The debate over superannuation tax concessions shows that the wealthiest Australians get to play by different rules.

Despite demands from the hawks that the Australia Government fall in line with the United States over Iran, it’s not inevitable that Australia supports illegal American military intervention.

It’s never about regime change (until it is).

Nature is priceless. It’s Monty Pythonesque to think that pricing nature will stop extinctions or protect the planet.

Australia’s overly generous approach to taxing wealth is allowing the richest Australians to keep more for themselves.

By reviewing the deal, Trump has given the Australian Government an opportunity to get out of the disastrous AUKUS agreement.

Australia traded sovereignty for security with the AUKUS submarine deal, but it might end up with neither.

For most would-be whistleblowers, the cost of courage is way too high. A whistleblower protection authority would ease their path.

The Albanese Government has made improving productivity central to its second term agenda, but how can it make a difference without throwing workers under the bus?

A housing crisis, accelerating climate change and widening inequality all confront the re-elected Albanese Government, but the solutions exist (and often aren’t that complicated).

Musk may be out, but the influence of the tech bros has never been greater.

Australians know how to solve national problems, but our political system protects the duopoly that creates them. That’s why we need proportional representation.

The latest data shows that economy is really struggling and the Reserve Bank got it wrong (again). Plus: TACO corner.

The Murujuga site in north-western Australia is potentially the most important rock art site in the world, but it’s being destroyed by rampant industrial development.

Trump promised a golden age for the US economy – and now a golden dome to protect the continent.

The ABC is always under attack. The best thing we can do for democracy is defend it.

Rate cuts are great, but the Government needs to make sure that housing investors aren’t the main beneficiaries.

Superannuation is meant to help all Australians have a comfortable retirement, not help the very wealthiest pay less tax.

Trump’s confrontation of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was about trying to show who’s in charge.

There’s nothing indulgent about public funding for Australian culture. More funds would fix many of the sector’s problems. 

It’s won and done.

Great countries have great institutions, but Australian universities are a mess.

Donald Trump isn’t an aberration – he’s as much a product of American history as JFK or Barack Obama.

In a world of uncertainty, it is more important than ever for Australia to stop dismissing ourselves as a ‘middle power’ and start exerting our influence on the global stage.

For housing affordability to improve, wages must grow faster than house prices.

With the influence of the right-wing media waning, the Labor Government can use its massive majority to pursue big reforms.

The Trump administration is orchestrating a colossal transfer of wealth and power to the very rich.

To end the housing crisis, governments need to stop subsidising private investors and instead directly invest in social housing. 

After the election, the re-elected Labor Government has an extraordinary opportunity to make big structural changes to the economy.

With the influence of its historical opponents waning, is anything standing in the way of the Labor Government passing ambitious reforms?