10+ hour, 11+ min ago  (1083+ words) Angus Taylor's budget reply speech may appeal to One Nation supporters, but it doesn't provide credible answers to the nation's problems. For as long as most of us can remember the Liberals have cultivated the perception that they are the…...

9+ hour, 56+ min ago  (637+ words) The Nakba is not simply an historical event but an ongoing system of displacement, erasure and resistance that continues to shape Palestinian identity and political life generations later. Understanding this project requires deconstructing narratives on which it was founded, and…...

11+ hour, 11+ min ago  (637+ words) Food banks across the United States are reporting surging demand as cuts to food assistance, rising prices and inflation leave millions of vulnerable Americans struggling to afford groceries. The so-called One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBBA, or HR 1) passed by the…...

10+ hour, 26+ min ago  (831+ words) The 2026 Budget marks a rare moment where Labor showed some willingness to confront inequality and tax reform, but the government still shrank from the scale of change the moment demanded. It could have done so boldly, given the hopeless disorganisation…...

19+ hour, 46+ min ago  (608+ words) The government's long-awaited response to the Murphy inquiry into online wagering falls short of the reforms needed to reduce gambling harm, particularly among young Australians. Former MP Peta Murphy, a Labor hero to many, died in December 2023from cancer that recurred…...

19+ hour, 32+ min ago  (641+ words) Polling suggests support for impeaching Donald Trump has returned to levels seen during Watergate and Trump's first presidency, even as the US political system still makes removal from office highly unlikely. The US system makes it unlikely that, even if…...

19+ hour, 27+ min ago  (1650+ words) In a personal submission to the Antisemitism Royal Commission, P&I founder John Menadue argues that it is impossible to separate increasing rates of antisemitism from the way Israel has conducted its genocide in Gaza. "Antisemitism - it's a trick, we…...

19+ hour, 52+ min ago  (434+ words) The Israeli assault on the Gaza-bound Global Sumud flotilla has sparked accusations that New Zealand's government abandoned its own citizens and failed its most basic obligations under international law. Whoever uses a citizen ill, indirectly offends the state, which is…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago  (498+ words) The war between the US and Iran is increasingly being driven by the self-reinforcing dynamics of escalation, retaliation and mistrust that make de-escalation politically and strategically difficult. As the US and Iran struggle to find a way out of war,…...

19+ hour, 57+ min ago  (543+ words) Western powers have repeatedly backed or empowered religious extremists when it suited strategic interests, while undermining secular nationalist movements across the Middle East and Central Asia. The comforting presupposition that the west is always the innocent victim of political violence,…...