
Politics with Michelle Grattan: Barbara Pocock on the Greens’ policy priorities
The Greens have heaped a lot of pressure on the government during this term, from issues of the environment, housing, and Medicare, to the war in the Middle East. With the polls close to a dead heat and minority government...

Amid claims of abuse, neglect and poor standards, what is going wrong with childcare in Australia?
On Monday, an ABCs Four Corners investigation reported shocking cases of abuse and neglect in Australian childcare centres. This included examples of children being sexually abused, restrained for hours in high chairs, and...

Treasurer Chalmers promises ‘meaningful and substantial’ cost of living help in Tuesday’s budget
Next weeks budget will have cost-of-living assistance that will be meaningful and substantial but responsible, Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said. In a Tuesday speech framing the budget Chalmers said, it will be a responsible...

When a ceasefire in the war between Hamas and Israel finally came into effect on January 19, the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. However, that ceasefire agreement, and its associated negotiations, have now been...

Being soft on Russia has never worked, and history proves it
Since returning to the White House in 2025, US President Donald Trump has dramatically reshaped US policy toward Russia, adopting a markedly softer stance on Vladimir Putin and the ongoing war in Ukraine. This approach has...

Theft, daydreaming and everything in between: most of us are a bit ‘deviant’ at work
We usually think of workplace deviance as linked to bad applesthe troublemakers who egregiously slack off, steal from the company or openly clash with coworkers. But what if deviant behaviour was also more...

‘It’s not a vaccine, it’s a shot’: uncovering a new trend in vaccine scepticism
It has long been recognised that attitudes towards vaccines may be vaccine-specific, so that people may take up some, but not others. On July 26 2021, the following statement was posted on Twitter (later renamed X) about...