Chair of ABC Alumni and former host of Media Watch, Jonathan Holmes, on the Coalition’s plans for the ABC, and whether it’s possible to truly shield the national broadcaster from outside interference.

0 ENTRIES is the chair of ABC Alumni and former host of Media Watch.

Chief councillor of the Climate Council Tim Flannery on the choice Australians are facing – between expanding renewables, or repeating the mistakes of the past. As a scientist, Tim Flannery says he’s ...

Abul Rizvi on the politics of population growth and the real impact of immigration on the housing crisis. Peter Dutton says he’ll cut migrant numbers by 100,000 people a year as soon as he gets into ...

Watching the TV drama on radicalised misogyny among boys recalled the author’s book on a real-life tragedy in WA A cowering cherub at the end of several assault rifles, his pyjama bottoms soiled, ...

0 ENTRIES is a Wall Street Journal reporter.

There was a time when the leaders of Australia’s Labor and Liberal parties refused to entertain the question of minority government, and no one seemed to mind. It was just about the final taboo in our ...

With a minority government more than likely, why are the major parties abandoning the issues that voters care about? In 2022, Anthony Albanese swept into majority government despite a swing away from ...

Netflix’s Italian period drama is glorious with intense performances and visual detail, but the latest season of Binge’s hit satire of privilege and psychopaths falls flat You might feel that our ...

In a Quiet cul-de-sac in Wodonga, on the border of Victoria and New South Wales, Serena Brejcha retrieves a two-metre-long banner from its cardboard sheath. Quietly, she unfurls it. It is barely ...

New short fiction about a life changed by an incident on a remote property outside Sydney, where the city’s youth come to drink and shoot guns ...