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Australian conservatives go to extraordinary lengths to deny the reality of rightwing extremism

After the Capitol violence, ‘bothsiderism’ from politicians such as Michael McCormack is genuinely dangerous

Published: 11 Jan 2021

Published: 11 Jan 2021

Australia must reckon with the fact the Christchurch terrorist developed much of his hatred here

The findings from the royal commission show why it matters so much to push back against those who would normalise hate

Published: 10 Dec 2020

Published: 10 Dec 2020

To really defend freedom at Australian universities, we must fight for workplace security

Pauline Hanson says she wants to protect ‘academic free speech’. But you need a secure job to be outspoken

Published: 29 Sep 2020

Published: 29 Sep 2020
As conspiracists cry freedom, Australian 'lefties' back riot police

The defence of basic liberties matters amid the pandemic because the precedents being set now will have implications long into the future

Published: 17 Sep 2020

Published: 17 Sep 2020
Conservatives once championed the sacredness of every human life – until Covid

Any serious response to the virus must impinge on the economy. Market ideologues find this very difficult to accept

Published: 14 Sep 2020

Published: 14 Sep 2020
Undraining the swamp: how rewilders have reclaimed golf courses and waterways

Ripping up drains and releasing rats may not sound like popular moves, but through urban ecology projects, volunteers and locals are building a new harmony with nature

Published: 10 Sep 2020

Punitive fees and job cuts: Australian universities have been transformed into giant corporations

The consequences of market policies have done to campuses what they have done everywhere else they’ve been unleashed

Published: 16 Aug 2020

Published: 16 Aug 2020

Workplace insecurity pervades the whole economy, just when every job is under threat

We were urged to welcome precarity as a liberation from the old industrial order. Now the chickens are coming home to roost

Published: 24 Jul 2020

Published: 24 Jul 2020

The unmissables The Australian book you've finally got time for: The Middle Parts of Fortune by Frederic Manning

Manning’s publisher locked him in his apartment until he finished one of the strangest, most compelling books from the first world war

Published: 18 Jun 2020
Culture warriors obsessed with statues ignore Rio Tinto’s vandalism of Indigenous heritage

The focus has been on Captain Cook and Chris Lilley but an incalculably more important obliteration of treasures from deep time is taking place

Published: 16 Jun 2020

Published: 16 Jun 2020

Working from home has a long history – be careful what you wish for not wanting to go back to the office

Many of us regard the prospect of returning to a centralised workplace with a mixture of ambivalence and dread

Published: 26 May 2020

Published: 26 May 2020

A recession devastates people’s lives. But there are surprising health benefits when capitalism stops working

The link between recession and longevity should encourage us to think about the logic of our economy

Published: 27 Apr 2020

Published: 27 Apr 2020

Under coronavirus, pro-market ideologies are overturned around the world. But it's too little, too late

If there is an economic alternative now, there was one before – and we are all suffering from the failure to take it

Published: 25 Mar 2020

Published: 25 Mar 2020
Coronavirus gives us a terrifying glimpse of the future – and highlights a chilling paradox

Capitalism must expand or lapse into crisis. But perpetual growth pits humanity against nature

Published: 17 Mar 2020

Published: 17 Mar 2020

'The bats used to fly in': the extreme end of heritage living

From underground caves to Antarctic huts, living in Australia’s ultra-historic buildings has its bonuses – and drawbacks

Published: 21 Feb 2020
When scandal means nothing, how can the media hold our leaders to account?

Exposing misbehaviour is one thing. Punishing it depends on rebuilding a civil society long fractured by neoliberalism

Published: 19 Feb 2020

Published: 19 Feb 2020
Victoria’s towns reopen after the bushfires: 'We love to welcome people back'

Tourism has slowed across the state this summer, but regional businesses are ready for holidaymakers and there is plenty to see and do

Published: 16 Feb 2020
Playtime with puppies: the Australians reimagining what libraries can lend

From toys to cake tins and tools, libraries are taking service to their communities well beyond books

Published: 3 Feb 2020

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