party to the Optional Protocol to the Convention Against...
An inquiry into 18C of the racial discrimination act is underway around the country. It’s part of a long-running attempt...
Science & Environment
The Queensland government hopes to bring more state land under environmental protection and is seeking ways to do it under...
Fifty years ago today the last person ever executed by an Australian state was hung in Victoria amid a howl...
Communications & Culture
The arts sector may get more muscle in policy debates with a proposal for a new think tank funded by...
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce wants to move a range of government bodies that deal with rural communities closer to...
Interest in the government’s main climate change policy, the Emissions Reduction Fund, has dropped and critics says the scheme is...
The UN Special Rapporteur for the rights of Migrants ended his official tour of Australia today, releasing a highly critical...
New South Wales will become the first state in Australia to recognise Indigenous languages in law under a new policy...
