Bondi royal commission finally announced

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese prides himself with being in tune with the public mood, but holding out for weeks against a royal commission into antisemitism misjudged that mood, making Thursday’s backdown a humiliation.

Australia’s quirkiest politicians

Australia has a fine tradition of unconventional politicians at all levels of government and there are many lesser-known characters in the annals of history that deserve some time in the spotlight.

Albanese stumbles over a Royal Commission

Anthony Albanese’s refusal to call a national royal commission in the wake of the Bondi massacre may have any number of political motivations but sorely misjudges the public mood.

Australia’s electoral earthquake

Niki Savva’s new book “Earthquake” offers a damning account of Liberal Party’s disastrous campaign in the 2025 Federal Election.

Australia in a disordered world

Australia’s prosperity, stability and strategic freedom has historically been underwritten by a great power that shared our values. First it was Britain, then the United States, but Chinese dominance will strive to destroy them.

Too little, too late?

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a suite of legislative and other action to combat antisemitism including new measures against hate speech and extra power to reject visas, but is it too little, too late?

Exploring deliberative democracy

Politicians who owe their status to traditional frameworks bank on people not caring enough about democracy to demand new forms of direct representation, but research shows that reforms would be popular.

Bringing it all back home

The Bondi atrocity remind us how quickly the political landscape can change and how Australia’s increasingly multi-cultural society now reflects and replicates the problems of the world, rather than offering a haven from them.

Beasts, slaves and Gods

Aristotle’s seminal work on “Politics” contains wisdom and warnings for our modern age in which the promise of a technological utopia is being used to normalise jaw dropping disempowerment and inequality.

More than gun laws need reform

Federal, state and territory governments have agreed to the biggest overhaul of Australia’s gun laws since the Howard government’s post-Port Arthur reforms, in a response to the Bondi massacre that has claimed the lives of 15 victims.

The architects of ignorance

We are supposed to live in an age of information overload, but increasingly autocratic governments around the world are starving the public of the data they need to make informed democratic decisions.

Why Labor won

The Australian Election Study is a comprehensive survey of voters fielded after every Australian federal election since 1987 and the newly released 2025 Australian Election Study provides insights into what shaped Labor’s landslide win.