Labor might be delighted that the Coalition is turning its back on the growing tide of young voters. But those voters don't share many of the basic values of *either* of the major parties.

Forty-one signatories to an open letter say they are "dismayed" and that school rankings cause "harm to our communities".

The Evidence Scorecard: How systematic intimidation won by 175 votes and what we must do to ensure it never works again. By Sue Barrett Disclaimer: This analysis moves beyond opinion by applying estab...

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The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade

Witch Hunt: The Heretic and the Inquisition: Why the West Fears Francesca Albanese

While the 2025 federal election inquiry has shown there was a clear rise in hostility at election booths around the country, Tim Wilson's electorate of Goldstein seems to have reached another level.

In an extraordinary pitch for a public servant scrutiny void, senior public servants have blamed Robodebt on transparency.

It’s hard to overstate the potential dangers of replacing discretion with algorithms in a system as consequential as the national disability insurance scheme Never again. That was the resounding message delivered via the robodebt royal commission from the thousands of Australians whose lives and livelihoods were upended by the cruellest experiment in bureaucratic automation the country has ever seen. Now, with plans under way to automate the calculation of individual NDIS support plans, it appears we’ve reached new heights of institutional amnesia. Once again, vital lifelines to support will be placed at the mercy of automated systems. Only this time, the mechanisms for review and redress will be vanishingly thin. Continue reading...

"NDIS costs soar as children flock to scheme" is a headline people accept – but other soaring bills are accepted as a cost of doing business.

Exclusive: Leaked documents claim Good Advice promised private deals, gathered signatures and hired land council members to smooth way for Northern Territory gas sales