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Now it’s Nationals deputy leader Perin Davey who’s had a glass too many
Deputy nationals leader, Perin Davey, stumbled over words while at a Senate committee hearing last Tuesday night, after attending the party’s regular staff drinks function.
Boat arrivals sent to Nauru, and Sovereign Borders commander warns against politicising the issue
Brett Sonter, Commander of the Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders has had a thinly-veiled slap at the opposition as the the political debate is reactivated over border security.
Donald Trump faces half a billion dollars of debt and several court cases. But that may not stop him from becoming president again
It’s difficult to know to what extent the massive repayment a New York judge has handed down to Donald Trump might affect his campaign. But his die-hard supporters are likely to be unfazed.
Alexei Navalny had a vision of a democratic Russia. That terrified Vladimir Putin to the core
Like Nelson Mandela, Navalny might have become a redemptive leader, leading his people from war and tyranny to the promised of a freer society.
Why do Israelis and the rest of the world view the Gaza conflict so differently? And can this disconnect be overcome?
The world’s attention has largely moved on from the Hamas attack on October 7. But in Israel, the atrocities are still front and centre – while the destruction in Gaza is largely absent.
Indigenous fathers help build stronger communities. Here’s how we can better support them
First Nations fathers are too often the subject of negative, often untrue stereotypes. We analysed data from around 150 dads about what they needed. Here’s what they said.
Research espionage is a real threat – but a drastic crackdown could stifle vital international collaboration
Australia’s flexible and proportionate response to the risks of research espionage and foreign interference balance security with the necessity of international collaboration.
Grattan on Friday: Morrison’s departure will help Liberals ‘move on’ but Nationals can’t ‘move on’ until Barnaby does
For the Liberals, Morrison’s departure is a significant symbolic “moving on” moment. But how does the coalitions new talent stack up and what should be done with the old guard?
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Assistant minister Malarndirri McCarthy says there’s ‘no rush’ on treaty and truth-telling
To discuss this week's policy announcement, the centrepiece of which is a $700 million jobs program for people in remote areas, we're joined by Northern Territory Senator Malarndirri McCarthy.
The government wants to criminalise doxing. It may not work to stamp out bad behaviour online
Anthony Albanese has flagged a crack-down on people’s personal details being shared online without consent. But like so much of the internet, it’s hard to police.
Ending legal aid for cultural reports at sentencing may only make court hearings longer and costlier
The right to a fair trial means cutting the funding of cultural reports will simply shift the burden. Lawyers will find other ways to put the same information before a judge.
Māori political systems are the oldest in Aotearoa – it’s time university politics courses reflected this
Just 1% of politics education in New Zealand is focused on the Māori dimension, new research has found. How can the country discuss Te Tiriti o Waitangi when very few understand it?
‘A blood sport feigning as government’: what the ABC’s Nemesis taught us about a decade of Coalition rule
Arguably, the Abbott-Turnbull-Morrison era represents a nadir when it comes to the history of Australian national leadership.
Can more ethical histories be written about early colonial expeditions? A new project seeks to do just that
Truth-telling is at the heart of a new project re-examining an expedition in Queensland’s Cape York Peninsula. This research aims to address the absence of Aboriginal voices in this history.
A secret war between cane toads and parasitic lungworms is raging across Australia
Cane toads are evolving as they spread across Australia. Parasitic lungworms are becoming more infectious to keep up.
AI tools produce dazzling results – but do they really have ‘intelligence’?
Existing AI systems learn patterns from very large piles of data – but they have no insight.