The far right does not emerge outside mainstream political culture. Its nationalism, authoritarianism and populism draw on ...

Taxpayers spend about $13 billion a year supporting private health insurance, yet there is little evidence it relieves ...

Data centres could consume 13 per cent of National Electricity Market power by 2036. Australia should require them to bring ...

H5N1 is spreading along southern Australia and is likely to move inland, reach vulnerable island colonies and infect more wildlife. Monitoring will be critical to understanding the damage.

Washington hopes unprecedented sanctions will force Iran into submission. China and Pakistan are already refusing to comply, ...

With the Yallourn power station closing and electricity demand rising, abandoning major renewable and transmission projects ...

John Woinarski is a Professor of Conservation Biology at Charles Darwin University. He has been engaged in conservation research, policy and management in Australia for more than 40 years. Much of ...

Dr Ibolya Losoncz is a Research Fellow at the School of Global Governance and Regulation at Australian National University (ANU).

Hugh White’s new book warns that declining US power and China’s rise are remaking Asia, while Australia remains dangerously attached to old assumptions about American protection.

Australia should be able to scrutinise China without turning a government, a civilisation and a people into a single ...

A US federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration violated constitutional protections by using immigration powers ...

Richard Flanagan’s Heresies gathers 24 essays, speeches and reflections spanning politics, literature and public life – with ...