Power made visible

When figures like Cardinal Pell or former senator and soldier James Molan die, we are given a...

The transformation of Australian politics

Until the early 1980s, Australian politics was dominated by the fight between the conservative right of...

How do we fix mainstream political journalism?

There is a crisis in mainstream political reporting and it is damaging our democracy. The problem...

The reinvention of Australian democracy

The Australian general election of 21 May 2022 was a moment of fundamental change in our...

What happens when the brain goes quiet, but the heart continues beating?

The headlines might make you think that Anne Heche died twice. First on a Friday, when...

Voices of us: Why we need independents in our system of governance

In a pamphlet published in 1957, French philosopher, Simone Weil, asked a question relevant to Australian politics...

Soul-searching in a time of change

As I write this review of Julianne Schultz’s new book, The Idea of Australia: A search for...

The COVID pandemic: let’s not rewrite history

In June 2021, with much of Australia in various stages of lockdown, and the country’s international...