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Australia politics
Australia Says ‘No’ to Indigenous Voice
By Patricia O’Brien
The Indigenous Voice to Parliament has been strangled by hands seeking short-term political gains.
Aboriginal Elder Urges Australians to Vote Yes and Without Guilt
By Luke Hunt
A conversation with Jill Gallagher.
Why the Indigenous ‘Voice’ Has Proved a Tough Sell in Australia
By Grant Wyeth
The last federal election was a vote against instability, not for any great positive vision. The public resistance to the proposed Voice to Parliament reflects that dynamic.
Robodebt and the Demonization of Welfare in Australia
By Dechlan Brennan
The scheme, engineered to claw back funds supposedly overpaid to welfare recipients, was broken and cruel from the start. Despite a royal commission’s findings, its political backers are unlikely to face punishment.
Australia’s Undeclared National Crisis: A Dire Lack of Affordable Housing
By Grant Wyeth
For Australia to be a country that truly values its security, it needs to offer its young, and not-so young, adults the conditions for them to thrive.
The Importance of Augmenting AUKUS
By Melissa Conley Tyler and Grant Wyeth
Australia needs all the tools of statecraft it can muster, especially diplomacy.
The Real Shift in Australian Politics
By Grant Wyeth
If Australia’s Liberal Party is in decline, does this mean that the Labor Party is in ascendency?
Is Australia’s Liberal Party in Terminal Decline?
By Grant Wyeth
What saves political parties is their ability to adapt, but the aggressive populism that has saved conservative parties elsewhere has limited appeal in Australia.
Detangling Semantics: Has Australia Really Been ‘Hawkish’ on China?
By Grant Wyeth
To resist bullying is only “hawkish” if you sympathize with the bullies.
The Power of Australia’s Pleasantly Boring Politics
By Grant Wyeth
It turns out the protection of liberal democracy doesn't need to be passionate and stirring; it may instead just need to be temperate and competent.
Australian PM Defends Ban on Parliament Due to Royal’s Death
By Rod McGuirk
Albanese wants an Australian president to replace the British monarch as the nation’s head of state. But he has brushed off questions about creating an Australian republic since the queen’s death.
With Secret Self-Appointments, Morrison Torched Australia’s Democracy
By Patricia O’Brien
The wider reckoning about Morrison’s misdeeds, and how he came to rise to the heights of power in the first place, is going to be deeply uncomfortable.