And they don’t get the intensity of heat that we get here, when the desert sends its probes towards us, usually from the ...

The long history behind the bill to criminalise incitement of race-based hatred (and why George Brandis says it proves he was right) ...

There is little I can add to this searing, stunning open letter, lest I be guilty of trying to summarise it myself. But it is rather unfortunate that the people who most need to read it are the people ...

Dark Emu appeared in bookshops in March 2014 much as most books do: with a brief publicity campaign arranged by its publisher. Bruce Pascoe was already something of a public figure – as well as ...

Many questions are being asked after the Bondi Beach shootings, and the hardest ones to address are the most important for our nation’s wellbeing On Sunday evening while driving home, I received a ...

Researchers are testing the likelihood of AI turning on us – and the possibilities are at best alarming You can make the case that rapid change always brings existential dread. Or that there’s nothing ...

2025: With Australia’s political institutions being key to its prosperity, do we require a form of conservative radicalism to preserve them? When I proposed the title for this talk to the ABC, I was ...

2025: Australia has the machinery of democracy, but does it have the spirit? The English-American author Os Guinness speaks of “civilisational moments”; the points every civilisation reaches where ...

2025: Donald Trump’s presidency has given Australia the chance to recover its distinctive voice in world affairs We are experiencing another bout of panic about whether or not we are loved by America, ...

Making sense of a new reality and the return of power politics – a Quarterly Essay extract For almost a decade now, the world’s two most powerful countries have been competing over which of them will ...

Despite the ideological thrust of Dan Tehan’s funding proposals, universities might now have an incentive to boost humanities enrolments When Education Minister Dan Tehan got up at the National Press ...