New Politics

Malcolm Turnbull’s description of AUKUS as a “colossal mistake” is becoming increasingly difficult to dismiss. Australia is committing hundreds of billions of dollars to a nuclear submarine program that depends on almost everything going right across three countries, several decades and a succession of governments – while leaving many of the decisive choices in American and B...

The former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull’s latest offerings in the AUKUS debate have once again revealed the bi...

The arrival of up to 2,300 US naval personnel, civilian employees, contractors and the...

Anthony Albanese commands the largest federal parliamentary majority in Australian history and exercises extraordinary control over the Labor Party, yet his government continues to behave as though meaningful reform is politically impossible. The contradiction raises a big question in Australian politics: is Albanese a progressive constrained by power, or a cautious conservat...

The Royal Commission on Antisemitism has moved beyond examining discrimination and public safety into a debate over education, political speech and who controls the national curriculum. Jillian Segal’s proposed expansion of antisemitism education – from early childhood through schools and universities – raises many questions about whether a necessary campaign against prejudic...