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 |  | Are independent schools really just for rich kids? Jane Caro is a well-known opponent of private schools receiving any government money, and she relies on fiction rather than fact to prove her point. By Scott Prasser - 11/6/2026 | 13 | 17 days ago |
| | Can Angus Taylor rekindle the romance? Conservatives are in the middle of a marriage breakdown. Half of Coalition voters have left. By Graham Young - 29/6/2026 | 12 | 3 days ago |
| | Australia need not fear foreign workers: we remain in control Australia needs foreign workers, but what lessons can we learn from other countries with large worker populations, like Singapore? By Chris Lewis - 24/6/2026 | 10 | 9 days ago |
| | Let voting be voluntary Compulsory voting empowers the disengaged and lets safe-seat politicians take supporters for granted. By David Leyonhjelm - 15/6/2026 | 10 | 17 days ago |
| | Roll over Banjo, they're culling your brumbies Brumbies in the Australian Alps face a death sentence, despite their romantic legacy, while predators are protected. By John Mikkelsen - 18/6/2026 | 9 | 11 days ago |
| | Australia imagined Australians get one day of political power every three years. What if voters had a voice in between? By Ian Bowrey - 4/6/2026 | 9 | 25 days ago |
| | The Iran conflict and the potential collapse of the ‘Greater Israel’ vision As global support wanes and America looks inward, Israel faces a fateful choice between expansion and integration. By Murray Hunter - 12/6/2026 | 8 | 20 days ago |
| | The price of miscalculation A war launched to reshape the Middle East has instead exposed the limits of force - and the cost of misunderstanding a nation that has spent millennia learning how to endure. By Alon Ben-Meir - 26/6/2026 | 8 | 4 days ago |
| | The failure of Jim Chalmers Jim Chalmers complained about the economy he inherited - too much debt, chronic deficit, low productivity - so what is the point of his last budget? By Graham Young - 5/6/2026 | 7 | 27 days ago |
| | Trump using Iran-delay to help him win mid-term elections Trump wants America thinking about itself for a little while, and is happy to keep the Mullahs on simmer for now. By David Singer - 5/6/2026 | 6 | 24 days ago |
| | Securing the South Pacific's uncertain future The South Pacific risks becoming a battleground when it wants to remain a Zone of Peace. By Simon Hutagalung - 17/6/2026 | 5 | 17 days ago |
| | Is One Nation trolling the Coalition? Labor says Australia is a hotel. One Nation says it's a monoculture. Where does the Coalition stand? By Graham Young - 2/7/2026 | 5 | 3 days ago |
| | The West's circular firing squad - or is it a daisy chain? Why does the conservative commentariat scrutinise populists more fiercely than the establishment that failed? By Scott Heathwood - 2/7/2026 | 4 | 2 days ago |
| | A new political party – why? Modern democracies need less permanent campaigning and more permanent problem-solving. By Luca Belgiorno-Nettis - 3/7/2026 | 4 | 10 hours ago |
| | The AUKUS spectre Is AUKUS just another expression of long-held Australian xenophobia or racism towards the Chinese? By Chek Ling - 30/6/2026 | 4 | 5 days ago |
| | Interpreting the Holocaust from a range of historiographical perspectives: a brief overview The Holocaust has become more than a history of Nazi Germany. It is an inquiry into modern civilisation itself. By John Ebel - 19/6/2026 | 4 | 13 days ago |
| | Trump and the aestheticization of fear Rather than enabling genuine democratic participation, fascist movements transform politics into a spectacle. By Sam Ben-Meir - 23/6/2026 | 4 | 12 days ago |
| | Clash of sexual civilisations - mass immigration, sex crimes and female empowerment Europe's rape statistics tell two stories: imported misogyny and ever-expanding definitions of sexual crime. By Bettina Arndt - 24/6/2026 | 4 | 8 days ago |
| | License to inflate: the One Nation surge and political astrology One Nation's rise may be real. The commentary surrounding it often borders on performance art. By Binoy Kampmark - 8/6/2026 | 4 | 27 days ago |
| | The integration of drones into modern warfare A $5,000 drone can destroy a $50 million tank. Warfare has entered a new age. By Murray Hunter - 10/6/2026 | 4 | 25 days ago |
| | The truth is out there, Donald Too little to confirm, too much to dismiss. The almost quantum physical world of the USA and UFOs. By John Mikkelsen - 9/6/2026 | 3 | 20 days ago |
| | New geography of global trade: the Oceans Bridge - Africa World trade is dominated by naval chokepoints, but there are ways to go around them. By Jesinta Adams - 19/6/2026 | 3 | 16 days ago |
| | Australia's failed suicide policies Male suicide in Australia is to be addressed by teaching boys about gender equity - because male suicide is a form of female oppression? By Bettina Arndt - 11/6/2026 | 3 | 8 days ago |
| | Psychology: help yourself to a secure life Notable new psychology-primer, Secure, urges the use of tools and techniques from attachment theory, to create a healthier and more secure life. By Stephen Saunders - 22/6/2026 | 3 | 6 days ago |
| | Grok AI and the new era of AI-enabled warfare: US drone targeting and operations in Iran and Ukraine While Pope Leo frets that AI might be used autonomously to target military personnel, reality has leapfrogged him. By Murray Hunter - 23/6/2026 | 3 | 12 days ago |
| | Climate chaos: planetary dangers and humanitarian emergency Treat fossil fuels like nuclear weapons: phase them out through a global non-proliferation treaty. By Evaggelos Vallianatos - 1/7/2026 | 3 | 4 days ago |
| | Soccer is just one of four beautiful football codes in Australia SBS champions 'wog ball' but when it comes to sport, diversity really is our strength. By Chris Lewis - 1/7/2026 | 3 | 4 days ago |
| | Remove the crude oil, and you do not merely dim the lights,you dismantle society! Wind turbines and solar panels only generate electricity - they cannot make anything. By Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka - 3/7/2026 | 2 | 2 days ago |
| | Lion’s den politics: Pauline Hanson at the National Press Club Pauline Hanson has spent 30 years attacking the establishment. What happens if she becomes part of it? By Binoy Kampmark - 22/6/2026 | 2 | 13 days ago |
| | What it really takes to meet the materialistic demands of the modern world The next generation is inheriting an exciting world facing enormous decisions, not just about energy, but about prosperity, inequality, technology, sustainability, and societal and political stability. By Ronald Stein and Lars Schernikau - 10/6/2026 | 2 | 25 days ago |
| | Phoenix rising: women, AI, and the architecture of a world that cares The future of AI may depend less on engineers than on the women who understand care, vulnerability and survival. By Katrina Fotovat - 4/6/2026 | 1 | 31 days ago |
| | Repetitive folly: Israel’s futile war in Lebanon deepens Israel's war in Lebanon was meant to weaken Hezbollah. Instead, Hezbollah is adapting and the war is spreading. By Binoy Kampmark - 12/6/2026 | 1 | 23 days ago |
| | Australian digital sovereignty The EU is no longer just regulating Europe. It is exporting its digital rules to the world. By John Töns - 16/6/2026 | 1 | 19 days ago |
| | After recognition - what happens to survivors of wartime sexual violence thirty years after the wars? The Balkan wars ended thirty years ago. For many survivors of sexual violence, the struggle did not. By Wioletta Rebecka - 25/6/2026 | 1 | 10 days ago |
| | California ports expose the state as a national security risk to America With more in-state refinery closures eminent, California Ports are incapable of importing the large volumes of transportation fuels demanded by the 4th largest economy in the world. By Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza - 25/6/2026 | 1 | 10 days ago |
| | Adding to failure: amending Australia's under-16 social media ban The observational study of 408 children between the ages of 12 and 17 found that over 85% of the participants 'reported using social media platforms subject to the Act at follow-up'.. By Binoy Kampmark - 29/6/2026 | 1 | 6 days ago |
| | From healing to harm The primary challenge is not merely the acquisition of new knowledge or technological advancement, but the preservation of the wisdom necessary to apply these capabilities judiciously. By Joseph Varon - 30/6/2026 | 1 | 5 days ago |