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 |  | Fee fantasies and false openings: Trump’s Hormuz delusions continue It costs ten times more to pay the policeman than the gangster in the Strait of Hormuz. Why? By Binoy Kampmark - 17/7/2026 | 43 | 20 days ago |
| | Immigration: a tool for vested interests The immigration system no longer exists to serve the country. The country increasingly serves the immigration system. By Tim Butler - 24/7/2026 | 27 | 15 days ago |
| | Coming from Mean Albo, immigration 'cuts' have little credibility Since 2006, Big Australia has sailed on through seven prime ministers. But Albo’s taken the numbers to totally another level – likewise the denigration of his own people. By Stephen Saunders - 7/8/2026 | 12 | 5 days ago |
| | Results of a YouGov survey concerning religious belief and citizenship What does it mean when someone puts their beliefs ahead of their allegiance to their country. By Max Wallace - 27/7/2026 | 11 | 6 days ago |
| | Thirty years on, the Coalition has no idea what to do about One Nation There are lessons from Queensland as to how the Coalition should deal with One Nation, if it is prepared to look and learn. By Graham Young - 3/8/2026 | 9 | 12 days ago |
| | Horse, anyone? Equine spotting in the food chain What's the difference between horse and cow, dog and pig in the human food chain, and why should it matter? By Binoy Kampmark - 5/8/2026 | 7 | 10 days ago |
| | Enrichment antics: Trump’s Saudi nuclear deal The Israelis had their jaws dropping and dragging on the grounds. The Saudis were cock-a-hoop. The Trump administration remains, as it always does, streaky and fickle. By Binoy Kampmark - 28/7/2026 | 7 | 17 days ago |
| | The ABC of misinformation coming to a library near you A government-funded exercise in 'Do as I say, not what I do', coming to a library near you. By John Mikkelsen - 21/7/2026 | 6 | 6 days ago |
| | The alibi of skill Spain's border failed in front of the cameras last week. Australia's border never fails, which is exactly why our numbers deserve a harder question. By Jafar Jalili - 13/8/2026 | 6 | 3 days ago |
| | Anthony Fauci's private diary and emails show he knew lockdowns failed The most revealing Anthony Fauci interviews weren't on television. They were with himself. By Ian Miller - 31/7/2026 | 5 | 12 days ago |
| | The coming fuel crisis: what Ukraine and California have in common Russian transportation fuel shortages are caused by Ukraine drone attacks, while California shortages are directly related to political over regulations. By Ronald Stein and Mike Ariza - 13/8/2026 | 4 | 3 days ago |
| | Is the South China Sea moving from a ‘zone of peace’ towards the next conflict area? While US officials frame the carrier’s presence as routine freedom of navigation and support for allies, the timing amplifies perceptions of strategic strain on Washington. By Murray Hunter - 14/8/2026 | 4 | 16 hours ago |
| | Australia will not get an AI productivity boom by training workers alone Australia's artificial intelligence debate keeps circling around skills. Train more workers. Teach people to prompt. Build digital literacy. Those are sensible goals, but they leave out one group. By Gleb Tsipursky - 10/8/2026 | 4 | 3 days ago |
| | The Ukraine–Russia war: where things stand at the end of July 2026 WWI lasted 4 years and WWII 6, while the Ukraine-Russia war has already run more than 4. How long will it last? By Yuri Koszarycz - 4/8/2026 | 4 | 9 days ago |
| | Regulations are choking the state of Victoria It's not Victorians who are at fault, but their freedom to act is smothered by government overgrowth. By Jim Penman - 5/8/2026 | 4 | 5 days ago |
| | America is watching the world’s movement to nuclear power generation To meet the growing demand for continuous, uninterruptable, and emissions-free electricity, the world economies are pursuing Nuclear Power generation. By Ronald Stein and Dick Storm - 6/8/2026 | 3 | 9 days ago |
| | Wrongly accused The public narrative is entirely captured by persistent complaints about the justice system's treatment of rape victims. There's little tolerance for muddying the waters by looking at what the same system does to wrongly accused men. By Bettina Arndt - 11/8/2026 | 3 | 5 days ago |
| | Acting the goose: Pauline Hanson's tour of Old Blighty The biggest threat to Pauline Hanson may not be Labor, but success. By Binoy Kampmark - 20/7/2026 | 3 | 27 days ago |
| | Africa just showed the world how fast nuclear can move With Data Centers, industry, and people demanding a surge in continuous electricity, regulators continue to make themselves a bottleneck rather than a conduit to abundant electricity. By Ronald Stein, Olivia Vaughan and Steve Curtis - 16/7/2026 | 3 | 28 days ago |
| | Artificial intelligence and the elephant in the data room AI can be shameless - make a mistake and it will correct itself and then continue as though it had never been wrong. By John Mikkelsen - 17/7/2026 | 3 | 29 days ago |
| | Australia doesn't have a housing crisis, it has an innovation crisis A brand new two-bedroom house for $380,000? Tell them they're joking. By Peter Simms - 21/7/2026 | 2 | 26 days ago |
| | The economic benefits of prescribed burning across Australia It's winter and bushfires are rare, which is just the time when we should worry about them the most. By John O'Donnell - 22/7/2026 | 2 | 17 days ago |
| | Australia’s anti-corruption commissions have gone too far The CFMEU has been a running sore for decades, and which anti-corruption commission has acted to cauterise it? By Scott Prasser - 23/7/2026 | 2 | 22 days ago |
| | Netanyahu’s challengers are selling the same poison The men who could replace Netanyahu know the truth and refuse to say it. A Palestinian state is not an existential threat to Israel; the endless denial of one is. By Alon Ben-Meir - 11/8/2026 | 2 | 5 days ago |
| | The ugliness of the west: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the ideological closure of capitalism Bond is kinetic, charismatic, and sexually triumphant. Smiley is sedentary, melancholy, and painfully aware that his wife repeatedly betrays him. By Sam Ben-Meir - 10/8/2026 | 2 | 6 days ago |
| | Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey disappoints in its portrayal of Homer’s women Has Christopher Nolan sold Homer's women short? Was Homer a better feminist? By Allison Glazebrook - 6/8/2026 | 2 | 9 days ago |
| | Solemn anniversaries: the UN Refugee Convention turns 75 At 75, the Refugee Convention remains a noble promise, increasingly observed in the breach rather than the observance. By Binoy Kampmark - 12/8/2026 | 2 | 4 days ago |
| | Giving a smile back: reflections on a craniofacial fellowship in Canada A smile is something most of us never think about. So when one half of the face stops moving, the loss goes far beyond the physical. By David Sparks - 7/8/2026 | 1 | 9 days ago |
| | Why Victoria needs a royal commission into the CFMEU Over its four-year life the Costigan royal commission had its terms of reference frequently widened, its timeframes extended, its powers increased and resources expanded. By Scott Prasser - 4/8/2026 | 1 | 12 days ago |
| | Some things are just plain wrong The Commission spent almost no time asking why universities find it difficult to say that some behaviours and ideas are just plain wrong. By Steven Schwartz - 12/8/2026 | 1 | 4 days ago |
| | From central to distributed business districts A look at global office vacancy rates suggests the impacts of WFH have been unevenly felt, while the impacts of Ai on central office demand are possibly yet to be felt. By Ross Elliott - 14/8/2026 | 1 | 2 days ago |
| | 1776 against 1787: constituent power and the forgotten meaning of American democracy The Declaration didn't just create America. It created a permanent revolution. By Sam Ben-Meir - 16/7/2026 | 1 | 31 days ago |
| | Magnifica Humanitas: hope in the age of AI Hope isn't optimism. It's acting as if a better future is possible. By Craig Thompson - 28/7/2026 | 1 | 19 days ago |
| | Trump’s authoritarian play against foreign journalists For nearly a century, foreign correspondents have come to the United States precisely because this country prided itself on welcoming scrutiny. Now, the Trump administration proposes to turn that legacy on its head. By Alon Ben-Meir - 27/7/2026 | 1 | 20 days ago |
| | Beyond net zero: toward a carbon symbiosis society Why the future depends on balancing human prosperity, energy security, and environmental stewardship. By Ronald Stein and Yoshihiro Muronaka - 22/7/2026 | 1 | 25 days ago |
| | The GAFG connectivity doctrine: From corridors to governance ecosystems Physical infrastructure may look impressive, but when it crosses national borders, governance matters more than concrete. By Fernando Messias - 20/7/2026 | 1 | 27 days ago |