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Will Australian Domestic Politics Experience the Trump Effect?

Will Australian Domestic Politics Experience the Trump Effect?

By Grant Wyeth
Trump isn’t popular in Australia, but he is a highly influential cultural figure. How will his reelection affect Australia’s domestic politics as it approaches a federal election by May 2025?

Australia Has Already Warmed by More Than 1.5 Degrees C

Australia Has Already Warmed by More Than 1.5 Degrees C

By Michael Grose and Blair Trewin
Australia has warmed by 1.51 degrees Celsius since 1910, according to the new State of the Climate 2024 report. What does this mean for our climate future?
What Can Be Done About Australia’s Declining Birthrate?

What Can Be Done About Australia’s Declining Birthrate?

By Grant Wyeth
The country needs to think more creatively about how to secure its economic future. 

Australian Public Diplomacy and a National Rugby League Team in Papua New Guinea

Australian Public Diplomacy and a National Rugby League Team in Papua New Guinea

By Guy C. Charlton and Xiang Gao
The soft power, social capital, and shared stories the sport will stimulate are difficult to measure, but invariably will enhance the quality of the bilateral relationship.

At UN, Australia’s FM Wong Defends International Institutions at a Time of Crisis

At UN, Australia’s FM Wong Defends International Institutions at a Time of Crisis

By Grant Wyeth
Wong argued, “We have no option and no excuse but to find a way through our challenges today, immense and intractable as they are.”

What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?
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What’s Driving Taiwan’s Mass Protests?

Is Australia’s Unaffordable Housing a Foreign Policy Problem?

Is Australia’s Unaffordable Housing a Foreign Policy Problem?

By Grant Wyeth
A “whole-of-nation” approach to foreign policy would understand how each element of domestic policy is critical to enhancing the country’s overall capabilities and international power – including housing. 

Will the Future Be Made in Australia?

Will the Future Be Made in Australia?

By Grant Wyeth
The Australian government has a keen motivation to incentivize the emergence of new industries that will protect its standards of living and advance its strategic position. 
Australian Government Undermines Census in Bid to Avoid Division

Australian Government Undermines Census in Bid to Avoid Division

By Liz Allen
The Australian government's stunning intervention into the national census, and its sudden backflip, has broken trust and left it unclear what's next.

Law and Order in Australia Has a Blind Spot: Human Rights

Law and Order in Australia Has a Blind Spot: Human Rights

By Luke McNamara
A 'tough on crime' political culture tends to bring the same solution to every crisis: harsher laws. That’s a problem.

What’s Paul Keating’s Problem With Taiwan?

What’s Paul Keating’s Problem With Taiwan?

By Grant Wyeth
Once again the former Australian prime minister has made headlines, this time by making the ahistorical claim that Taiwan is “sitting on Chinese real estate.”

Is the Northeast Indian Ocean Really in Australia’s ‘Immediate Region’?

Is the Northeast Indian Ocean Really in Australia’s ‘Immediate Region’?

By Grant Wyeth
Australia has redefined what it calls its “immediate region,” but its Indian Ocean capabilities are lean. 
With New Envoys Australia Seeks to Bolster Wavering Social Cohesion

With New Envoys Australia Seeks to Bolster Wavering Social Cohesion

By Grant Wyeth
A trio of new special envoys, to combat antisemitism, Islamophobia, and promote social cohesion, underscore Canberra’s concerns. 

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