'I wanted him in handcuffs': why this play could really push ScoMo's buttons A Canberra writer is turning his political fury into theatre. The Canberra Times · May 17
One in four humanities students in Australia to take more than 25 years to pay off student loans, Treasury finds Job-ready graduates program will also leave almost two-thirds of humanities and creative arts students with debts exceeding $50,000 The Guardian - AU · May 4
The times seem to suit Anthony Albanese. So why isn’t he more popular? The times might be bad, but they have suited Anthony Albanese. The explosions on the political right since the 2025 election have, in electoral terms, resulted so far mainly in a rearrangement of debris between the Coalition and One Nation. The Conversation · Apr 26
Built to last? History shows us the art of reform that’s both bold and enduring Reform, while never an easy task, is probably more difficult now than it used to be. Not only is declining trust a problem, belief in governments’ ability and willingness to affect real change is also in decline. The Conversation · Apr 19
How a moment of despair turned into a movement Five years on from the historic March 4 Justice, organiser Janine Hendry reflects on the impacts of the protests and the challenges that remain. AAP · Mar 14
After nearly three years, the robodebt report’s secret chapter has been unsealed. What does it reveal? Officials named who drafted unlawful debt recovery scheme - and who royal commissioner referred to corruption watchdog for further investigation The Guardian - AU · Mar 13
Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken The Guardian - AU · Mar 12
Revealed: secret robodebt scandal report made public Investigations into politicians and public servants involved in the unlawful debt collection scheme have been finalised with the release of a secret chapter. AAP · Mar 11
NACC investigation into Robodebt reveals public service corruption, but it will take much more to fix the system The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has released its much-anticipated investigation into the six people referred by the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme. The Conversation · Mar 11
Former PM cleared, two robodebt officials found corrupt Two bureaucrats won't face criminal charges despite a watchdog finding they carried out corrupt conduct through the unlawful robodebt scheme. AAP · Mar 11
Two robodebt officials engaged in serious corrupt conduct, Nacc finds, but Scott Morrison cleared Anti-corruption watchdog makes adverse findings against two former public servants but clears four other individuals The Guardian - AU · Mar 10
The Liberal Party’s current woes are many. Sidelining Victoria is one of them The recent elevation of Angus Taylor to leader of the Liberal Party generated an expected avalanche of commentary. The reactions ranged over most points of the compass. In some, Taylor was depicted as a final leadership throw of the dice to avert the slide of the Liberals towards electoral oblivion.… The Conversation · Mar 4
Tabled document reveals Liberal party’s secret election review of its ‘worst campaign’: from ‘grim’ Dutton to ‘weird’ nuclear policy PM tables copy of secret review, which describes former leader Peter Dutton as ‘unattractive to women’ The Guardian - AU · Mar 3
Albanese’s ‘difficult’ moment with Grace Tame: in one dumb word he summoned the spectre of Scott Morrison Forgetting the history of this term suggests alignment between past and present PMs at a desperately inopportune time The Guardian - AU · Feb 27
The Independent UK · Feb 26 Australian PM Albanese apologises after calling child sex abuse survivor ‘difficult’ Grace Tame describes apology as ‘a patronising cop out from a total coward’
AAP · Feb 26 'Old man': Grace Tame lashes PM after difficult apology The prime minister has found himself at loggerheads with a former Australian of the Year over an 'unfortunate' one-word remark.
The Conversation · Feb 23 View from The Hill: Chris Minns makes sense on ISIS brides’ children, while opposition adds to scaremongering Among today’s leaders, New South Wales Premier Chris Minns is notable in a couple of ways.
AAP · Feb 22 Ex-PM ensnared in legal battle over Higgins scandal Former aide Fiona Brown will enter mediation with the Commonwealth after alleging the then-prime minister let her down after Brittany Higgins' rape claim.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 21 The Liberal party believes Trump-style politics is the way to win back power. But it just won’t work in urban Australia It appears the Liberals are living in an echo chamber. The young voters they need to find are not
The Guardian - AU · Feb 19 Nearly 20% fewer lower socioeconomic students studying law as Pocock calls to scrap Morrison-era job-ready scheme Experts say the Morrison-era Job-ready Graduates scheme has instead had a ‘devastating impact’ on the very people higher education needs to serve
The Conversation · Feb 19 Grattan on Friday: Can Angus Taylor get beyond slogans to craft a sound immigration policy? This week we pressed the rewind button on the Pauline tape, back to Hanson maxing out with inflammatory statements about Muslims, attracting a blaze of publicity and widespread outrage.
The Conversation · Feb 12 Grattan on Friday: How did the Liberals’ first female leader find herself on the mat in under a year? Sussan Ley always seemed set to be only an interim Liberal leader. If, as is likely, Angus Taylor wins the ballot on Friday morning, he could suffer the same fate.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 12 Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus: the story of one of Australia’s favourite political memes Almost seven years ago, Angus Taylor gassed up his own Facebook post. What happened and why are people talking about it again?
The Conversation · Feb 11 Who is Angus Taylor and could he cut it as opposition leader? Angus Taylor has all the on-paper qualifications to be opposition leader. But there are big questions over how well he could do the job, when a miracle worker is needed to lift the struggling Liberal Party from its existential crisis.
The Conversation · Feb 3 Regulating Islamic education can strengthen trust and authority, if religious scholars lead the way Former Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for greater regulation of Islamic preachers in Australia in the aftermath of the Bondi terror attack. His comments triggered an immediate backlash.