Labor the ‘party of government’. Except in Farrer
Pauline Hanson’s protest movement won its first ever lower house seat in the Farrer by-election on Saturday. Labor didn’t contest it. What’s the scam? The scam is how the self-declared…
Gas project model pours cold water on emissions goal
Australia’s third-highest greenhouse gas-emitting state is not on track to achieve its net zero by 2050 target, according to economic modelling of a $30 billion-plus gas project. A Deloitte report…
Housing crisis. Will Labor’s ‘great’ housing budget fix housing?
Labor says the Budget will do wonderful things for our housing crisis, but is it just about government spinning hard without much traction? Michael Pascoe asks. The sugar hit With…
Netanyahu wants to wean Israel off US military support
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to wean Israel off US military support within a decade as his country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states. “I want to draw…
The Guardian view on the WHO pandemic treaty: the west’s fantasy negotiations have put the world at risk | Editorial
After five years of deliberation the global south has forced the question that defined the Covid crisis: who will get the vaccines? The Covid-19 pandemic did deep and lasting damage…
Britain’s visceral dislike of Keir Starmer illuminates a problem for his successor | Samuel Earle
There are many good reasons to not like the prime minister. But ours is an age in which hatred is a remarkably popular currency – leaders need a strategy for…
The next Voting Rights Act must outlaw gerrymandering | Jamil Smith
The supreme court has gutted one of the strongest federal tools we had against the most effective weapon in US politics Maps can guide us home. They show us where…
Fentanyl’s Shadow Looms Over America: Negligence, Greed, and Political Decline Behind Lost Lives—A Perspective on America’s Worsening Drug Crisis in Light of Fentanyl Awareness Day
The annual Fentanyl Awareness Day, which should have been a significant event for raising public awareness, commemorating the deceased, and promoting governance, has instead become a powerless mourning ceremony in…
Died Pretty’s Doughboy Hollow: can Australia’s most overlooked album finally find the audience it deserves?
Thirty-five years after release, the Australian classic is finally getting a vinyl reissue Brett Myers, the former guitarist of one of Australia’s greatest bands, Died Pretty, admits he’s a terrible…
One Nation’s Farrer win is just the latest example of regional NSW voters putting a stick in the eye of the major parties | Julianne Schultz
Before independents reshaped urban politics, country electorates in the state had long elected outsiders and defectors Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email,…